Illinois Property Taxes

Table of Contents 2025 Sees Historic Issues Come to a Head Why the Spike Happened Taxes are Unaffordable for Working Families First Installment of 2026 Taxes Due April 1 Property Tax Appeals Can Bring Future Relief O’Connor Supports Appeals with Data and Analytics While property taxes became a focus across the country in 2025, the … Read more

Table of Contents Cook County Property Taxes Due April 1, 2026 A Long 2025 Tax Season 2026 Experiencing a Hangover from 2025 Steps in the Right Direction Property Tax Appeals Help the People of Cook County Fight Back O’Connor is Here to Help with Analysis and Evidence While it may seem like a low bar, … Read more

Table of Contents Pension Shortcomings are an Ancient and Systemic Issue Chicago Advanced Pension Payments After effects of Delayed Property Taxes Keep Spiraling The Chicago Budget Crisis The Impact on Future Assessments and Tax Bills O’Connor has Your Back As we wrote earlier, the pension crisis across Illinois is an anchor around the neck of … Read more

Table of Contents The Illinois Public Pension Systems Pension Problem Enshrined in the Illinois Constitution The Edgar Ramp Final Crisis Court Strikes Down Reforms Tier 2 Pensions Established Reform and Funding Chicago and Cook County Crisis Worse Than the State Pensions and Property Taxes O’Connor can Help Throughout 2025 and into 2026, Illinois and Cook … Read more

Table of Contents A Common Debate on the Surface Property Taxes Complicate Things Possible New Homes for the Bears The Bears as a Microcosm for Illinois and Cook County Business Revenue Continues to Fall in Cook County The Megaprojects Bill Could Help The Average Taxpayer Can Find Relief with Appeals O’Connor Can Help Illinois has … Read more

Table of Contents What SB 642 Does The Senior Tax Freeze Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral Act Property Tax Payment Plans Property Tax Appeals Can Augment These Changes O’Connor is Here to Help Taxpayers all across Illinois are under siege. While Cook County and Chicago are certainly grabbing headlines with a property tax catastrophe, … Read more

Table of Contents Property Values and Taxes Grow Across Illinois Computer Error the First Domino to Fall in Chicago Cook County Tax Bills Delayed from May to November Collapsing Office Values in the Loop Forced Higher Taxes on Homeowners Community Anger Forced Emergency Measures Cook County Property Tax Sales Ruled Unconstitutional Property Tax Appeals Reach … Read more

Table of Contents Townships Currently Eligible for Appeals From January 5 to February 3 Opening for Appeals Soon Board of Review (BOR) Appeals Evidence and Grounds for a BOR Appeal More Pressure on Homeowners Than Ever Before BOR Appeals Favor Businesses and the Wealthy? O’Connor Helps Even the Odds Homeowners across Cook County were certainly … Read more

Table of Contents 2026 Tax Bills Delayed Triennial Reassessment Comes to the South and West Suburbs Commercial Failures Leading to Higher Home Taxes Megaproject Bill Could Shape the Future of Illinois Legislative Solutions Proposed Possible Government Shutdown How O’Connor can Help 2025 has been a year of upheaval in Cook County. Thanks to computer errors … Read more

Table of Contents Townships Reopening from December 3 to December 12 A Compressed Window Evidence Required Professional Representation O’Connor Brings Expertise to Gathering Evidence and Analysis The Board of Review (BOR) announced that it will reopen previously closed townships for appeals. While these appeals will not change what is owed on the record-setting second installment … Read more