Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) Tax Rate Change

              Effective April 1, 2008, the Regional
Transportation Authority (RTA) tax
rates will increase.
The RTA tax applies to persons
in the business of selling general
merchandise, qualifying food, drugs,
and medical appliances* and items
that are required to be titled or
registered within the state of Illinois.
ST-1 Filers
To: ST-1 fi lers making sales
from a Cook County location
The new rate for general merchandise
is 1%. This is an increase of
0.25%. The new combined rate
will be preprinted on Line 4a of
Form ST-1, Sales and Use Tax Return,
or Form ST-2, Multiple Site Form, as
the general merchandise rate.
The new rate for qualifying food, drugs,
and medical appliances* will be 1.25%.
This is an increase of 0.25%. The new
combined rate will be preprinted on
Line 5a of Form ST-1, Sales and Use
Tax Return, or Form ST-2, Multiple
Site Form, as the total qualifying food,
drugs, and medical appliances rate.
To: ST-1 fi lers making sales from
a DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry
or Will County location
The new rate for general merchandise
and qualifying food, drugs, and medical
appliances* is 0.75%. This is an increase
of 0.50%. The new combined rate will
be preprinted on Lines 4a and 5a on
Form ST-1, Sales and Use Tax Return,
or Form ST-2, Multiple Site Form, as the
total general merchandise and qualifying
food, drugs, and medical appliances
rates.
* 86 Ill. Adm. Code 130.310
To: All ST-1 fi lers who must
collect the RTA Tax
It will be necessary to adjust your cash
register and any computer programs you
use so that, on April 1, 2008, you will
collect and pay the correct amount of tax.
If you use software to create the forms
you fi le, that software must also be
adjusted. You may need to contact your
software vendor.
Regional Transportation Authority (RTA)
Tax Rate Change
To:
All retailers and servicepersons affected by the RTA
rate change and who fi le Form ST-1, Form ST-556, or
For information . . . RUT-25
Visit our web site —
tax.illinois.gov
Call us —
1 800 732-8866 or
1 217 782-3336
1 800 544-5304 (TDD only)
Write us —
Illinois Department of Revenue
P.O. Box 19044
Springfi eld, IL 62794-9044
For forms . . .
Visit our web site —
tax.illinois.gov
Call our Forms Order Line —
1 800 356-6302
This bulletin is written to
inform you of recent changes;
it does not replace statutes,
rules and regulations, or court
decisions.
Illinois Department of Revenue
Informational Bulletin
Printed by authority of the State of Illinois
161,500 copies - 2/08 - P.O. Number 2080545
FY 2008-13
February 2008
Brian Hamer
Director of Revenue
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