Cook County, IL

Tax rates will vary depending on the location of your event in Cook County. For events in Chicago, you’ll see a charge of up to 12% of the total amount charged to the attendee (‘buyer total’) for Chicago and Cook County Amusement Tax. For events in Cook County but outside of Chicago, you’ll see a charge of up to 3% of the total amount charged to the attendee (‘buyer total’) for Cook County Amusement Tax. For detailed information, visit Cookcountyil.gov and Chicago.gov. Learn more about tax on ticket sales.

If you’ve been collecting tax in Cook County

When you set up your event, you’ll be able to add your Cook County Amusement Tax ID and continue to collect tax on your total sales using our tax tool. 

If you don’t have a Cook County Amusement Tax ID, you won’t be able to add amusement tax to your ticket sales and Eventgroove will do so on your behalf. 

If you or your event is tax-exempt

Exemptions on Sales Tax for Admission Tickets
If your organization has an exemption certificate for the state where your venue is located, you may upload it in your 'My Account' profile. When your event is published, a third party integration will assess if the exemption applies to the sales tax on admission tickets in the relative jurisdiction. If you have a certificate uploaded and sales tax is populating on transactions, yet you have identified where an exemption is explicit to your use case, please send the appropriate documentation listed below along with the regulatory URL identifying the applicable tax code to [e-mail]. Be sure to include your Event ID so that Eventgroove Support can determine if a manual exemption is allowable.