ABC 7 Chicago

Cook County property tax bill due Friday, treasurer's website now shows who, why your bill changed

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The deadline to pay your Cook County property taxes is Friday, and some homeowners are facing larger-than-expected bills. "It is shocking when you get your new bill and it's like, wow ...
WBEZ

Here are more than a dozen ways Cook County’s property tax system could be more fair

A new study calls for government agencies involved in the Cook County property tax system to better collaborate to help the system become more fair and equitable, as a growing chorus of homeowners ...
WGN Radio

The reason most Cook County property owners will pay more in taxes

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas joins ...

Cook County Officials Announce Due Dates For Property Tax Bills After Long Delay

The article Cook County Officials Announce Due Dates For Property Tax Bills After Long Delay appeared first on Evanston Patch ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Data error blamed as thousands of Cook County homeowners got erroneous tax delinquency notices from banks

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ABC 7 Chicago

Cook County Treasurer warns residents to pay late property taxes before tax sale on Nov. 15

CHICAGO (WLS) -- If you haven't paid your property tax bill, you need to do it immediately so your property taxes won't be offered up for auction. The Cook County tax sale begins next week on November ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Cook County’s property tax system needs reform. Here’s how to fix it.

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WGN-TV

Cook County Treasurer: $22M in automatic refunds to be divvied among property owners who overpaid 2023 property taxes

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Cook County property owners who overpaid ...
Chicago Tribune

Letters: This is the work the Cook County assessor’s office has done for tax assessments

The Cook County property tax system’s transition from a 50-year-old information technology system has had its share of missteps and delays due to its vendor, Tyler Technologies. But in any transition ...
Crain's Chicago Business

Cook County's commercial property assessment process is broken — and here's Preckwinkle's plan to fix it

Toni Preckwinkle is tired of the bickering over how Cook County values commercial properties for tax purposes. She's hoping a new set of recommendations will fix the problem. The Cook County Board ...
Crain's Chicago Business

Opinion: How to make Cook County’s property tax appeals fairer for all

The Cook County treasurer’s recent report, “A Broken Property Tax Appeals System: How the Assessment Appeals System Disproportionately Shifts the Tax Burden onto Homeowners in Low-Income, Black, and ...