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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]
Pennsylvania has a 6% sales tax rate. Allegheny County has local sales tax of 1% on top of the PA sales tax rate that totals 7%. Philadelphia County has a local sales tax of 2% on top of the PA sales tax rate that totals 8%, which became effective October 8, 2009. Food, most clothing, and footwear are among the items most frequently exempted. [180]
In January 2020, WeWork began phasing out free beer at all North American co-working locations and announced plans for a slower growth rate. [ 138 ] [ 139 ] On February 1, 2020, WeWork announced that Sandeep Mathrani , a former senior executive at GGP Inc. and Brookfield Property Partners , would become CEO of the company, effective February 18 ...
In DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties people pay a 0.5% sales tax. Illinois has set aside $275 million from the Rebuild Illinois capital plan to pay for restoration of passenger rail ...
The owner of money-losing shared office provider WeWork told employees on Thursday it has slashed its cash burn rate almost in half from the end of last year and obtained a $1.1 billion commitment ...
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. In Evanston, sales tax reached 10 percent and Oak Lawn residents pay 9.5 ...
“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.
Unlike many other transit "monthly passes" the Chicago Card Plus only offered a "30 day pass," meaning the pass was active for 30 days regardless of when the account is activated. This card had to be loaded twice in some months because of this feature. In order to obtain a 30-day pass, users needed to link a credit or debit card account.