Illinois taxes are weird. Most people think they pay too much in taxes. Illinois, by some accounts, relies more on property taxes to fund government services than any other state.
You can’t do much about most taxes. If you want to buy something in Cook County, you have no choice but to pay the 9 percent sales tax. You can’t haggle with the clerk or appeal to the manager…Please click here to read Ted Slowik’s column in the Tribune/Daily Southtown.