Sales Tax Rate Changes for West Chicago

              West Chicago’s sales tax rate has
changed.
Effective January 1, 2008, you will
no longer have to collect the DuPage
Water Commission Tax of 0.25%.
Effective January, 1, 2008, a home
rule tax of 0.25% has been imposed.
ST-556 Filers
Home rule sales tax does not
apply to items that must be titled or
registered by an agency of Illinois state
government (reported on Form ST-556,
Sales Tax Transaction Return.)
The new rate for items titled and
registered will be 6.50%. This is a
decrease of 0.25%. DuPage Water
Commission Tax is no longer due on
titled and registered items.
For the ST-556 forms that I
have on hand, how do I show
the new rate?
For the forms that you have on
hand for sales made on or after
January 1, 2008, you will need to
subtract 0.25% from the rate that is
preprinted below Line 4 of your Form
ST-556. This will decrease your rate to
6.50%
When will my ST-556 forms
refl ect the new rate?
ST-556 forms that are printed after Janu-ary
1, 2008, will refl ect the new com-bined
rate preprinted below Line 4 of
Form ST-556.
It will be necessary to adjust your cash
register and any computer programs you
use so that, on January 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.
ST-1 Filers
The rate for general merchandise will
remain at 6.75%. The new home rule
sales tax rate is part of the combined rate
that 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 DuPage Water
Commission Tax is no longer part of the
combined rate.
It may be necessary to adjust your cash
registers and any computer programs you
use so that, beginning on January 1, you
will continue to collect and pay the correct
amount of tax.
Sales Tax Rate Changes for West
Chicago
To:
All businesses engaged in the selling of titled or
registered items in West Chicago
For information . . .
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
63 copies - 11/07 - P.O. Number 2080308
FY 2008-06
November 2007
Brian Hamer
Director of Revenue