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Client Alerts
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Cook County, IL 2011 Reassessment Notices Mailed.
The first assessment notices reflecting the 2011
reassessment have been mailed to property owners in
Riverside and River Forest. This year the Assessor’s
Office is reassessing properties in 16 townships located
in the south and west suburbs of Cook County.
Reassessment notices contain proposed values that will
be reflected on payable 2012 second-installment tax
bills. However, NOW is the time to
file appeals on these proposed assessments. You have 30
days from the mail date to file an appeal. The appeal
deadline for Riverside and River Forest is June 13th.
Taxpayers in non-revalue townships will only receive
assessment notices if there was a change in their
property’s assessment. Norwood Park, Rogers Park and
Evanston properties seeing a value change had
reassessment notices also sent out May 13th.
The appeal deadline for those properties is also June 13th.
Oak Park, also a reassessment township notices are
expected to be mailed out May 24th.
New Cook County Residential Reassessment Notices Debut
this Week
Cook
County Assessor Joseph Berrios unveiled a new
residential reassessment notice this week. The notice
includes the standard assessment information along with
the estimated fair market value, assessment history, a
photo of the property, transactions from the Recorder of
Deeds and a history of tax payments.
“This new notice provides taxpayers with all the tools
necessary to determine if their assessments are accurate
and fair,” Berrios said.
ALABAMA EXTENSION GRANTED
The Alabama Dept. of
Revenue is granting automatic filing extensions for any
Alabama tax return and state-administered local tax
return to storm victims located in the 38 Alabama
counties struck by the severe April 15, 2011 storms.
Affected taxpayers have until June 30, 2011 to file the
returns that would have been due on April 15th and on or
before June 30th without being subject to penalties and
discount loss. However, Alabama state law has no
provision for waiver of interest but the late payment
penalty will be waived.
Barrios re-opens Rolling Meadows
Assessor's Office
Cook County Assessor Joseph Barrios has
reopened the Rolling Meadows branch office located at
2121 Euclid Ave. It will be open daily from 8:30
A.M. to 4:30 P.M. The office has been closed for
the past nine months. Other satellite offices, all
with the same hours, are:
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10200 S 76th Ave, Room 237, Bridgeview
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16501 S. Kedzie Ave, Markham
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5600 W. Old Orchard Rd., Skokie
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