Assessor’s Office Refunds $15 Million To Cook County Neighborhoods
the past three years from people receiving tax exemptions for which they were not eligible. The office collected the funds from taxpayers who did not meet the state eligibility requirements and from estates of those who were recently deceased. Of the
$5.1 million collected in 2021, $3.5 million was refunded back to communities in Cook County to pay for services such as schools,
parks, libraries, and first responders. “As the Cook County Assessor, one of my most important jobs is to ensure property tax savings exemptions only go to those who qualify,”
said Assessor Kaegi. “Since the beginning of my administration, our Erroneous Exemptions Investigations Department has done this work at no cost to Cook County taxpayers.
Automatic renewals of exemptions over the last two years helped ease the administrative burden on homeowners during the
height of the pandemic. To ensure that only qualified households received property tax savings, the Erroneous Investigation Exemption(EEI). Department conducted extensive audits. As a result of these audits, the EEI department recovered more than $1.4 million over the past three years, including more than 300 exemptions that would have otherwise been received on behalf of deceased individuals.
at no cost to Cook County taxpayers. The cost of salaries and investigations conducted by the department is paid through late fees and penalties charged to those who received exemptions for which they were not qualified. Common findings are households that no longer meet the income requirements or
receive exemptions on dual properties. Any surplus funds are used to pay for the operations of the department in the following year.
form, removing the exemption.
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