If you wish to know more about the property tax system, use the following
link to the Illinois Department of Revenue to download or view a 32 page
publication entitled THE ILLINOIS PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM, A GENERAL GUIDE TO
THE LOCAL PROPERTY TAX CYCLE.
www.tax.illinois.gov/Publications/LocalGovernment/PTAX1004.pdf
For more information about property tax appeals use the following link
to the The Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board website. Click PUBLICATIONS
and there are two areas you may want to review. The first is the
ASSESSMENT APPEAL INFORMATION DIRECTORY and the second is the
APPEAL INFORMATION FOR ILLINOIS TAXPAYERS.
www.state.il.us/agency/ptab
Note: If you have a prior year appeal pending with PTAB, you
may check on the status of your appeal by clicking
APPEAL STATUS INQUIRY. You will need either the PTAB docket # or your
parcel ID #. If you are searching by your parcel ID #, you will need to
type in the dashes between the numbers of your ID #.
