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10-day sales tax break on clothing, school supplies begins Aug. 5

by Jerry Nowicki/Capitol News Illinois August 4, 2022August 8, 2022

Beginning Aug. 5 and lasting through Aug. 14, the state will reduce its sales tax rate from 6.25 percent to 1.25 percent for certain clothing items costing less than $125 and school supplies. The “tax holiday” was included in Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “family relief plan,” one prong of several bills making up the Fiscal Year […]

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