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Chicago must decide by Oct. 1 whether to continue the decades-old one percent grocery tax, which could cost the city between $60 and $80 million in revenue for the 2026 fiscal year.
This grocery tax elimination proposal is a pretty darned solid play by Gov. J.B. Pritzker on multiple political and legislative levels. Whether it’ll become an actual law is, at this early stage ...
A proposed 1% grocery tax in Chicago got off to a rocky start today in the City Council as soon as it was introduced. Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, had been waiting to use a parliamentary maneuver to ...
On Monday, the Arlington Heights village board approved imposing a new 5% tax on streaming services, and opted to continue a ...
Chicago needs a sales tax on professional services, a local version of the state-eliminated 1% grocery tax, and a greater share of state income and personal property replacement taxes to close its ...
Families could also be benefited by the governor’s proposed elimination of the state’s 1% grocery tax. The tax was previously suspended from July 1, 2022 through July 30, 2023.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson unveiled his plans for the 2025 city budget Wednesday, proposing a $300 million property tax increase, among other proposals, as funds from the COVID pandemic dwindle.
Arlington Heights implements new streaming tax, retains grocery tax Arlington Heights will levy a new streaming tax, and keep ...
Chicago must decide by Oct. 1 whether to continue the decades-old one percent grocery tax, which could cost the city between $60 and $80 million in revenue for the 2026 fiscal year.