Should you appeal your tax bill?
(Chicago Sun Times) — You just opened your Cook County property tax bill and the amount feels like a punch to the forehead. What do you do? 1. Pay the bill. The deadline is Dec. 13, and even if you...
View ArticleCounty Property Tax Overhaul Urged
(Chicago Sun Times) — Cook County’s mind-boggling property tax system should be simplified and made fairer, a taxpayer watchdog group argued in a report to be issued today. The nonpartisan Civic...
View ArticleMd. to Hold the Line on State Property Taxes
Marylanders will pay the same state property tax rate next year as they have for the past four years, the Board of Public Works voted Wednesday, but keeping rates low could cost the state $20 million...
View ArticleTax Group Takes on Fulton County
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) — A taxpayers group is suing the Fulton County Board of Assessors and asking the court to freeze the property assessments at their 2009 level because it says is...
View ArticleDaley Says No Property Tax Hike
(AP) — Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley says he won’t propose increasing property taxes in next year’s budget. Daley made that pledge Tuesday during an appearance before the City Club of Chicago. Daley...
View ArticleAssessor’s Race Centers on Balance of Tax Burden
(NYT) — Homeowners have been far less successful than businesses in winning appeals for lower property tax assessments, a Chicago News Cooperative analysis shows — a discrepancy that strikes at a key...
View ArticleCook Co. Property Tax Break Extended
(Chicago Tribune) — Faced with a politically tricky situation, Gov. Pat Quinn on Sunday signed legislation to extend a popular property tax break for Cook County homeowners but that also requires...
View ArticlePaterson Offers Silver a Deal on Property Tax Caps
(Crain’s) — Gov. David Paterson offered Monday to back off from calling a special session of the state Legislature to consider a property tax cap, but only if the Assembly promises to approve a cap...
View ArticleCity Property Tax Keeps Increasing
(Wall Street Journal) — Through all the turmoil that erased billions of dollars from the value of U.S. homes, owners in New York City are seeing their property tax continue to rise without skipping a...
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