Illinois’ statewide 1% grocery tax will go away on Jan. 1, though most shoppers in the southwest suburbs will continue to be charged.
Data compiled by the Illinois Municipal League shows that 656 municipalities — a little more than half of the state’s municipalities — have passed an ordinance establishing their own grocery tax.
Chicago, McCook, Hometown and Willow Springs are the only local communities to not adopt their own tax, according to the Municipal League.
Communities that have adopted a tax include Bedford Park, Bridgeview, Brookfield, Burbank, Chicago Ridge, Countryside, Evergreen Park, Forest View, Hickory Hills, Hodgkins, Indian Head Park, Justice, Lyons, Oak Lawn, Orland Park, Orland Hills, Palos Heights, Palos Park, Palos Hills, Stickney, Summit, Tinley Park and Worth.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill in 2024 eliminating the 1% statewide grocery tax, which he touted as a measure to ease residents’ tax burden. But because the revenue from the state grocery tax went to municipal governments, rather than state coffers, the measure allowed local governments to levy their own 1% tax via ordinance, rather than a referendum to voters.