{"id":9040,"date":"2018-05-03T11:50:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T11:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/?p=9040"},"modified":"2018-05-03T11:50:17","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T11:50:17","slug":"maria-pappas-94-million-in-property-tax-refunds-available-on-new-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/?p=9040","title":{"rendered":"Maria Pappas: $94 million in property tax refunds\u00a0available on new website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cook County property owners can recover $94.1 million in tax overpayments by going to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookcountytreasurer.com\">cookcountytreasurer.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The money is unclaimed even though since 2009 nearly $544 million in overpayments has been\u00a0refunded or prevented by the Treasurer\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Because refund claims often are disputed among different payers, including mortgage companies,\u00a0banks, buyers and sellers, the application requires proof that the refund applicant paid the taxes.<\/p>\n<p>Pappas has revamped\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cookcountytreasurer.com\">cookcountytreasurer.com<\/a>\u00a0so that property owners can now search by\u00a0address as well as Property Index Number (PIN) and get an instantaneous response for available\u00a0refunds going back 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>The redesigned site puts key information about your property in a single place. To see if you are\u00a0entitled to a refund, go to the website:<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0Select\u00a0\u201cYour Property Tax Overview\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0Search by address or by Property Index Number (PIN)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0Look for the results under\u00a0\u201cAre There Any Overpayments on Your PIN?\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0Complete the online application if you believe you are entitled to a refund<\/p>\n<p>By Illinois law, the total annual payout of refunds that arose before 2009 is capped at $2.5 million.\u00a0The money available for refund has been distributed to Taxing Districts. If a refund is granted, the\u00a0Treasurer\u2019s Office recovers the money from the appropriate local government.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: \u00a0Alderman Walter Burnette 3\/28\/18 Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cook County property owners can recover $94.1 million in tax overpayments by going to\u00a0cookcountytreasurer.com. The money is unclaimed even though since 2009 nearly $544 million in overpayments has been\u00a0refunded or prevented by the Treasurer\u2019s Office. Because refund claims often are disputed among different payers, including mortgage companies,\u00a0banks, buyers and sellers, the application requires proof that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}