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Cook County is the fifth-largest employer in Chicago. [29] In March 2008, the County Board increased the sales tax by one percent to 1.75 percent. This followed a quarter-cent increase in mass transit taxes. In Chicago, the rate increased to 10.25 percent, the steepest nominal rate of any major metropolitan area in America.
A sales tax is a tax paid to a governing body for the sales of certain goods and ... sales tax in Chicago (Cook County), IL is 10.25%, consisting of 6.25% state, 1.25 ...
Cook County is the fifth largest employer in Chicago. [5] In March 2008, the County Board increased the sales tax by one percent to 1.75 percent. This followed a quarter-cent increase in mass transit taxes. In Chicago, the rate increased to 10.25 percent, the steepest nominal rate of any major metropolitan area in America.
Cook County’s budget has increased from $5.2 billion in fiscal year 2018 to $9.94 billion for 2025. ... like sales taxes, and expenditure reductions, like lower than anticipated health care and ...
As a result of Stroger's bill, on July 1 the County sales tax increased from 0.75 percent to 1.75 percent bringing Chicago's overall sales tax to 10.25 percent, which was the highest of any major U.S. city, while the sales tax was a minimum of 8.75 percent in suburban Cook County.
The sales tax rate for Cook and Lake County is 10 percent and 8 percent. Also, the tax rate on food and beverages sold at restaurants in the Cook County portion of Buffalo Grove is 11 percent (10 percent for sales tax and 1 percent for food and beverage tax), while in Lake County, the same tax on food sold at restaurants is 9 percent. [127]
Home and business owners in Cook County eager to learn how much their property tax tab is can get a bit of a head start by viewing — and paying — their bills online. Cook County Treasurer ...
The RTA sales tax was increased to 1.25% in Cook County, and 0.75% in the collar counties (from 1% and 0.25%, respectively), but one-third of the sales tax collected in the collar counties (i.e. 0.25%) is distributed directly to the counties [39] and the county boards may use that money for transportation or public safety purposes. [40]