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Analysis: Sales tax funded 0 percent of City of Ottawa budget in 2016

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The City of Ottawa's local sales tax brought in $107,184 in 2016, according to Illinois State Comptroller revenue data. Ottawa, population 18,428, relied on its local sales tax to contribute 0 percent of total revenue that year.

Ottawa levies a 0.5 percent sales tax. The average of one suburbs in Lasalle County is 0.5. The high is 0.5 percent; the low is 0.5 percent.

Illinois Valley Times analyzed the sales tax collections in one Lasalle County suburbs and found they generated a total of $107,184 in tax revenue in 2016. That was the equivalent of 0% spent by local government.

Below is a list of Lasalle County municipalities' local tax revenue.

Municipality
Population
Local sales tax rate
2016 revenue from sales tax
Percent of total revenue
City of Ottawa
18,428
0.5%
$107,184
< 1%

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