PROPERTY TAX BILLS ANGER ILLINOIS HOMEOWNERS 10-7-2011

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According to the Cook County Clerk's office, tax rates are up for schools, park districts, municipalities and other government bodies. Some of those tax levies have made double-digit increases in tax rates.

Countywide, property tax bills will jump an average of almost 2.7 percent.

Many of the people voicing complaints about their tax bills are senior citizens who didn't apply for their senior exemption, which they must do every year, because of a new law.

Taxing districts -- from schools to parks -- needed the extra revenue and the taxpayers were forced to foot the bill.

"So your local tax rates are going up, even though your assessments are going down, which results ultimately in a tax bill that could be a little bit higher.

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[thoughtchallenge]

Schools shouldn't be funded with property taxes.  Property taxes in Illinois seem to be quite arbitrary at times. Property taxes should be for municipal government only. School funding should come from income taxes.

[tyronebiggums3]

Home "ownership". LOL

[godbluffvdgg]

Taxes are the bane of existence. We buy our houses and pay a tax. Then "they" charge you a "school" tax in excess on the low end of over 300 + per month. Even if you have no children. live there 20 years and you pay 60k+. The math doesn't add up.

[smiguet]

Does that make sense to you? The value of the property is going down, but the taxes on it are going up? Where does the government get off doing that to people?

[yaplonglong]

WOW, that's almost $700 a month.