How Do I Protest My Taxes?

Assessments of property are done by elected township assessors. The assessment of your property is an important part of the calculation which produces the amount of taxes you owe.

Talking to your township assessor about your assessment is where you must start. For a list of township assessors, click here.

If you are not satisfied after you speak with your township assessor, you may utilize the following two appeal processes.

One appeal is to the appointed three-member Will County Board of Review. This appeal seeks to reduce the assessment which helps set the next year’s property tax bill. The thirty-day time period during which one can file this appeal begins when the Supervisor of Assessments publishes revised assessments in late August of every year. A property owner can file an appeal during the thirty-day time period even if his or her assessment has not been revised. For complete information, please refer to the Board of Review’s website.

The Will County Supervisor of Assessments is the Clerk of the Board of Review. For additional information on the Board of Review appeal process, contact the Supervisor of Assessments as follows:

Rhonda Novak, Will County Supervisor of Assessments
Will County Office Building
302 N. Chicago Street, 2nd Floor
Joliet, IL 60432
(815) 740-4648
www.willcountysoa.com  

The other appeal requires filing a Tax Objection Complaint with the elected Clerk of the Circuit Court. This appeal seeks to reduce the current year’s property taxes. The Tax Objection Complaint must be filed within seventy-five days of the property tax 2^nd installment due date, which this year is Sept. 1, 2009. You may contact the Clerk of the Circuit Court as follows:

Pam McGuire, Clerk of the Circuit Court
Will County Courthouse
14 W. Jefferson Street
Joliet, IL  60432
(815) 727-8592
www.willcountycircuitcourt.com
Email: circuit_clerk@willcountyillinois.com

To download the necessary forms from www.willcountycircuitcourt.com, click on “On-line Forms.” Then scroll down to “Tax.” Note there are three pages to the Tax Objection Complaint and one page to the Tax Objection Notice.

To see fees, click on “Fee Schedule.” The fee to file a Tax Objection Complaint is $136.00.