Illinois changed in January 2026: the state grocery tax was removed and each municipality may now levy its own 1% grocery tax instead. The grocery rate is set town by town, so an operator with stores in three suburbs may need three different food rates. Storeveu holds that per store.
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These are the settings an IL store has to get right. Storeveu ships with them in place rather than leaving them for you to build.
6.25% plus local
The state rate on general merchandise is 6.25% with local add-ons on top, and Chicago area combined rates run into double digits. Storeveu holds the effective rate per store so a city and a suburban location share one catalog.
Set town by town since Jan 2026
The 1% state grocery tax ended on 1 January 2026 and municipalities may impose their own 1% instead. Two stores ten minutes apart can now carry different food rates, so Storeveu keeps the grocery rate on the store rather than on the product.
5% on sales, plus cashing
Illinois pays a sales commission and a separate cashing bonus on redemptions. Storeveu records the two streams separately, so the commission report reconciles against the Lottery settlement rather than presenting one blended figure.
All three, dual licensed
Unlike Texas or Pennsylvania, an Illinois convenience store can sell spirits. Every retailer needs a local liquor licence from its municipality on top of the state licence, and permitted hours vary by town, so hours are configured per store rather than per chain.
The register is offline first. Sales keep ringing and sync the moment the connection returns.
Starter and Pro are billed per store with no long term contract and no early termination fee.
Every record is scoped to your organization and store, and access is gated by role.
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From 1 January 2026 the 1% state grocery tax was eliminated and each municipality or county may impose its own 1% grocery tax by ordinance. That makes the food rate a property of the store location rather than of the product, so Storeveu holds it on the store record and a multi location operator configures each town once instead of maintaining separate catalogs.
Yes, subject to licensing. Illinois permits beer, wine and distilled spirits in grocery and convenience stores where the retailer holds both a state licence and a local liquor licence from the municipal liquor commissioner. Because permitted hours and local rules vary by town, Storeveu configures alcohol hours per store rather than sharing one setting across a chain.
Illinois pays a sales commission on tickets sold plus a cashing bonus on tickets redeemed. Storeveu holds the rates at state level so every Illinois store inherits them, and records sales and cashing as separate revenue streams so the commission report lines up with the Lottery settlement instead of needing manual reconciliation.
Yes, and Storeveu is built for it. Combined general merchandise rates differ substantially across the Chicago area, and since 2026 the grocery rate is set town by town as well. Both live on the store record, so each location rings its own correct rates while sharing one catalog, one price book and one back office.
Plans start at $39/mo (Starter) and $129/mo (Pro) per store, billed month-to-month with no contract or early-termination fee. Most modules are add-ons you turn on per store, see the pricing page for the full list.
Yes. The register is offline-first, it keeps ringing sales with no internet and syncs automatically the moment the connection returns, so a dropped router never stops checkout.
No. Storeveu is month-to-month per store with no long-term contract and no early-termination fee, change tiers or cancel a store anytime.
No. Storeveu runs on standard Windows PCs with common receipt printers, cash drawers and PAX/Dejavoo terminals, bring your own, or buy the E15W dual-screen terminal.
Most stores go live in 1-3 weeks. The team imports your catalog and customer list from systems like Square, Clover, Lightspeed or Heartland, usually overnight.
Yes. Run multiple locations from one back office with per-store pricing and inventory, plus a five-tier role hierarchy and custom roles.
Every record is scoped to your organization and store, access is permission-gated by role, and one tenant can never see another’s data.
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