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It's worse than that, it can also vary by city.

• turnsout 2y ago
  It can even vary within the city—in Chicago there's an extra tax on the F&B industry to support Navy Pier, with very specific boundaries.
• chrismorgan 2y ago
  Once I was long-distance cycling in the USA during the summer, and rather fond of chocolate shakes. Somewhere at a fast food place, I got asked if I was eating in or taking out. I asked what the difference was—it seemed incongruous to ask on such an item when that’s the entirety of the order. My curiosity was rewarded: apparently there was an extra tax in that city on one or the other; so I did whichever was cheaper (and honestly, either drinking it inside, or sitting on my trike). I even came across taxes that were only present in half a city, even—one side of a road but not the other, that kind of thing.
  • fencepost 2y ago
    That's probably not uncommon since municipality borders don't follow county borders.
• nanidin 2y ago
  It can even vary within a city, and within a zip code - see TID's, NID's, and CID's.
  • kayodelycaon 2y ago
    It's even worse than that. You need a complete address to actually know what the correct tax is.