Places for Eating Tax
Taxes must be paid by the 20th day of the month following the reporting period (normally every month, unless you are filing Sales Tax Returns with the State of Illinois on a quarterly or annual basis).
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All premises located within the corporate limits of the village of Clarendon Hills where prepared food is sold at retail for immediate consumption, with seating provided for consumption of said prepared food on the premises, whether consumed on premises or not, and whether or not such places for eating use is conducted along with any other use(s) in a common premises or business establishment.
Includes, but is not limited to, those establishments commonly called a restaurant, eating place, drive-in restaurant, buffet, bakery, banquet facility, cafeteria, cafe, lunch counter, fast food outlet, catering service, coffee shop, diner, sandwich shop, soda fountain, bar, cocktail lounge, soft drink parlor, ice cream parlor, tearoom, delicatessen, hotel, motel or club, or any other establishment which sells at retail prepared food for immediate consumption.
PREPARED FOOD: Means and includes any solid, liquid (including both alcoholic and nonalcoholic liquid), powder or item used or intended to be used for human internal consumption, whether simple, compound or mixed, and which has been prepared for immediate consumption.
SOLD AT RETAIL: To sell for use or consumption in exchange for a consideration, whether in the form of money, credits, barter or any other nature, and not for resale, with said transaction being subject to either the Illinois retailers' occupation tax 1 or the Illinois service occupation tax 2 . (Ord. 07-06-23)
There is hereby levied and imposed upon owners of places for eating a tax at the rate of one percent (1%) of gross receipts received for prepared food sold at retail by the owner.
See Municipal Code Section 47G for other information and penalties.