Yes, you should pay it because it never coincides with the year’s final payment which we are appealing. When we appeal property taxes, it is always for the year prior.For example, the due date for the Tax Year 2011 First Installment in Cook County, Illinois, was Thursday, March 1, 2012. If we reduce your property taxes, the [...]
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Do You Owe City of Chicago? If Yes, Your State Income Tax Refund May Be Seized
March 12, 2012
City Counsel voted to seize state income tax refunds to cover debt owed to the City of Chicago. If you owe on red light tickets, parking tickets, city code violations and the like, and the City gave you an opportunity to contest such fines, and subsequently, the fine became adjudicated (final), they may tap into your tax refund [...]
$26 Billion In National Mortgage Settlement. How Will It Affect Me?
February 28, 2012
In the next 30 to 60 days logistics as to how and to whom the funds will be distributed should be worked out. In the next 6 to 9 months eligible homeowners will be identified. Over the next 3 years, the funds should be distributed to eligible homeowners. For borrowers in default- the program allows for [...]
New Laws For 2012
January 10, 2012
Illinois promulgated over 200 new laws, which went into effect on January 1, 2012. Here are some of them: BIKERS CAN NOW RUN A RED LIGHT, IT IS LEGAL Motorcycles and bicycles, often not heavy enough to trigger sensors that switch traffic lights from red to green, will now be allowed to legally pass through [...]
Property Tax Exemptions
October 19, 2011
All Counties will give you certain exemptions, if you qualify. Most common exemptions are general homestead exemption (primary residences only); senior citizen exemption; and senior citizen freeze. If you qualify, you can have all three exemptions simultaneously. Most misconstrue, however, what a freeze on property taxes means. Senior Citizen Assessment Freeze does not mean your [...]
Our (KYZ’s) Recent Accomplishments
September 3, 2011
Appellate Court Victories Occasionally, trial courts make errors in their rulings. When these errors are serious enough, we have pursued appeals on behalf of our clients. In two separate recent cases, a commercial law case and a family law case, we appealed the trial court’s incorrect rulings and won victories for our clients in the Illinois Appellate Court. In [...]
Were You In Foreclosure? You Might Be Owed Money.
August 30, 2011
Nearly 2,000 people are listed on the Mortgage Foreclosure Surplus Fund list and are owed money. If you lost a home in Cook County due to foreclosure and would like to find out if you are entitled any funds, please go to the “Mortgage Surplus Search” portal on the Clerk’s Office website.


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