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On June 5th, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law an Act that allows the Cook County Assessor to automatically renew 3 homestead exemptions for Tax Year 2020. The three exemptions that now automatically renew are the...

Yesterday, the Cook County Assessor published a report detailing what he is calling “COVID-19 Adjustments” that he intends to make to property assessments in the South and West suburbs. These adjustments will have an...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced a proposal today that would waive late fees for taxpayers who pay their 2nd installment property tax bills up to two months after the original due date. The proposal,...

Joining several other collar counties, Lake County announced yesterday that they would provide a measure of relief to taxpayers paying their 2019 property tax bills originally due this June and September. The relief amounts...

Like local governments across the country, Cook County is preparing for a monumental budget shortfall due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week it was reported that the County expects a shortfall of up to $275 million for this...