Come to 2026, Illinois sales tax will be canceled on grocery stores. But dozens of suburbs across Chicago and their country will be implemented instead.
The move comes after the state's grocery tax, which was canceled when legislators approved their budget in the fiscal year 2025 last spring. When the JB Pritzker signed this procedure in the law, giving municipalities the authority to implement them as a way to prevent the loss of the resulting revenues.
Earlier this week, Carol Stream became the latest suburb to adopt one, as officials on the new grocery tax agreed by 1 % to enter into force on January 1, 2026. A report issued by the Daily Herald newspaper, Carol Stream's financial director, said that John Pats estimated in a memorandum that without replacing the tax at the state level, the village could lose $ 550,000 to $ 60,000 in Revenue.
Des Plaines and Lake Zurich also agreed to a 1 % grocery tax every week, to enter into force on January 1.
Algonquin, Chomorg, Witon and Elak Group Feldge, Boufalo Group, Lombard Welling recently agreed to grocery taxes. Other suburbs, including Paltin and Berlington, adopted similar decrees last year. Shoppers are not expected to feel a great pill, as new taxes replace the current tax with the same amount.
Many other major communities across the state have done the same thing, including Peoria and Normal, according to Peoria Journal-Star.
Champaigen followed a different approach, as it raised the total sales tax to help compensate for the loss of revenue, according to WTTW.
The city of Chicago has not carried out an alternative grocery tax, and it is not clear whether they would do so.
According to the municipal Illinois Association, there are a total of 224 community in the state in the state. These societies, which have more than 25,000 population or who have agreed to the domestic base referendums, have a broader power to impose new taxes from non -home societies, according to the league.
According to Daily Herald newspaper reports, societies have until October 1 to agree to new grocery taxes to avoid interruption in the collection of revenues. As of April, approximately 50 cities across the state did it already, the report said.
