‘Do it now or it’s gone’: Libertyville joins most others in enacting local grocery tax

Libertyville will join many other communities in enacting a 1% local grocery tax to replace the state grocery tax, which expires Jan. 1. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com, 2020

Libertyville will join an overwhelming majority of communities replacing the state grocery tax with a local version starting Jan. 1, but the decision came with a spirited give and take.

The 1% state sales tax collected on groceries is being eliminated and communities have been given authority to enact their own to replace it.

Those who choose to do so must submit an approved ordinance to the Illinois Department of Revenue by Oct. 1 for the transition to be seamless. There also is a filing deadline of April 1, for implementation July 1, 2026, but doing that means missing six months of revenue.

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