For Businesses
The Tax portion of the ordinance applies the following:
- All non-restaurant chain retail establishment exceeding ten thousand (10,000) square feet are required to charge consumers 10 cents for each single-use, point-of-sale bag provided (this includes paper bags)
- Each qualifying non-restaurant retailer is able to retain half of the tax (5 cents per bag)
- Prior to the 20th of each month, each qualifying retail establishment must remit the full amount of the fee collected for all single-use, point-of-sale bags provided to consumers during the previous month.
The remittance forms that must be provided to the City by each qualifying retail establishment can be found here: Retail Single Use Bag Tax Form.
For Consumers
The Tax portion of the ordinance will apply a listed fee on consumers receipts noting the tax being issued. Consumers are encouraged to BRING THEIR OWN BAGS, reuse bags or refuse receiving bags to avoid seeing the tax issued.
Exceptions
The Tax portion of the Ordinance does not apply to the following:
- Bags provided by a pharmacist that contain
s a prescription drug
- Newspaper bags
- Bags provided by restaurants for prepared carry out or leftover food or drinks
- Bags that are used to carry items purchased pursuant to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), the Illinois LINK card, or a similar governmental food assistance program.