Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax Rate Changes Effective July 1, 2011

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Simplifi ed Municipal
Telecommunications Tax Rate
Changes Effective July 1, 2011
Brian Hamer / Director
Illinois Department of Revenue
informational
FY 2011-11
April 2011
Bulletin
Effective July 1, 2011 the municipalities listed below are either
imposing a simplifi ed municipal telecommunications tax or increasing or
decreasing their simplifi ed municipal telecommunications tax rate. The
combined rates are the statewide rate of 7.00 percent (.07) plus the Simplifi ed
Municipal Telecommunications Tax imposed at the local level (up to a
maximum rate of 6.00 percent outside Chicago).
For a complete listing of statewide telecommunications tax rates, see the Tax
Rate Finder on our website at tax.illinois.gov.
Simplifi ed Municipal Telecommunications Tax Rate Change
Combined rate as of Local rate Combined rate as of
Municipalities June 30, 2011 Change July 1, 2011
Buckner 7.00% +4.25% 11.25%
Cambridge 9.00% +2.00% 11.00%
Kildeer 8.00% +3.00% 11.00%
Lockport 8.00% +1.00% 9.00%
Manhattan 7.50% +5.50% 13.00%
Pecatonica 8.00% +5.00% 13.00%
Robinson 11.00% +1.00% 12.00%
Wauconda 13.00% -3.00% 10.00%