If your Cook County tax bill or property record looks wrong, start here A high Cook County property tax bill can come from more than one problem. Your exemptions may be missing. Your property record may show the wrong square footage or building type. Your assessed value may be too high. Or the bill may … Read more
Your Illinois assessment is wrong, or an exemption is missing If your Illinois property tax problem is about a value that looks too high, you usually start with the assessor and then the county Board of Review. If the problem is an exemption that should have been on a past bill, the answer may be … Read more
You need the right Illinois exemption before the bill is set If you own and live in your Illinois home, a homestead exemption may lower the taxable value used to calculate your property tax bill. Start with your county assessment office. Illinois has statewide exemption rules, but counties handle applications, deadlines, renewals, document review, and … Read more
You need the county assessment office, not the tax bill office If you are trying to lower an Illinois property tax bill because of a service-connected disability, start with the county office that handles assessments and exemptions. In many counties, that office is called the Supervisor of Assessments, Chief County Assessment Office, County Assessor, or … Read more
Trying to freeze your Illinois assessment before the tax bill gets worse? The Illinois Senior Freeze is the Low-Income Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption. It may help an older homeowner by freezing the home’s equalized assessed value, often called EAV, at a base-year amount. That sounds simple. It is not always simple in real … Read more