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Chicago and its suburbs is home to 35 Fortune 500 companies and is a transportation and distribution center. Manufacturing, printing, publishing, insurance, transportation, financial trading and services, and food processing also play major roles in the city's economy.
In addition to the general sales tax (6 percent as of July 1, 2018) the Navajo Nation levies a special Junk Food Tax on applicable junk food items. The Junk Food Tax rate is 2 percent and applies to sales of sweetened beverages. [146] [better source needed]
The sales tax rate in Larimer County is roughly 7.5%. Most transactions in Denver and the surrounding area are taxed at a total of about 8%. The sales tax rate for non food items in Denver is 7.62%. Food and beverage items total 8.00%, and rental cars total 11.25%. [76]
In addition to walking back on a campaign promise not to raise property taxes, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is also proposing a sizable tax hike on alcohol. Johnson wants to increase the ...
(The Center Square) – The Chicago City Council on Monday approved a new budget without a property-tax increase, but many aldermen say the mayor still needs to cut spending. The council voted 27 ...
“They know that they can't do property taxes because people are fed up with that and we saw the Chicago mayor lose his $300 million proposal for property tax increases by 50 to 0.
Murder rates in Chicago vary greatly depending on the neighborhood in question. [298] The neighborhoods of Englewood on the South Side, and Austin on the West side, for example, have homicide rates that are ten times higher than other parts of the city. [299] Chicago has an estimated population of over 100,000 active gang members from nearly 60 ...
The combined federal, state, county, and local tax on a pack of 20 cigarettes in the city of Chicago, in Cook County, Illinois, is $7.42, the highest in the entire country. The lowest rate in the nation is in Missouri , at 17 cents, where the state's electorate voted to keep it that way in 2002, 2006, 2012, and 2016.