Pandemic Delays Cook County Property Tax Bills

For nine years Cook County's second installment property tax bills have been sent on time, with tax bills hitting mailboxes in late June and being due on or about August 1. Sadly, pandemic-induced disruptions brought an end to that streak of on-time tax bills in Cook County. Second installment tax bills this year will likely not be due until September 1 at the earliest.

There are a number of steps that must take place before second installment tax bills can be calculated and mailed, most importantly that all Cook County tax appeals for the year must be resolved. Once that has happened, it typically still takes state and county agencies about two months to do the calculations and printing needed to mail out bills.

Last year, final tax appeals for 2019 were resolved on May 5; this year appeals for 2020 were not resolved until June 14.

IF the agencies that calculate and print tax bills can work faster than they did last year, tax bills will be mailed at the end of July and will be due September 1, but there is no guarantee they can finish their work so quickly. If it takes longer to finish the required steps, the due date for second installment tax bills will be even later than September 1.

Contact: New Trier Township Assessor Jan Churchwell(847) 446-8200; jchurchwell@newtriertownship.com or Deputy Assessor Leonard Shifflett (847) 446 -8200; lshifflett@newtriertownship.com

Media Contact:

Jack Macholl

Wisdom Bridge Marketing

Office (847) 834-0180

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