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.