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Lake Bluff finance committee opens discussion on replacing state grocery tax; staff to present alternatives
Summary
After Governor Pritzker repealed the statewide grocery tax, Village of Lake Bluff finance committee members discussed whether to adopt a municipal grocery sales tax that the state would collect and remit, alternatives including raising the home-rule sales tax, property-tax changes or spending cuts, and a filing deadline to avoid a revenue gap.
Finance committee members discussed municipal options to replace the repealed Illinois statewide grocery tax at their Aug. 25 meeting, requesting staff analysis of alternatives and scheduling before the state filing deadline to avoid a revenue gap.
A committee member summarized the change: “Governor Pritzker repealed the statewide grocery tax and left it up to the municipalities to decide whether or not they wanted to impose their own grocery sales tax,” and noted the village has the statutory ability to have the state continue to collect and remit a local grocery tax if the village elects to impose one.
Committee members framed the question as one of equity and local…
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