Cook County Assessor Berrios, Commissioner Schneider and Hanover Township Assessor Smogolski to Host Appeal Session

Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios announced his office will host an Assessment Appeal Workshop with Cook County Commissioner Timothy Schneider and Hanover Township Assessor Thomas Smogolski to help homeowners understand and appeal their properties' assessed values.

The workshop will be held on Wednesday, September 27^th from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Hanover Township Senior Center located at 240 S. Route 59 in Bartlett.

Representatives from the Cook County Assessor's Office (CCAO) will be present to answer questions and assist homeowners in filing assessment appeals. Taxpayers are encouraged to bring their 2016 reassessment notices, if available; assessment information will also be distributed by Assessor Berrios's Office to attendees.

"Our outreach workshops are designed to provide homeowners with personal and local access to information regarding their assessments," Assessor Berrios said. "We want to ensure that taxpayers are provided with all the tools necessary to not only understand their assessments but also appeal them if they choose to do so."

Property in Cook County is reassessed every three years. The three assessment districts consist of the City of Chicago, North and Northwest Suburban Cook County and South and Southwest Suburban Cook County. Although CCAO is reassessing properties in South and Southwest Suburban Cook County this year, all taxpayers have a right to appeal their assessments each year during their townships' 30-day appeal filing periods. (Please Note: Taxpayers do not receive assessment notices during non-reassessment years.) The deadline for Tax Year 2017 appeals for Hanover Township is October 5, 2017.

Any changes as a result of an appeal for Tax Year 2017 will be reflected on Second-Installment Tax Bills to be mailed and due in summer 2018. The time to file appeals on these proposed assessments is now, however, when Hanover Township is open for appeals.

The CCAO web site has a wealth of information on property assessments and appeals. In addition to being able to obtain filing dates and download and file appeal forms, residential property owners may also utilize the site to search for comparable property assessment information to include in their appeals. The Assessor's web site is located at www.cookcountyassessor.com