Lightfoot moves to hike Chicago restaurant taxes – Crain’s

A few hours after unveiling a $40 million tax on rides from Uber, Lyft and other ride-sharing firms, Lightfoot’s office confirmed that she’ll also seek a $20 million new tax on restaurants. The quarter-percentage-point levy would apply to all food and beverages sold at retail establishments. Combined with levies by other governments including Cook County and the Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, the tax on restaurant bills would rise to as much as 11.75 percent.
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riverbender
4 years ago

More taxes for the Chicago voters…cool!

world with end
4 years ago

Somebody should perform a statistical evaluation of the relationship between taxes increasing and people relocating. Obviously, there’s a positive correlation here.

Also, it seems like Chicago, by frequently increasing taxes and user fees, has a target goal for its population to be much lower than 2.9 million people. Is 29,000 the goal? No, that’s too low. How many city workers are there?

debtsor
4 years ago
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Rosemont entertainment complex, here we come!

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