Accounting & Tax Services in Glen Ellyn, IL

Tax Preparation and Bookkeeping for Glen Ellyn

Three commercial areas, three kinds of business

Choose DuPage describes Glen Ellyn’s business areas this way:

• Downtown: more than 100 shops in about 265,000 square feet of storefront space
• Roosevelt Road: a corridor with about 45,000 vehicles a day
• Stacy’s Corners: at Geneva Road and St. Charles Road, with about 20,000 vehicles a day

Choose DuPage also puts average household income within a mile of the town center at more than $130,000. The village has about 14,279 jobs and a daytime population of about 27,443.

A downtown boutique, a Roosevelt Road service business and a neighborhood shop at Stacy’s Corners have different cost structures. What they share is the need for clean monthly records. Our bookkeeping services give an owner current numbers during the year, not only at filing time.

Sales tax

The Illinois Department of Revenue lists Glen Ellyn’s general merchandise rate at 8.50% as of August 1, 2026. It had been 8.25% since July 2018. That change came in the middle of the third quarter, so retailers that file quarterly should check that their July and August sales were split correctly.

Households and home-based consultants

Choose DuPage notes that Glen Ellyn is about 30 minutes from downtown Chicago and sits on one of the region’s busiest commuter rail lines. The village has about 28,270 residents, and 68.2% hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, according to Choose DuPage. If your return includes education credits, 529 plan distributions, stock compensation or consulting income, there are more pieces to get right. Our personal tax preparation handles the federal return and Illinois’ flat 4.95% return, including the Illinois credits and subtractions that apply to you.

If you earn consulting or freelance income from home, you may reach the point where an LLC or S corporation election makes sense. We can review the entity formation options and the federal and Illinois tax effects with you, including the 1.5% replacement tax an S corporation pays in Illinois.

From Glen Ellyn to our office

We are at 1323 Butterfield Rd, Downers Grove, about 5.1 miles by road from central Glen Ellyn. Call (331) 264-4194, or start on the contact page.