State Rep. Sue Scherer, D-Decatur, is a sponsor of a bill to remove the 6.25 percent sales tax the state of Illinois collects on most motor fuel sales, reports Bernard Schoenburg of The State Journal-Register.
The bill would permanently remove the tax, as of July 1, 2014. The 6.25 percent includes 5 percent that goes to the state, 1 percent that goes to municipal government and a quarter percent that goes to county government, according to The Journal-Register. The state’s 5 percent sales tax on fuel alone amounted to $779 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Revenue told The State Journal-Register.
