Illinois is one of ten states that taxes most candy items at the full sales tax rate of 6.25 percent, so stocking up on the sweet stuff could cost you. But anything made with flour, Kit Kats, Twix and Snickers, are considered groceries. Grocery shoppers pay the 1 percent rate instead of the 6.25 percent sales tax.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
You just got to love Illinois. They can tax everything