Illinois’ combined state and average local sales tax rate ranks highest in the Midwest, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation. Currently, the average combined sales tax burden imposed by state and local governments in Illinois is 8.64 percent. The Midwestern state with the second-highest average combined sales tax rate is Kansas, at 8.62 percent.
Illinois also has the seventh-highest combined sales tax rate in the nation, surpassing both New York and California.
The only states with higher average combined sales tax rates are:
- Louisiana, 9.98 percent
- Tennessee, 9.46 percent
- Arkansas, 9.3 percent
- Alabama, 9.01 percent
- Washington, 8.92 percent
- Oklahoma, 8.86 percent
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