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The Chicago Traveler

July 2nd, 2008

Chicago Hit with Highest Sales Tax

Cook County encompasses the entire city of Chicago along with a number of suburbs. As of 2006, it was the second largest county by population in the country.[1] And now, at 10.25%, it has the highest sales tax in the country.
The county board approved the tax raise back in February, coming into effect yesterday. It […]

By Matt B -- 4 comments

April 15th, 2008

Top Ten Tax Procrastination Cities

Are your taxes done? Or have you been scrambling these past few days (or hours) to meet the deadline? If you’re among the latter, you’re not alone.
Intuit, the maker of TurboTax products, put together a list of American cities that are full of procrastinators when it comes to filing federal income tax returns. And guess […]

By Matt B -- 1 comment