Are You Getting QA Fair Hearing? Appealing Your Property Taxes In Lake County

The authors asked a basic question: When one appeal the property taxes in Lake County, Illinois, do he gets a fair hearing? While it is often difficult to answer, given the opaqueness of the assessment and equalization process, the authors discovered that some property owners fare better than others. Moreover, the main body responsible for hearing assessment appeals - the Lake County Board of Review (BOR) operates by practices that do not guarantee transparency, accountability, and fairness when one appeals the taxes.