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Posted on October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Pappas study shows Cook County Property taxes doubled in past two decades
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Pappas study shows Cook County Property taxes doubled in past two decades

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas discusses how property taxes have doubled over the past 20 years in Cook County with the largest increases in Suburban Chicagoland, increasing more than 116 percent during the past two decades. Pappas discusses the study her office completed during a Zoom interview with columnist Ray Hanania. See your property tax bill grow over 20 years at CookCountyTreasurer.com

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas today released an unprecedented study of property taxes that shows the county’s tax bills virtually doubling over 20 years, an increase that is nearly triple the rise in the cost of living index.

“The Pappas Study” is a painstaking examination of tax bills on Cook County’s 1.7 million parcels of property that shows the increase of total taxes over the past 20 years, and allows taxpayers to see the increases in bills on their homes, businesses and land.

The study is posted on cookcountytreasurer.com with a research tool allowing owners to see “how local governments taxed property and people have paid the tax bill” over two decades, Pappas said.

Maria Pappas interview with Ray Hanania on property tax increass
Maria Pappas interview with Ray Hanania on property tax increass

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“This website tool gives taxpayers s a sobering reminder of what they have paid every year going back 20 years,” she said. “In the midst of the pandemic and a recession, local governments should take their foot off the gas pedal and stop raising property taxes.”

While the cost of living has risen just 36 percent over 20 years, the findings of the Pappas Study include:

  • In all of Cook County, total taxes billed increased 99 percent, from $7.85 billion to $15.58 billion
  • In Chicago, total taxes on residential properties skyrocketed 164 percent, from $1.33 billion to $3.51 billion
  • In Chicago, total taxes on commercial properties rose 81 percent, from $1.92 billion to $3.48 billion
  • In suburban Cook County, total taxes on residential properties jumped 116 percent, from $2.45 billion to $5.29 billion
  • In suburban Cook County, total taxes on commercial properties rose 53 percent, from $2.15 billion to $3.30 billion

“Because the study lets us see what government has done in the past, we might be able to chart a better, less costly future,” Pappas said. “Government cannot just raise taxes and hope for the best.”

Cook County has 2,200 local government agencies, such as school districts, townships, parks, libraries, public health and safety agencies.  The study analyzes total property taxes billed in the county’s 135 cities and villages by those 2,200 agencies.

Pappas: 20-year tax history search adds to cookcountytreasurer.com

To see your property tax payment history over 20 years, visit cookcountytreasurer.com and follow these steps:

  • Select the purple box labeled “Your Property Tax Overview”
  • Enter your address or Property Index Number (PIN)
  • Select the tab on the left that says “20-Year Tax Bill History”
  • See an interactive map that shows how property taxes billed have increased in Chicago wards and suburbs since 2001

“Has it been worth it?” Pappas said.  “There’s no longer any ignoring that question in a pandemic, not from homeowners who pay the taxes and not from the local officials who raise the taxes.”

 

Links:

Search for the 20-year tax bill history of your property here.

The Pappas Study is posted here.

Interactive ward map of Chicago is posted here.

Interactive map of Cook County suburbs is posted here.

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Ray Hanania is an award-winning columnist, author & former Chicago City Hall reporter (1977-1992). A veteran who served during the Vietnam War and the recipient of four SPJ Peter Lisagor Awards for column writing, Hanania writes weekly opinion columns on mainstream American & Chicagoland topics for the Southwest News-Herald, Des Plaines Valley News, the Regional News, The Reporter Newspapers, and Suburban Chicagoland.  

Hanania also writes about Middle East issues for the Arab News, and The Arab Daily News criticizing government policies in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Hanania was named "Best Ethnic American Columnist" by the New America Media in November 2007, and is the 2009 recipient of the SPJ National Sigma Delta Chi Award for column writing.

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