The dollars collected from property taxes are used to fund a number of state and local services, including education, transportation, emergency, parks, and libraries. How those dollars are calculated involves a variety of entities and a lot of math. How […]

Cook County first installment property tax bills which are due on March 3, 2020, are now available online. This year’s first installment bill was calculated at 55% of last year’s total bill. To find the property’s tax bill on the […]

It has been one year since Fritz Kaegi took over the Cook County Assessor’s office, and since then, he has instituted reforms, including transparency and uniformity in estimating the fair market value of each property. Commercial Property Assessments See Big […]