Illinois Sales Tax Calculator
Invoicing clients or selling to customers and need to know how much sales tax to charge? Use our simple sales tax calculator to work out how much sales tax you should charge your clients. Input the amount and the sales tax rate, select whether to include or exclude sales tax, and the calculator will do the rest. If you don’t know the rate, download the free lookup tool on this page to find the right combined Illinois state and local rate.
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What is the sales tax rate in Illinois?
The base state sales tax rate in Illinois is 6.25%. Local tax rates in Illinois range from 0% to 4.75%, making the sales tax range in Illinois 6.25% to 11%.
Find your Illinois combined state and local tax rate.
Illinois sales tax rates vary depending on which county and city you’re in, which can make finding the right sales tax rate a headache. That’s why we came up with this handy Illinois sales tax calculator.
Simply download the lookup tool and enter your state, in this case Illinois. Add your county or city - and the tool will do the rest.
How to calculate Illinois sales tax?
To calculate the right sales tax in Illinois you’ll need to add up the state, county and city rates for your location. The easiest way to do this is by downloading our lookup tool to get the detail you need in seconds.
Once you’ve found the correct sales tax rate for your area, you need to figure out how much to charge each customer on their purchases.
Use the sales tax formula below, or the handy calculator at the top of the page, to get the tax detail you need.
Sales tax = total amount of sale x sales tax rate
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Illinois sales tax rates by city.
Illinois sales tax rates by city.
| City | Minimum combined rate | City | Minimum combined rate |
|---|---|---|---|
Arlington Heights | 10% | Naperville | 7.75% |
Aurora | 8.25% | Normal | 8.75% |
Berwyn | 10.75% | Oak Lawn | 9.75% |
Bloomington | 8.75% | Oak Park | 10% |
Bolingbrook | 8.5% | Orland Park | 9.75% |
Champaign | 9% | Palatine | 10% |
Chicago | 10.25% | Peoria | 10% |
Cicero | 10.75% | Rockford | 8.75% |
Decatur | 9.25% | Schaumburg | 10% |
Des Plaines | 10% | Skokie | 10.25% |
Elgin | 8.5% | Springfield | 9.75% |
Evanston | 10.25% | Tinley Park | 9.75% |
Hoffman Estates | 10% | Waukegan | 8.5% |
Joliet | 8.75% | Wheaton | 8% |
Mount Prospect | 10% |
Illinois sales tax rates by county.
Illinois sales tax rates by county.
| County | Minimum combined rate | County | Minimum combined rate |
|---|---|---|---|
Adams County | 6.5% | Madison County | 6.6% |
Boone County | 7.75% | Mchenry County | 8% |
Champaign County | 9% | Mclean County | 6.25% |
Coles County | 7.25% | Ogle County | 6.25% |
Cook County | 10.25% | Peoria County | 7.25% |
Dekalb County | 8% | Rock Island County | 8.5% |
Dupage County | 8% | Sangamon County | 9.75% |
Jackson County | 7.25% | St Clair County | 6.6% |
Kane County | 7% | Tazewell County | 6.75% |
Kankakee County | 7.25% | Vermilion County | 6.5% |
Kendall County | 7.25% | Whiteside County | 7.25% |
Knox County | 7.75% | Will County | 8% |
Lake County | 7% | Williamson County | 9.5% |
Lasalle County | 6.5% | Winnebago County | 7.75% |
Macon County | 9.25% |
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