DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — Your grocery bill may be a couple of bucks more the next time you shop as a one-year suspension of the state grocery tax has come to an end.
The 1% tax was temporarily dropped in 2022 when inflation was skyrocketing. The inflation rate has dropped and the tax was put back in place on Saturday, July 1st. Republican lawmakers are calling the return of the surcharge a tax increase.
“We said this when the governor suspended the grocery tax that it was a political stunt,” said Rep. Dan Caulkins, (R) Decatur.
Governor Pritzker says the tax has to be returned since the funds go to municipal governments.
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