Cook County Soda Tax Floor Tax

The tax which will go into effect in july 2017 will increase the cost of a 99 cent can of soda to 1 11 and would boost the cost of a 20 ounce bottle to 2 39 from 2 19.

Cook county soda tax floor tax. Chicago wls the cook county board vote thursday to approve a proposed penny per ounce tax on sugary drinks including soft drinks diet drinks and energy drinks. After the vote board president toni preckwinkle struck a. The cook county treasurer s office website was designed to meet the illinois information technology accessibility act and the americans with disabilities act. The pr shop that helped kill cook county s soda tax has another target.

The cook county board repealed the controversial pop tax oct. 11 2017 which means soda drinkers won t have to pay it come dec. A cook county board committee voted 15 2 to repeal the penny per ounce tax after a backlash from store owners drink companies and bottlers. Cook county sweetened beverage tax.

To date the list of places embracing a soda tax is an extremely short one hence chicago s and cook county s emergence as among the most expensive places to pop for a pop. The tax imposed will be at the rate of 0 01 per ounce on the retail sale of all sweetened beverages in cook county. A series of ads launched in mid may including on the crain s website contain the message renew cook county. The tax passed 9 8.

A study of beverage sales in cook county illinois shows that for four months in 2017 when the county implemented a penny per ounce tax on both sugar sweetened and artificially sweetened drinks.