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Don’t blame the state for the high sales tax rate

WMBD-31’s Iris Perez had a good report at 6 p.m. about how some Peoria businesses were charging too much sales tax. But there was a minor gaff:

If you shop at any of the businesses at the convention center, civic center or three downtown hotels you’d be shopping in the hospitality improvement, or HIZ zone, you’ll be taxed 9% sales tax, instead of the statewide 8% tax.

Not quite. That 8 percent rate comes from a combination of state, city and county taxes. And it does not include the 2 percent Hotel, Restaurant and Amusement tax.So the state-wide tax is NOT 8 percent.

But the report was otherwise very clear and complete. The “Joel Summers” she interviewed is the father of C.J. Summers. It was Joel who tipped off C.J. to the scandal.

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One Response to “Don’t blame the state for the high sales tax rate”

  1. GregSharp says:
    July 31, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    Greg Sharp

    writes why is peoria short of money at 9% sales tax, by god