The Final 2018 Cook County Equalization Factor is 2.9109
The Illinois Department of Revenue recently announced that the final equalization factor for the Cook County…
The following blog post discusses how the City of Chicago has used surplus revenue in its tax increment financing (TIF) districts since 2013.…
The Civic Federation supports Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s goals of a more accurate and transparent assessment system, as well as his goal of getting assessments right the first time, which will reduce the cost of appeals to…
The following blog post explores the idea of a downtown congestion fee and the factors that would need to be considered if Chicago were to impose such a fee. The Civic Federation does not take a position on any type of congestion pricing…
The Civic Federation recently released its annual Effective Property Tax Rates report, which examines two- and ten-year trends in estimated…
Click here to read this issue brief. This annual brief provides a compilation of selected consumer taxes,…