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What is the Cook County Equalizer for 2015?

May 6, 2016

Did you ever wonder what the Cook County equalizer is? Cook County recently announced that its final equalizer for 2015 is 2.6685. That means that all Cook County assessments are increased nearly 3 times before the local...

2015 Cook County Tentative Multiplier announced

March 2, 2016

The Illinois Department of Revenue has released the tentative 2015 Cook County equalizer, and it is scheduled to decrease by about 4.4% from the 2014 level. Property taxes are a product of the assessed value, equalizer, and...

2016 Newsletter: Technology, transparency, and property taxes

March 1, 2016

Powered by technology, the property tax appeal process has become more transparent, but also more complicated for taxpayers and attorneys. 2016 Newsletter Commercial...

Expanded Tax Incentives for Commercial and Industrial Cook County Properties

October 17, 2015

Joanne Elliott’s article “Expanded Tax Incentives for Commercial and Industrial Cook County Properties” appeared in the autumn 2015 issue of Chicagoland Buildings & Environments. Download the article. October 2015...

2014 County Tax Bills Released

July 7, 2015

Cook County tax bills were mailed on July 3, 2015, and are due August 1, 2015. If Elliott & Associates was successful in reducing your 2014 assessment, we invite you to use our tax savings calculator to determine what...

2014 2nd Installment Tax Bills: What will yours look like and why?

July 1, 2015

Cook County recently released 2014 property tax rates, which is the final step in the tax process before tax bills are mailed. We expect tax bills to be mailed in late June and be due August 3, 2015. Here are some of the...

Senior Citizen Assessment Freeze Program

June 15, 2015

Learn more about the Cook County Senior Citizen Assessment Freeze and what that might mean for you should you qualify. June 2015 Facts...

Cook County Final Multiplier Announced For 2014

May 21, 2015

Official Press Release for the 2014 Cook County Multiplier. 2014 Multiplier...

Cook County Assessor Bill-Back Erroneous Exemptions

May 20, 2015

Under Illinois law, qualified taxpayers are entitled to various real estate tax exemptions for their principal residence. These exemptions (called the “homestead exemptions”) reduce the amount of the tax bill. Qualified...

Eligibility For Tax Incentives

May 12, 2015

June 2015 – Tax Incentives...

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