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MARIA PAPPAS
COOK COUNTY TREASURER
MARIA PAPPAS
COOK COUNTY TREASURER
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312.603.5057
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Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas
118 North Clark Street, Room 212
Chicago, Illinois 60602
312.603.6202
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Monday, December 31, 2018
Pappas: Automatic property tax refunds of $8.3 million going to 30,000 homeowners  (Press Release)
Late Christmas Present for Homeowners  (WLS/890 AM)
$8.3 Million in Cook County Property Tax Refunds to be Issued Automatically  (Fox WFLD/Channel 32)
Nearly 30,000 Cook County Homeowners to Get $8.3 Million in Automatic Property Tax Refunds  (WLS/Channel 7)  Video File
Brian Noonan of WGN interviews Treasurer Pappas about Automatic Tax Refunds  (WGN/720 AM)  Audio File
Cook County to Refund Homeowners $8.3 Million in Property Tax Overpayments  (WGN/Channel 9)
$8.3 Million in Cook County Property Tax Overpayments will be Refunded Automatically  (Chicago Tribune)
$8.3 Million in Cook County Property Tax Refunds To Go To Nearly 30,000 Homeowners  (WBBM/Channel 2)  Video File
$8.3M in Cook County Property Tax Refunds to be Issued Automatically  (Chicago Sun-Times)
Why Some Cook County Property Qwners are Getting Tax Refunds  (Daily Herald)
Thursday, December 27, 2018
Pappas: Find out if your tax bills have been returned at cookcountytreasurer.com  (Press Release)
Cook County Treasurer Launches Online Service to Check for Returned Tax Bills  (Chicago Sun-Times)
Cook County Treasurer Launches Online Service to Check for Returned Tax Bills  (WMAQ/Channel 5)
Cook County Treasurer Launches Online Service to Check for Returned Tax Bills  (WBBM/780 AM & 105.9 FM)
How to Check for Returned Cook County Tax Bills Online  (WLS/Channel 7)
Treasurer Launches Online Service to Check for Returned Tax Bills  (Fox WFLD/Channel 32)
Friday, December 14, 2018
Pappas: There’s Help for Senior Citizens Struggling to Pay Cook County Property Taxes  (Press Release)
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Cook Homeowners Get Sneak Peek of 2019 Tax Bills  (Daily Herald)
Cook County Tax Bills Posted Online Three Months Early  (WBBM/Channel 2)
Pappas Interviewed on the WBBM’s Noon Business Hour  (WBBM/780 AM & 105.9 FM)  Audio File
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Pappas: March 1st Cook County Property Tax Bill is Online if you Want to Pay this Year   (Press Release)
Here’s How to Pay Your Property Taxes Now (If You Want) — 3 Months Early  (Chicago Sun-Times)
Cook County 2018 Property Tax Bills Online Now  (WLS/Channel 7)  Video File
Monday, November 26, 2018
Pappas’ Office Decorated with More than 90 Christmas Trees and Holiday Displays for 15th Year  (Press Release)
Monday, October 29, 2018
Maria Pappas FTW (For the Win)  (WBEZ/91.5 FM)
Friday, September 21, 2018
Pappas Shows Homeowners How to Reduce their Property Taxes  (CAN-TV)  Video File
Saturday, August 18, 2018
Sneed: Pappas Sees Surge of Hits to cookcountytreasurer.com  (Chicago Sun-Times)
Thursday, August 9, 2018
Maria Pappas es Entrevistada en el Diario “Hoy” Sobre los Reembolsos Fiscales Disponibles para Propietarios de Viviendas en el Condado de Cook  (Hoy)  Video File
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
A Homeowners Guide to Property Tax Refunds  (WBEZ/91.5 FM)  Audio File
Sunday, August 5, 2018
$19.5M in Refunds Coming to Cook County Homeowners  (WBBM/Channel 2)
Friday, August 3, 2018
Pappas: Automatic Refunds of $19.5 Million Going to 53,000 Homeowners because of Property Tax Cuts  (Press Release)
Thousands of Cook County Homeowners to Receive Property Tax Refunds  (WMAQ/Channel 5)
Thousands of Cook County Homeowners to Receive Property Tax Refunds  (Chicago Sun-Times)
$19.5M in Paid Property Taxes Heading Back to Cook County Homeowners by Oct. 15  (Chicago Tribune)
Thousands in Cook County to Receive Property Tax Refunds  (Daily Herald)
More than 53,000 Cook County Homeowners to Get Property Tax Refund  (WLS/Channel 7)  Video File
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Spanish Public Radio Entrevista a la Tesorera Maria Pappas Sobre las Exenciones Fiscales para Propietarios Mayores de 65 años  (Spanish Public Radio)  Audio File
Friday, July 27, 2018
Llamado a propietarios mayores de 65 anos para que reclamen descuentos de impuestos a la propiedad  (Univision WGBO-TV)  Video File
Friday, July 20, 2018
El Diario “Hoy” Entrevista a la Tesorera Maria Pappas Sobre los Descuentos Fiscales Disponibles Sobre los Impuestos a la Propiedad  (Hoy)  Video File
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Pappas: Senior Citizens Owed $43 Million in Unclaimed Cook County Property Tax Exemptions  (Press Release)
Residentes del Condado de Cook Pueden Ahorrar en sus Impuestos a la Propiedad  (Telemundo WSNS/Channel 44)  Video File
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Pappas Interviewed on WBBM-AM’s At Issue Program  (WBBM/780 AM & 105.9 FM)  Audio File
Monday, July 2, 2018
Cook County Works Overtime to Get Tax Bills Out on Time  (WBEZ/91.5 FM)
Friday, June 29, 2018
Pappas: Hazel Barr was “Etiquette with a Capital ‘E’”  (Chicago Magazine)
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Seniors, Did you Forget to Renew your Property Tax Exemption?  (Daily Herald)
Monday, June 25, 2018
Pappas: 31,000 Senior Citizens Could Apply for Money-Saving Cook County Property Tax Exemptions  (Press Release)
31,000 Seniors Missing out on Property Tax Breaks Here  (Crain’s Chicago Business)
Cook County Property Owners Can Go Online Now and See their Upcoming Tax Bills  (Chicago Tribune)
Cook County Seniors Can Save Hundreds by Re-Applying for Property Tax Exemptions  (WLS/Channel 7)
Maria Pappas Reminds People to Re-Apply Yearly for their Senior Citizen Property Tax Exemptions  (WGN/720 AM)  Audio File
Perri Small of WVON Interviews Maria Pappas on How Seniors Can Save Money on Taxes  (Midday Show with Perri Small)  Audio File
Friday, June 22, 2018
Property Tax Bills are Online Two Weeks Early  (WLS/890 AM)  Audio File
Pappas: Give Cook County Taxpayers 13 Months to Pay their Property Tax Bills, not 9, as County Loses Millions in Interest Payments  (Daily Line)
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Pappas: Your Cook County Property Tax Bill is Online Two Weeks Early  (Press Release)
Sneed: Maria Pappas is “The Energizer Bunny who Does Yoga”  (Chicago Sun-Times)
Thursday, May 24, 2018
See the Biggest Delinquent Residential Tax Bills that Sold in Cook County  (Crain’s Chicago Business)
Friday, May 18, 2018
With Black Homeownership Lagging, Chicago Group Aims to Help Get Past Barriers  (Chicago Sun-Times)
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
All Hail Maria Pappas  (Reader)
Monday, May 7, 2018
Pappas Unveils Property Tax Plan that Could Save Homes  (Chicago Crusader)
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Amy Jacobson Interviews Maria Pappas on WIND/560-AM  (WIND/560 AM )  Audio File
Monday, April 30, 2018
Cook County Property Owners with Past-Due Tax Bills Could Face Steeper Payments after Friday  (Chicago Tribune)
Treasurer Asks: Have You Paid Your Taxes?  (WBBM/780 AM & 105.9 FM)  Audio File
Sunday, April 29, 2018
Channel 7’s Tanja Babich Interviews Maria Pappas about the Tax Sale  (WLS/Channel 7 )  Video File
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Fox Chicago Interviews Pappas about the Annual Tax Sale  (Fox WFLD/Channel 32)  Video File
Sunday, April 22, 2018
How Someone Can Pay Your Taxes, Then Take Your Property  (Daily Herald )
Friday, April 20, 2018
Steve Cochran Interviews Maria Pappas About the Annual Tax Sale  (WGN/720 AM)  Audio File
Unpaid Taxes on 39,100 Pieces of Property to Go Up For Auction  (WBBM/780 AM & 105.9 FM)  Audio File
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Pappas: 39,100 Property Owners Must Pay Delinquent Taxes to Avoid Sale  (Press Release)
Qué Pasa Si No Pago los Impuestos de mi Propiedad?  (WSNS/Channel 44 Telemundo )  Video File
Cook County Property Owners Must Pay Up or Face Auction  (WLS/Channel 7 )  Video File
U.S. States Look to Tax Day to Gauge Fallout from Federal Tax Law  (Reuters )
Cook County Treasurer Urges Property Owners to Pay Delinquent Taxes  (Chicago Sun-Times )
Friday, March 23, 2018
Cook County Wants to Give Back $94 million in Excess Property Taxes  (Crain’s Chicago Business )
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Pappas: $94 Million in Property Tax Refunds Available on New Website  (Press Release)
Friday, March 9, 2018
Cook County Alerts Delinquent Property Taxpayers of Coming Tax Sale  (Chicago Sun-Times )
Friday, March 2, 2018
Pappas for Cook County treasurer  (Chicago Tribune Editorial Board)
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Pappas: “We Are Going to Accommodate Everybody.”  (WLS/Channel 7 )  Video File
Property Tax Bills Due — Once Again — at Midnight Thursday After Glitch Fix  (Chicago Sun-Times )
Deadline for Cook County Online Property Tax Payments is Thursday Night  (Chicago Tribune )
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Justin Kaufmann Interviews Maria Pappas on What You Need to Know About Your Taxes  (WGN/720 AM)  Audio File
Monday, February 26, 2018
Property Tax Bills Due March 1, 2018  (Press Release)
Maria Pappas Gives Cliff the Scoop on Paying Property Taxes  (WVON/1690 AM - Afternoons with Cliff Kelley )  Audio File
Friday, February 23, 2018
Paul Lisnek Interviews Maria Pappas about Paying Taxes Online   (WGN/720 AM)  Audio File
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Evanston Residents Respond to Effects of Tax Bill  (Daily Northwestern )
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Pappas Interviewed on the Big John Howell and Ramblin' Ray Stevens Show on WLS-AM   (WLS AM )  Audio File
Pappas Interviewed on the Steve Cochran Show on WGN-AM   (WGN AM)  Audio File
Monday, January 22, 2018
Pappas Announces New Programs: Pay Online for Free, Download your Bill, Get Your Bill by Email  (Press Release)
Cook County Eliminates ‘Annoyance’ Fee for Paying Property Taxes Online  (Crain’s Chicago Business )
Pappas Gets Rid of $1 Fee for Online Payment of Property Taxes  (Chicago Sun-Times)
Maria Pappas Has Some Good News for Cook County Homeowners  (WGN AM - Bill Leff and Wendy Snyder Show )  Audio File
Cook County Treasurer Eliminates Online Payment Fee  (Daily Herald )
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Mary McDonald, Former Cook County Commissioner, Dies  (Press Release)
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
More Than 85,000 Cook County Property Owners Prepay Property Taxes  (Channel365 )
Monday, January 8, 2018
Tax Collectors, Treasurers See Last-Minute Rush to Avoid Property Tax Deduction Cap  (County News)
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Property Tax Madness!  (Reader )
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Who Gets the Interest from the Property Taxes You Paid Early?  (Daily Herald )
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Cook County Collects $757M in Property Tax Prepayments  (WTTW/Channel 11)
Early Prepay of Property Taxes Creates Windfall to County, City and Schools  (WLS AM)
Cook County Property Tax Prepayments Reach $750 Million. How High Will They Go?  (Crain’s Chicago Business)
Monday, January 1, 2018
No Lines on Deadline to Prepay Property Taxes  (Chicago Sun-Times)
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Get a Copy of Your Tax Bill
About Your Property Index Number (PIN)
Update Your Name or Mailing Address
Monitoring Your Mortgage
Taxing Districts' Financial Statements and Disclosures
Receive Your Tax Bill By Email
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20-Year Tax Bill History
View Taxing District Debt Attributed to Your Property
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Update Your Name or Mailing Address
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