Are you thinking about retiring to another state?  Check Kiplinger’s website for tax information about the states you are considering and even do a side-by-side comparison.  Spoiler alert: while Illinois has some retiree-friendly tax benefits, it does not rank as one of the Kiplinger top-ten retiree tax-friendly states.  See http://kiplinger.com/tools/retiree_map for more details.