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An american city named DeKalb, Illinois says it desperately needs money. But the city council so far refuses to tax gas stations or increase parking fees. Instead, they consider a tax on groceries. (www.wifr.com)
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The City of DeKalb needs money. The city has something like 10 gas stations. It also delivers residential parking permits for free :

https://www.cityofdekalb.com/1192/Residential-Parking-Permits

But instead, they are seriously considering a sales tax on GROCERIES 🤦

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[–] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 3 points 10 hours ago

Since so many in the comments didn't seem to read, the tl:dr is:

  1. There is currently a statewide sales tax in Illinois on groceries of 1% with some items (alcohol, candy etc.) exempt and taxed at the higher state sales tax rate
  2. The state is set to end this tax on 1/1/2026 but local municipalities can continue it
  3. Dekalb expects that loss of tax revenue to be impactful and is considering it at the local level

There are likely other ways they could make up the revenue but if they wouldn't be implementing a new tax, just keeping the existing one going at a local level.

I'm not familiar with Dekalb but I went to college in a college town where the population doubled during the academic year. There were taxes and fees of higher rates designed to impact the student residents more than locals to make up for the loss of residents during the off time.