Tax Cut!
Starting Sunday, the next time you dine out or buy a big screen television in the Chicago area you should find a little extra change in your pocket.
That’s because the dawn of the New Year means Cook County’s sales tax falls a quarter cent. In most parts of Chicago, the combined city, county and state sales tax rate falls from 9.75 percent to 9.5 percent on all retail purchases except groceries.
Likewise, taxes on a restaurant tab will fall a quarter cent but will vary depending where you dine out. Restaurants inside a special taxing district that includes downtown Chicago will see taxes fall from 11 percent to 10.75 percent, for example.
But don’t get too excited: Chicago retains the dubious distinction of having the highest sales tax rate of any big city in the nation.
Now....where to spend our gains. Not Chicago, and certainly not Cook County. Suggestions?
Labels: money questions
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
30 Comments:
It [the Sales Tax] is still too high.
I'm shopping elsewhere. And remember, after midnight tonite, the Illinois Tolls will almost double under Comrade Quinn. Soon the Regime will institute Toll on State run Streets, such as LaGrange Road. Get used to Socialism, it's only beginning under the democommunist regime. Also, get used to the double-standard, and being lied to more than ever by the Regime. This Tax Cut is a total fraud, other things will go up much higher to make up for it.
"Now....where to spend our gains. Not Chicago, and certainly not Cook County. Suggestions?"
Q:(SuperBowl Champs) 'You just saved a whopping 1/4% when you dine out in downtown Chicago...what's next?'
A: 'I'm goin' to Dinney Whorl'!!!
I spend all my money in Wisconsin - where I will be living soon. Sales tax 5% and yesterday the gas prices were at $3.24
The only thing I buy in Chicago or cook is food,. I have to buy gas in cook but never in Chicago . Beers and smokes are bought out of county. Twice a year I take the pilgrimage to Wisconsin to do the outlet malls for clothing . Fuck this city, county and state!
Mine will feel the same, since I buy nearly everything outside of crook county. I'll come back when the sales tax gets more realistic. Every year that passes feels more and more like Chicago is becoming a company town, similar to what Pullman was.
C'mon $1.75 bottled water tax on top of the 10.75% for a case of water that retails for $3.99.
In the mean time, thank god for dupage county and amazon!
I don't spend my shit in Illinois at ALL. Unless there's something I need right away and I'm too far from the Indiana border at the time, I REFUSE to give any more of my money to this criminal enterprise ass city, county, and state.
Gas is $.20-50 cheaper per gallon in Indiana, cigarettes are $4-5 cheaper per pack, and did you know that if you go to a grocery store to buy milk for $2.49 and give the cashier a five, you actually get $2.51 back??
Tax on other items is about a wash with Felonois (though I saved about $100 in tax on my kitchen cabinets ordering them from Lowes across the border instead). But even if it's a wash, spending my money across the border means Illinois is NOT getting my extra tax money. Don't they get enough back from the paycheck Shitcago gives me in real estate tax? Inflated water bill? Ridiculous city sticker cost? Assistance to people who don't want to work, or who aren't even legal citizens?
My only question is why Todd "Erkel" Stroger is not sitting in a Federal Jail House. This little corrupt moron ran a den of thieves at the County. Of course the Daley Crime family should be locked up also but we all know how that works.
Except groceries? That sucks, most people try to save money buying food at the store instead of eating out. If you save on taxes shopping outside of cook county, you pay the price for gas driving out of Cook County.
Doesn't affect me. I buy almost everything online or in Indiana.
I buy my gas in Dupage co. and any item over 100.00 either on line or at the place in WI.
Screw this corrupt sesspool !
WOW ~ big fucking deal!
I am lucky enough to live 10 minutes up the road from DuPage county. The gas is cheaper, the taxes are less but the savings isn't so huge that I take the trip to save money, I take the trip on a matter of basic principle to not give these local thieves and more money than I absolutely have to. More important than any of this...RIP Officer Lewis. I don't know if I've ever met you, but it would seem that you are going to be sorely missed by the people that did know and love you.
We get a 1% raise per contract too! Damn, I'm going shopping for a Lexus on Tuesday and then go find a hot bitch to drive around with.
Internet-no taxes.
Screw this city and this county. I and my family shop in Dekalb.
i don't shop for anything in the city and that includes cook county.counting the days to leave this shit city and county
"But don’t get too excited: Chicago retains the dubious distinction of having the highest sales tax rate of any big city in the nation."
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Our mayor's traditionally have longer arms to dig deeper into our pockets, but they also piss the money away as fast as they get it. Must take care of "family member" Charities !!!!!!!!!!!
don't get too excited. several federal tax cuts are set to expire so you might be paying more in the end thanks to washington politicians on both sides
Ah yes...the "special" Mc Pier Economic Zone.
I shop in Indiana so it doesn't matter to me anyways. FUCK YOU ILLINOIS!
I spend all my money in Wisconsin...
Wisconsin sucks!
hey 1000 a.m. i get your point but in case you havent noticed good old Wisconsin is a welfare state, chock full of savages not unlike those here in beautiful Shitcago. i know its a mighty big state, but Ill start my search for post-retirement homes by checking 2 things: 1- is it a welfare state and 2 - demographics. just reminded me of an old joke which SCC would never post, but it involves strapping a snow shovel and a savage to the hood of the car...
I just paid $3.12 for gas in Mesa Arizona. Why, with refineries right in Indiana, did I pay $3.57 before I left?? Fuckin thieves.
hahaha...
for every hundred bucks spent we're gonna save twenty-five cents!!
for every grand spent we're gonna save two-fifty and for ten grand we save twenty-five dollars or enough for a few hours of downtown parking.
But wait..that a misconception isn't it?
Reducing taxes doesn't necessarily mean WE are going to save.
This is an opportunity for the businesses to grab that money by raising their prices to offset the tax.
Hey everyone is already use to paying that extra quarter already, so they wont miss it.
Get real. Strike. It's the only thing that these people understand. Take away their money that finances this krap.
I bought 50 packs of Cigs in Dupage the other day, sorry crook county lol fifty times.
You assholes voted for Preckwinkle, now you have all kinds of Taxes. Should o kept Todd in their, at least you knew what you had and nobody was layer off!
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hey 1000 a.m. i get your point but in case you havent noticed good old Wisconsin is a welfare state, chock full of savages not unlike those here in beautiful Shitcago. i know its a mighty big state, but Ill start my search for post-retirement homes by checking 2 things: 1- is it a welfare state and 2 - demographics. just reminded me of an old joke which SCC would never post, but it involves strapping a snow shovel and a savage to the hood of the car...
12/31/2011 06:17:00 PM
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One of my favorite jokes esepecially when in the company of a bunch of suburban liberalls. Right up there with Melvina, Pauline...
Buy 50 packs of cigs at one time? Chalk up another early death, cigarettes are the single worst thing you can do to your body.
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Anonymous said...
hey 1000 a.m. i get your point but in case you havent noticed good old Wisconsin is a welfare state, chock full of savages not unlike those here in beautiful Shitcago.
Ah, yes, welfare state - but I can tell you, as I look out over my acreage - or when I go to my little town, there is not a democrat or savage within 50 miles. The only unfortunate thing is that I will have to maintain an Illinois address to avoid taxes to my pension.
Just as an item of information I might remind all of you that are bragging about shoping out of state that the Illinois sales taxes are actually classifed as "Use Taxes," which means that the tax is levied on the owner of an item if it is used in Illinois. I know, I know how will they catch me. Well try to buy a car out of state and then try to register it in Illinois and you will find that Illinois Dept of Revenue will collect through the Secretary of State. I would be careful about bragging about not paying the tax out of state, particularly on big ticket items, lest you cause the authorities to mount some kind of process to collect when you hit the state line. They have done it in the past with large buyers of cigarettes in Indiana who brought them to Illinois. Yeah laugh, but if they can do it for less than they believe they will take in by collecting the tax, it could happen.
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