Many Illinois shoppers will still be paying a one-percent grocery tax in 2026. Capitol News Illinois reports that Illinois Municipal League data show about half of Illinois municipalities passed ordinances to keep the grocery tax in place.
Governor JB Pritzker signed a bill last year eliminating the statewide tax. Revenue from that tax did not go to the state but was distributed to local governments.
Illinois lawmakers allowed municipalities to pass their own ordinances to keep the revenue from disappearing. Communities with several large grocery stores could lose millions of dollars in revenue without the tax.
