By Ron Kingsley – Lake County Appeal, Tax Attorney and Owner 

 

If Lake County Appeal can reduce your Lake County property’s assessed value, your property tax burden will decrease. Additionally, there are many exemptions available to taxpayers that can reduce the burden even more. Make certain that you are receiving all of those you are entitled to! The value of the exemption is the exemption amount multiplied by your tax rate, which is on your tax bill.  


by: John Clark

Illinois Capital News

 

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — In an effort to combat population loss attributed to the state having the second-highest property taxes in the United States, an Illinois legislator has introduced a bill that would eliminate property taxes for those who have owned a home for 30 years.

By: Patrick Andriesen

Illinois Policy, March 2025

 

Illinois families will pay the second-highest property tax rate in the nation in 2025, spending more than double what the average American family will spend to stay in the same home. That’s driving Illinoisans away.

 

By Ron Kingsley – Lake County Appeal, Tax Attorney and Owner - May 2025

 

Written by Ron Kingsley 

LCA Tax Attorney and Owner 

 

Many residential and commercial property owners were shocked by recent increases in property tax bills.  One of the reasons for the increases is that many properties’ assessed values were raised because of the booming housing market, resulting in increases in property taxes owed.  The other reason is the higher-than-usual 2023 inflation rate. 

 

Written by Ron Kingsley 

LCA Tax Attorney and Owner 

 

My Journal Courier

By Mark Glennon

 

If only somebody had good news about property taxes, which have long been a hot button issue in Illinois. But the news is now worse. More importantly, nothing indicates relief will come.

Illinois now edges out New Jersey for the highest effective property tax rates in the nation. That’s according to a report this month by Attom Data Solutions, a leading source on the topic.