Our company charges only a one time flat fee for preparing you forms and completing your appeal. There is no additional fee and we will prepare documents basically 3 times for you

• 1.When your Township is open. Hopefully your appeal will be approved
• 2.If not, we will prepare more docs for re-review at Township Level
• 3.If still not approved – we will prepare and send you full set of documents for Board of Review using more and different forms and arguments.

Usually takes less than 60 seconds for Our System and then 60 days for County Assessor

It usually takes 60 days from date of closing your Township You can check result on http://www.cookcountyassessor.com/Internet_Appeals/Appealsearch.aspx or http://apps.cookcountyil.gov/borcomplaint/(S(onymrp5535d512vc2m3ahq2b))/valuationcomplaint_page1.aspx or contact your Affiliate.

You can check result on http://www.cookcountyassessor.com/Internet_Appeals/Appealsearch.aspx or http://apps.cookcountyil.gov/borcomplaint/(S(onymrp5535d512vc2m3ahq2b))/valuationcomplaint_page1.aspx or contact your Affiliate.

No you don’t have to visit the City Hall. You can check result on http://www.cookcountyassessor.com/Internet_Appeals/Appealsearch.aspx or http://apps.cookcountyil.gov/borcomplaint/(S(onymrp5535d512vc2m3ahq2b))/valuationcomplaint_page1.aspx or contact your Affiliate

No it will not affect the results in any way.

You should appeal every year. It will help you.

We can guarantee in 89% as this is a ratio of approved files in 2015, however we guarantee in 100% money back, if your appeal will be rejected.

No, you can submit online by visiting the page.

You should redirect any questions to your manager.

Yes, you can appeal the property on your own. Technically anyone who has interest in the property should appeal including renters and lessors.

IQ system successfully compares the property in your area based on the Land Assessed, Value Building Assessed Value, Tax Code Neighborhood, Property Classification Description, Exterior Construction, Residence Type and Garage Age.

No, you should always submit 1 appeal per 1 property PIN and individually.

You can see results usually on your second installment of following year.

Property tax reduction will be visible on 2^nd installment Tax Bill for the following year.

It will be released soon after approval from cook county assessor, usually 60 days from the closing day of your Township

The new owner must submit a Name/Address Change Application to the Cook County Treasurer’s Office with acceptable identification. If this application is submitted by mail, your signature must be notarized.

The tax assessment is a value ascribed to a parcel of real property, which is then used to calculate the real estate tax paid by that property. The Assessor is required to estimate the market value of real property. He then applies an assessment percentage to the market value to arrive at the assessment. In all counties other than Cook, property is assessed at 1/3rd of its market value. In Cook, the assessment percentage depends on the properties classification. Residential property is assessed at 10% of market value. Apartment buildings are assessed at 10% of market value. Industrial property is assessed at 25%. And, commercial property is assessed at 25%.

The assessment directly impacts the size of the tax bill. The larger the assessment, the larger the tax bill.

The Assessor. In Cook County, there is one assessor for the entire county. In the collar counties of Chicago, there is an assessor for each township. Downstate, there is generally one assessor for the entire county.

In Cook County, property is assessed triennially, or every third year. Elsewhere in Illinois, property is assessed quadrennial, or every fourth year.

Yes. Nothing prohibits property for being assessed each year.

Yes, due process requires that you have the legal right to contest your assessment before issuance of the tax bill.

In Cook County, the assessment can be formally contested before the Cook County Assessor. The assessment can then be appealed to the Cook County Board of Review. Then, an appeal can be filed to either the Property Tax Appeal Board or the Circuit Court of Cook County. In all other Illinois Counties, the assessment can informally be contested before the local assessor; however, no county other than Cook has a formal appeal process. The first official opportunity to contest the assessment is before the county Board of Review. Then, an appeal can be filed to either the Property Tax Appeal Board or the Circuit Court of Cook County.

If your assessment is lowered, your tax bill will be lower than what it otherwise would have been.

Yes and no. An individual may contest his or her assessment on his or her own, without the assistance of an attorney. The Cook County Assessor will allow a non-lawyer to file a tax appeal on behalf of another party. However, only a lawyer may represent another party before the county Board of Review or in Court. Since corporations, partnerships, condominium associations, limited liability companies, etc. are legal entities and not people, only attorneys may represent them. For example, a shareholder who is not an attorney may not represent the corporation he or she owns stock in.

It is more efficient – and generally more effective - for a condominium association to hire one attorney to file a collective appeal on behalf of all homeowners in the condominium association.

In Cook County, the assessment season generally begins in February and continues through late fall. The assessor allows a thirty-day filing window for each township in which complaints can be filed. These filing windows are spread fairly evenly through the assessment season. The filing deadlines are published on the Cook County Assessor’s web site fairly far in advance. No other Illinois county has a formal filing process. However, assessments can be negotiated with the local assessor at any time.

Generally, 60 to 70 days after the complaint is filed.

If the assessment is reduced, the tax bill will be lower than it would have been.

You may appeal to the Cook County Board of Review and then to either the Property Tax Appeal Board or to the Circuit Court of Cook County.

The Board of Review begins session in August each year. The Board will establish a 30-day filing deadline for each township soon after the Assessor completes his work for the township. Complaints must be filed prior to the end of the filing deadline.

Generally, 60 to 70 days after the complaint is filed.

If the assessment is reduced, the tax bill will be lower than it would have been.

You may appeal to the Property Tax Appeal Board or to the Circuit Court of the county.

A complaint must be filed to the Property Tax Appeal Board not later than the 30th day following the date of the decision of the Board of Review.

That depends. If the case is resolved by settlement, this can be accomplished in 3 to 6 months, depending on the backlog of cases. If the case proceeds to trial, you could wait 6 to 12 months for a trial and 3 to 4 four months following the trial for a decision.

PTAB is considered a poor man’s court. It attempts to resolve cases quickly and efficiently and does not require strict adherence to the rules of evidence. PTAB is accustomed to deciding tax appeal cases. They understand the issues and the law. The taxpayer tends to get a fair hearing.

If the assessment is reduced by PTAB, you will obtain a tax refund, with interest.

You may appeal the PTAB decision to the appeals court.

Complaints must be filed within 135 days following the due date for payment of the second installment tax bill.

Currently, cases are often resolved in under a year.

Taxing districts cannot intervene in Court cases. Furthermore, the Court cannot direct that the assessment be increased.

No.

If the assessment is reduced by Court, you will obtain a tax refund, with interest.

The most common tax incentives in Cook Count include incentives for re-occupancy, new construction and renovation of industrial buildings (Class 6b); new construction and renovation of apartment buildings (Class 9); and, remediation of environmental contamination (Class C).

Class 9. This incentive reduces taxes substantially if the property owner substantially renovates at least two major building systems spends over $6.00 psf and rents apartments at affordable rates to tenants who meet certain income qualifications.

If the tax bill in question is the first installment bill due in March, then you must either have a new PIN number or the bill for last year was $0.00. If the tax bill in question is the second installment bill due in the fall, then the tax assessment is $0.00 (resulting in a tax bill of $0.00) either because the property is exempt from taxation or was assessed as being of no value. The first installment tax bill is always 55% of the prior year bill. So, if you have a new PIN number, the bill will always be $0.00 since the bill for the year before was non-existent and, therefore, presumed to be zero. You may have a new PIN because you live in a new development, which was subdivided to create new lots with new PINs, or there may have been a tax division or consolidation in which your old PIN was eliminated and new PINs created. If your property is assessed at $0.00 that is either because you are exempt from taxation, or your property is taxable but the Assessor has determined it has no value. If your property has value and is being assessed at $0.00, we would encourage you to investigate why so you do not receive a back tax levy at some future date.