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Staff recommends not adopting local 1% grocery tax; committee declines to pursue
5728328 · August 28, 2025
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Summary
County staff told the Financial Administrative Committee that Lake County would collect only about $155,000 in grocery-tax revenue from unincorporated areas if it imposed the 1% grocery tax authorized by state law; the committee declined to pursue the tax at this time.
County administration advised the Financial Administrative Committee on Aug. 28 that the 1 percent state grocery tax will be eliminated statewide effective Jan. 1, 2026, under Public Act 103-0781, and that the new law authorizes local governments to adopt an equivalent…
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