2026 Illinois Sales and Use Tax Rate Changes

2026 Illinois Sales and Use Tax Rate Changes

Last Tax Rate Changed on: January 1, 2026

---

This post is to keep track of 2026 Illinois sales and use tax rate changes for general tangible items. To learn more about how sales and use tax works in Illinois, read Illinois Sales and Use Tax Fact Sheet.

Use USgeocoder Sales and Use Tax Online Lookup Tool to search state-wide, county, local and special district Sales and Use tax rates and tax reporting details for any physical address and PO Box in Illinois.

---

Effective 1/1/2026:

Effective January 1, 2026, Marine Township was annexed into the Metro-East Mass Transit District (MED). Marine is the only municipality in the township.

 

City tax rates in the following cities are changed:

Antioch, Ashley, Benton, Bourbonnais, Bowen, Calumet City, Cary, Cedar Point, Centralia, Champaign, Chatham, Colp, Cuba, Darien, Dowell, Downers Grove, Effingham, Energy, Fox Lake, Fox River Grove, Genoa, Girard, Glendale Heights, Glenwood, Godfrey, Golconda, Green Oaks, Green Valley, Gurnee, Hartsburg, Heyworth, Homewood, Itasca, Johnsburg, Kewanee, Lake Villa, Lakemoor, Leland Grove, Malden, Manlius, Marine, Marseilles, Maryville, McCullom Lake, Neponset, New Lenox, Ottawa, Palos Park, Rochelle, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach, Sheffield, St. Joseph, Summit, Symerton, Tinley Park, Tiskilwa, Toledo, Valier, Wauconda, Williamsville, Willisville, Winfield, Woodstock

The following Business Districts start charging sales tax:

• Cherry Valley CherryVale Mall Area Business District
• Coal Valley Business Development District No. 1
• Creve Coeur Business Development District No. 1
• Dwight Business Development District No. 1
• Lincoln Highway and 159 Business District
• The Village of Indian Head Park Triangle Area Business District
• Macomb Business Development District No. 1
• O’Fallon Pierce Boulevard Business District
• O’Fallon Park Place Business District
• O’Fallon W Hwy 50 & N Green Mount Road Business District

• Quincy 54th Street Business District

• Vandalia W Randolph St and Veterans Ave Business District

Source: Illinois Department of Revenue

Effective 7/1/2025:

Home Rule or Non-Home Rule sales tax rates are changed in following jurisdictions: Addison, Anna, Arlington, Bartlett, Blue Island, Bull Valley, Charleston, Colfax, Colona, Cornell, Danvers, Deer Creek, De Pue, Dover, Farmer City, Glen Carbon, Hamel, Harrisburg, Highwood, Hudson, Kenilworth, Knoxville, Ladd, Le Roy, Morton, Mount Carmel, New Athens, Newman, Richmond, Sherman, Sleepy Hollow, South Elgin, Spring Grove, Spring Valley, St. Anne, Tonica, Troy, Westmont, Williamsfield, Wonder Lake, Woodson, Wyanet.

Sales tax rates in McLean and Whiteside counties are changed.

Following special districts start charging sales tax: Bartonville Business Development District No. 1(Bartonville), Janson Ford Business District (Breese), Downtown and Dundee Crossing Business District (East Dundee), Montrose Business District (Montrose), Parkway I-280 Business District (Rock Island)

Source: Illinois Department of Revenue

Effective 1/1/2025:

Following jurisdictions start charging sales tax: Altona (Knox county), Centralia (In Clinton, Jefferson, Marion and Washington counties), Clinton (De Witt county), Coffeen (Montgomery county), Ford Height (Cook county), Gibson (Ford county), Grant Park (Kankakee county), Hampshire (Kane county), Hawthorn Woods (Lake county), Hillside (Cook county), Hillsboro (Montgomery county), Kildeer (Lake county), Lake Zurich (Lake county), Limstone (Kankakee county), Mapleton (Peoria county), Mendota (LaSalle county), Minooka (Grundy, Kendall and will counties), Nokomis (Montgomery county), Pontiac (Livingston county) and Potomac (Vermillion county)

Home Rule or Non-Home Rule sales tax rates are changed in following jurisdictions: Bartonville (Peoria county), Collinsville (Madison and St. Claire counties), Lockport (Will county), Prospect Heights (Cook county), Richton Park (Cook county) and South Pekin (Tazewell county).

Following special districts start charging sales tax: Nokomis Business District, Vermilion Plaze Business District and St. Elmo business district.

Sales tax rate in Richton Park Sauk Trail Business District is changed.

Source: Illinois Department of Revenue

Effective 7/1/2024:

Home Rule or Non-Home Rule sales tax rates are changed in following jurisdictions: Addison, Freeport, Mundelein, North Aurora, Pingree Grove, Shorewood and Woodridge in Cook, Dupage and Will counties.

Home Rule or Non-Home Rule sales tax rates are changed in following jurisdictions and county: Crystal Lake in McHenry county and Marengo in McHenry county

Source: Illinois Department of Revenue

Effective 1/1/2024:

Home Rule or Non-Home Rule sales tax rates are changed in following jurisdictions:

• Edwardsville (Inside MED): Inside Troy Road/Route 159 Business District, Inside Town Centre Business District, Inside Montclaire Business District, Outside Business Districts
• Edwardsville (Outside MED)： Park North business District, Outside Business District
• Elmhurst in Cook and DuPage counties
• Harvard
• Herrin
• Livingston in Madison county
• Orland Park in Cook and Will counties
• Rolling Meadows
• Thornton
• Warren county
• West Chicago

Source: Illinois Department of Revenue

---

Looking for an Online Solution that provides real-time sales tax rates for your application? 

Try USgeocoder API. It provides all the information you get from USgeocoder Live Demo.  You can use it to lookup sales and use tax rate information one address at a time. However if you have a large number of addresses and would like to save time, USgeocoder can do it for you through batch processing service.

---

SALES TAX BY STATE

STATES WITH STATE AND LOCAL SALES TAX:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

STATES WITH NO SALES TAX:
Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon

STATES WITH ONLY STATE-WIDE SALES TAX AND NO LOCAL SALES TAX:
Connecticut (6.35%), District of Columbia (6.00%), Indiana (7.00%), Kentucky (6.00%), Maine (5.5%), Maryland (6.00%), Massachusetts (6.25%), Michigan (6.00%), New Jersey (6.625%), Rhode Island (7.00%)

---

DISCLAIMERS:

SALES AND USE TAX INFORMATION ON THIS BLOG REFERS TO THE GENERAL SALES OF TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY. IN MANY STATES, THERE ARE DIFFERENT RATES FOR RENTAL, LEASING, AND TANGIBLE ITEMS SUCH AS VEHICLE, EQUIPMENT, FOOD, OR CLOTHING. SOME STATES HAVE DIFFERENT SALES TAX RATES THAN USE TAX RATES. EACH STATE HAS ITS OWN RULES ON EXEMPTIONS. PLEASE REFER TO THE SALES AND USE TAX LAW OF INDIVIDUAL STATES FOR DETAILS.

USGEOCODER LLC IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN ANY MANNER. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE IS PREPARED FOR GENERAL INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR OWN TAX, LEGAL AND ACCOUNTING ADVISORS TO ADDRESS YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND BEFORE ENGAGING IN ANY TRANSACTION RELATED TO SALES AND USE TAX.