Home and business owners in Cook County eager to learn how much their property tax tab is can get a bit of a head start by viewing — and paying — their bills online. Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Tuesday that second installment bills for the 2022 tax year are available at cookcountytreasurer.com. Taxpayers can find their bill by clicking the blue box labeled “Pay Online for Free” and looking up their property by PIN or address. All 1.
For most of the previous decade, second installment bills were mailed in July and were due by Aug. 1. But technological issues between the assessor and the Board of Review have led to finger-pointing and delays in sending bills during the pandemic. The rolling nature of the property assessment and tax billing cycles countywide made it difficult to immediately get back on track.