2 Bills Would Prohibit County "Pop" Taxes
Likely in response to the backlash from Cook County's' "pop tax" (the tax imposed on all sweetened beverages (sugar and artificial sweeteners), two bills were recently introduced in the Illinois House that would prohibit home-rule and non-home rule counties in Illinois from taxing sweetened beverages.
If House Bill 4083 passes, it would not affect Cook County's tax, which went into effect this month. However, House Bill 4082 would invalidate any prior tax, which would seem to cover Cook County's pop tax.
Of course, Cook County's tax is still the subject of a lawsuit, although the previous injunction has been lifted. So, there may be any number of avenues to try to get rid of this tax.
You can read House Bill 4082 here and House Bill 4083 here.
Side note: you can usually tell if someone grew up in the Chicago area or somewhere else by the terminology they use to describe a soft drink. Otherwise known as the pop vs. soda wars.
Post Authored by Julie Tappendorf
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