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Chicago Sales Tax Calculator

Invoicing clients or selling to customers and need to know how much sales tax to charge? Use our simple sales tax calculator to work out how much sales tax you should charge your clients. Input the amount and the sales tax rate, select whether to include or exclude sales tax, and the calculator will do the rest. If you don’t know the rate, download the free lookup tool on this page to find the right combined Chicago rate.

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What is the sales tax rate in Chicago?

How much is sales tax in Chicago?

The minimum combined sales tax rate for Chicago, Illinois is 10.25%. This is the total of state, county and city sales tax rates. The Illinois sales tax rate is currently 6.25%. The County sales tax rate is 1.75%. The Chicago sales tax rate is 1.25%.

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How to calculate Chicago sales tax?

To calculate the amount of sales tax to charge in Chicago, use this simple formula:

Sales tax = total amount of sale x sales tax rate (in this case 10.25%).

Or to make things even easier, input the Chicago minimum combined sales tax rate into the calculator at the top of the page, along with the total sale amount, to get all the detail you need.

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