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No "Back to School" Sales Tax Holiday for Illinois

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Missouri Department of Revenue
Missouri will offer back to school sales tax holiday

Shoppers in neighboring states like Missouri and Iowa will enjoy a back-to-school sales tax holiday, but it won't be offered to those in Illinois. 

Illinois had its last summer sales tax holiday in 2010. It won't be among the nearly 20 states offering them this season.   The head of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association says the state's consumers took advantage of the last sales tax holiday and retailers saw an increase in sales. But opponents of the practice say it causes state governments to lose tax revenue.   The Chicago Tribune reports that one study determined the effect of a sales tax holiday on a state's tax revenue is likely to be largely neutral.

Missouri's back to school sales tax holiday began on Friday and runs through Sunday, August 9th. The sales tax exemption covers most computers, school clothes and other school related supplies. Not all counties are participating. Ste. Genevieve and Bollinger counties in southeast Missouri have opted out of the sales tax holiday.
 

Jeff Williams is the Associate Director for Radio and Station Manager for WSIU Radio. Jeff is a native of southern Illinois and has been in broadcasting for 30 years. Contact WSIU Radio at 618-453-6101 or email wsiuradio@wsiu.org
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