The statewide grocery tax will end Jan. 1. According to Illinois Policy, 209 municipalities have adopted their own grocery sales tax to compensate for the lost revenue from the state.
Homewood adopted a local grocery tax on June 10 that will go into effect Jan. 1. Flossmoor could be next.
At the board meeting Monday, June 16, Flossmoor trustees will consider a measure to implement a 1% local grocery tax.
In a memo to the…
