Botched Tax Break Paperwork Leaves Cook County Homeowners Hanging – Hoodline

Roughly 20,000 approved certificate-of-error refunds, worth more than 46 million in total, are currently stuck at the Cook County Treasurer’s Office. Between late December and early April, the treasurer processed only about 1,343 refunds, worth roughly 2.57 million. That pace barely dents the backlog, and taxpayers and local taxing bodies say the delays are putting real pressure on their budgets.