{"id":7889,"date":"2025-07-03T01:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T01:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7889"},"modified":"2025-07-03T01:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T01:12:08","slug":"ottawa-approves-new-sales-and-service-tax-for-next-year-in-response-to-sunsetting-grocery-tax-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7889","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa approves new sales and service tax for next year in response to sunsetting grocery tax – Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"


The Ottawa City Council approved an ordinance during its Tuesday, March 18, 2025, meeting at Ottawa City Hall that will implement a 1% non-home rule municipal retailers’ occupation tax and a 1% non-home rule municipal service occupation tax. <\/span>(Shaw file photo)
The Ottawa City Council<\/a> on Tuesday approved a new 1% sales tax and service tax for the city.
The approval comes after Gov. JB Pritzker\u2019s decision to eliminate the grocery tax next year.
Under this change, Ottawa<\/a> and other towns in Illinois were granted the authority to either reapply to maintain the grocery tax, impose a general sales tax, or apply a 1% tax on both retailers\u2019 and service occupations.
Ottawa Mayor Robb Hasty said the 1% sales tax essentially will be a replacement for the revenue lost from the grocery tax repeal.
\u201cWe agree with the governor\u2019s decision that everyone needs to eat, so we are in favor of not taxing groceries, medicine or medical equipment,\u201d Hasty said during the meeting. \u201cHowever, in order to recoup the funds the city would have received, we decided to implement a 1% sales tax. This will help us recover the lost revenue and provide additional funds for future projects.\u201d
The new tax will start in January, and it\u2019s expected to help the city cover the gap left by the grocery tax while funding other future projects in Ottawa.
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