Illinois municipalities revive the 1% grocery tax locally
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- Jurisdiction
- United States (Illinois)
- Tax
- Sales Tax
- Change type
- Rate change
- Status
- In force
- Announced
- 1 July 2026
- Effective
- 1 July 2026
- Authority
- Illinois Department of Revenue
- Verified
- Corroborated against official id · high confidence
Grocery retailers in the Illinois municipalities and counties that adopted the new local 1% occupation tax, plus anyone tracking the wider local rate wave in IDOR bulletins FY 2026-25 and FY 2026-26-A. The statewide 1% grocery tax was abolished on 1 January 2026, so this is a local reinstatement, not a continuation.
From 1 July 2026 numerous Illinois municipalities and counties impose a new local 1% grocery occupation tax — replacing the statewide 1% grocery tax abolished on 1 January 2026 — alongside a wider wave of local sales-tax rate changes detailed in Illinois Department of Revenue bulletins FY 2026-25 and FY 2026-26-A. The Illinois state base rate is unchanged at 6.25%.
What changed in detail
From 1 July 2026 numerous Illinois municipalities and counties impose a new local 1% grocery occupation tax — replacing the statewide 1% grocery tax abolished on 1 January 2026 — alongside a wider wave of local sales-tax rate changes detailed in Illinois Department of Revenue bulletins FY 2026-25 and FY 2026-26-A. The Illinois state base rate is unchanged at 6.25%.
Proof
Retailers engaged in the business of selling groceries Effective July 1, 2026, certain municipalities and counties have imposed a local grocery tax rate of exactly one-percent (1%) by ordinance.
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