US EditionState’s Gasoline Tax Hike Goes Into Effect Tuesday; Here’s What It Could Cost You
- Illinois implemented several new laws and tax increases including a gas tax hike starting July 1, 2025, affecting the entire state and Chicago specifically.
- The gas tax increase resulted from a 2019 plan to double and annually raise the motor fuel tax by inflation, raising the rate from 47 to 48.3 cents per gallon this year.
- Alongside the three-cent gas tax rise, Chicago raised its minimum wage to $16.60 and the wage for tipped employees to $12.62 per hour effective July 1.
- Officials expect the tax hike to generate $76 million more for state road maintenance and transit, with Illinois now holding the second-highest gas tax nationally.
- These changes imply Illinois drivers will pay about $6 more annually in gasoline taxes while the increased wages reflect efforts to adjust living costs amid tax updates.
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‘Give and take situation’: Increase in gas tax, decrease in grocery tax to begin July 1
‘Give and take situation’: Increase in gas tax, decrease in grocery tax to begin July 1 GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) – Every gallon of gas will cost another three cents starting Tuesday, July 1. The gas tax increase is one of the changes lawmakers passed as part of a plan to eventually eliminate state income tax. “To me, it’s just, it is what it is, it’s one of those things you just got to deal with it cause you need gas, you got to go to places, you …
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