Liquor part three... What was the liquor tax?

Bolingbrook charged 14.5% which is their 8.5% sales tax and the 6% liquor tax.  All State wholesale taxes and what we call hidden taxes are already in the purchase price.  This is why it is so much better for me to purchase On Line direct from the winery or even from a regional wholesaler as the purchase price prior to taxes will be $5 a bottle cheaper.

Now it still applies to restaurants so if you spend $100 on a meal and $50 on drinks you will pay 10.5% Sales tax and Restaurant tax on the $100 and %14.5 $ on the $50, it makes wining and dining here disproportionate.  I just went over my 2010 expenses and I spent $7,250 on business meals this year in Naperville, Woodridge and Plainfield.  This is what they don't get.  People prefer to spend money out of town then pay the high fees.