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It’s a tax only if you pay it: Online retailers made to collect state, local sales taxes consumers ignored

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This receipt from an online retailer shows the collection of sales taxes from a Woodstock customer, including the state tax and the city's 1 percent home rule tax.

Woodstock residents who have been shopping online this year have given the city a boost in revenue. And for that, we can thank the U.S. Supreme Court. Through the first five months of the 2021 fiscal year, the city has seen a year-over-year increase of more than $300,000 – about 29 percent – in revenue […]

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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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Picture of Larry Lough

Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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