Illinois communities that want to keep a 1% grocery tax after the state’s tax expires had to act by Oct. 1 to put their own laws on the books. Now that the deadline is over, hundreds of Illinois villages and cities have decided to extend the tax.

When is the deadline to opt in?

State lawmakers and Gov. JB Pritzker decided to end a 1% grocery tax that benefited local towns. The statewide tax will go away Jan. 1, but the state gave communities until Oct. 1 to put their own grocery taxes on the books that would take effect next year.

Local city councils and village board had to pass an ordinance to keep the tax and report it to the Illinois Department of Revenue online, a department spokesperson said. The taxes must be submitted by Oct. 1 to take effect Jan. 1.

Local municipalities that d

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