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Appeal Your Commercial Property Taxes or Lose Big

Cook County Commercial Property Tax AppealCommercial property owners in Chicago are still reeling from Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s $588 million property tax increase, which will be phased in over four years. As Crain’s Chicago Business reported last October, the 18% rate hike will add millions of dollars to the taxes of Chicago’s largest downtown office towers.

But one billionaire real estate mogul from New York will likely find a way to minimize paying his share of the increase.
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Cook County Assessor’s Office Opens Maine Township for 2016 Property Tax Appeals

The Cook County Assessor’s Office has announced that assessment notices were mailed on May 26, 2016, for Maine Township.Cook County Property Tax Appeal

The deadline to file a 2016 property tax appeal at the Cook County Assessor’s Office is June 27, 2016.

Maine Township valuation statistics can be found here.

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Cook County Assessor’s Office Opens Norwood Park Township for 2016 Property Tax Appeals

The Cook County Assessor’s Office has announced that assessment notices were mailed on May 16, 2016, for Norwood Park Township.Cook County Property Tax Appeal

The deadline to file a 2016 property tax appeal at the Cook County Assessor’s Office is June 16, 2016.

Norwood Park Township valuation statistics can be found here.

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Commercial Property Tax Reductions for Recent Purchases

Commercial Steel Processor Success Story

You’ve just purchased commercial real estate: congratulations. This blog post explains how you can reduce your property tax payment in the first year (twice) and every year thereafter, often by $5,000 to $15,000 or more annually.

How Commercial Property Tax Reductions Work

If the sales price of your new property is lower than its assessed value, we can make a compelling case for a commercial property tax reduction. We have the sales data and assessed values for all commercial properties sold in Cook County, and we can quickly identify if we can make a successful sales argument with our proprietary property tax reduction algorithm.

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