(35 ILCS 200/21-25)
Sec. 21-25. Due dates; accelerated billing in counties of 3,000,000 or more.
Except as hereinafter provided and as provided in Section 21-40, in
counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants
in which the accelerated method of billing and paying taxes provided for in
Section 21-30 is in effect, the estimated first installment of unpaid taxes
shall be deemed delinquent and shall bear interest after March 1 and until paid or forfeited at the rate of
(i) 1 1/2% per month or portion thereof if the unpaid taxes are for a tax year before 2023 or (ii) 0.75% per month, or portion thereof, if the unpaid taxes are for tax year 2023 or any tax year thereafter. For tax year 2010, the estimated first installment of unpaid taxes shall be deemed delinquent and shall bear interest after April 1 at the rate of 1.5% per month or portion thereof until paid or forfeited. For tax year 2022, the estimated first installment of unpaid taxes shall be deemed delinquent and shall bear interest after April 1, 2023 at the rate of 1.5% per month or portion thereof until paid or forfeited. For all tax years, the second
installment of unpaid taxes shall be deemed delinquent and shall bear interest
after August 1 annually at the same interest rate until paid or forfeited.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a taxpayer owes an arrearage of taxes due to an administrative error, and if the county collector sends a separate bill for that arrearage as provided in Section 14-41, then any part of the arrearage of taxes that remains unpaid on the day after the due date specified on that tax bill
shall be deemed delinquent and shall bear interest after that date at the rate of
(i) 1 1/2% per month, or portion thereof, if the unpaid taxes are for a tax year before 2023 or (ii) 0.75% per month, or portion thereof, if the unpaid taxes are for tax year 2023 or any tax year thereafter.
If the county board elects by ordinance adopted prior to July 1 of a levy
year to provide for taxes to be paid in 4 installments, each installment for
that levy year and each subsequent year shall be deemed delinquent and shall
begin to bear interest 30 days after the date specified by the ordinance for
mailing bills, at the rate of 1 1/2% per month, or portion thereof, until paid
or forfeited.
If the unpaid taxes are for a tax year before 2023, then interest shall accrue at the rate of 1.5% per month, or portion thereof, until paid or forfeited. If the unpaid taxes are for tax year 2023 or any tax year thereafter, then interest shall accrue at the rate of 0.75% per month, or portion thereof, until paid or forfeited.
Payment received by mail and postmarked on or before the required due date
is not delinquent.
Taxes levied on homestead property in which a member of the National Guard or
reserves of the armed forces of the United States who was called to active duty
on or after August 1, 1990, and who has an ownership interest, shall not be
deemed delinquent and no interest shall accrue or be charged as a penalty on
such taxes due and payable in 1991 or 1992 until one year after that member
returns to civilian status.
If an Illinois resident who is a member of the Illinois National Guard
or a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States
and who has an ownership interest in property taxed under this Act is
called to
active duty
for deployment outside the continental United States
and
is on active duty on the due date of any installment of taxes due under
this Act, he or she shall not be deemed delinquent in the payment of the
installment and no interest shall accrue or be charged as a penalty on the
installment until 180 days after that member returns to
civilian
status.
To be deemed not delinquent in the payment of an installment of taxes and any
interest
on that installment, the reservist or guardsperson must make a reasonable effort to notify the county clerk and the county collector of his or her activation to active duty and must notify the county clerk and the county collector
within 180
days after his or her deactivation and provide verification of the date of his
or her
deactivation. An installment of property taxes on the property of any reservist
or
guardsperson who fails to provide timely notice and verification of
deactivation to the
county clerk is subject to interest and penalties as delinquent taxes under
this Code from
the date of deactivation.
(Source: P.A. 102-1112, eff. 12-21-22; 103-555, eff. 1-1-24 .)
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(35 ILCS 200/21-27)
Sec. 21-27. Waiver of interest penalty. (a) On the recommendation
of the county treasurer, the county board may adopt a resolution under which an
interest penalty for the delinquent payment of taxes for any year that
otherwise would be imposed under Section 21-15, 21-20, or 21-25 shall be waived
in the case of any person who meets all of the following criteria:
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(2) The person requests, in writing, on a form
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(3) The person pays the installment of taxes due, in
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(4) The county treasurer approves the request for a
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(b) With respect to property that qualifies as a brownfield site under Section 58.2 of the Environmental Protection Act, the county board, upon the recommendation
of the county treasurer, may adopt a resolution to waive an
interest penalty for the delinquent payment of taxes for any year that
otherwise would be imposed under Section 21-15, 21-20, or 21-25 if all of the following criteria are met:
(1) the property has delinquent taxes and an
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(2) the property is part of a redevelopment plan of a
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(3) the redevelopment of the property will benefit
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(4) the taxpayer delivers to the county treasurer (i)
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(5) the taxpayer pays, in full, the amount of up to
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(6) the county treasurer approves the request for a
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(c) For the 2019 taxable year (payable in 2020) only, the county board of a county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants may adopt an ordinance or resolution under which some or all of the interest penalty for the delinquent payment of any installment other than the final installment of taxes for the 2019 taxable year that otherwise would be imposed under Section 21-15, 21-20, or 21-25 shall be waived for all taxpayers in the county, for a period of (i) 120 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly or (ii) until the first day of the first month during which there is no longer a statewide COVID-19 public health emergency, as evidenced by an effective disaster declaration of the Governor covering all counties in the State.
(Source: P.A. 101-635, eff. 6-5-20.)
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(35 ILCS 200/21-30)
Sec. 21-30. Accelerated billing. Except as provided in this Section, Section 9-260, and Section 21-40, in
counties with
3,000,000 or more inhabitants, by January 31 annually, estimated tax bills
setting out the first installment of property taxes for the preceding year,
payable in that year, shall be prepared and mailed. The first installment of
taxes on the estimated tax bills shall be computed at (i) 50% of the total of each
tax bill for the preceding year for taxes payable on or before December 31, 2009, and (ii) 55% of the total of each tax bill for the preceding year beginning with the first installment payable in 2010.
If, prior to the preparation of the estimated tax bills, a certificate of
error has been either approved by a court on or before November 30 of the
preceding year or certified pursuant to Section 14-15 on or before November 30
of the preceding year, then the first installment of taxes on the estimated tax
bills shall be computed at (i) 50% of the total taxes for the preceding year as
corrected by the certificate of error for taxes payable on or before December 31, 2009, and (ii) 55% of the total taxes for the preceding year, as
corrected by the certificate of error, beginning with the first installment payable in 2010.
By June 30 annually, actual tax bills shall
be prepared and mailed. These bills shall set out total taxes due and the
amount of estimated taxes billed in the first installment, and shall state
the balance of taxes due for that year as represented by the sum derived
from subtracting the amount of the first installment from the total taxes due
for that year.
The county board may provide by ordinance, in counties with 3,000,000 or more
inhabitants, for taxes to be paid in 4 installments. For the levy year for
which the ordinance is first effective and each subsequent year, estimated tax
bills setting out the first, second, and third installment of taxes for the
preceding year, payable in that year, shall be prepared and mailed not later
than the date specified by ordinance. Each installment on estimated tax bills
shall be computed at 25% of the total of each tax bill for the preceding year.
By the date specified in the ordinance, actual tax bills shall be prepared and
mailed. These bills shall set out total taxes due and the amount of estimated
taxes billed in the first, second, and third installments and shall state the
balance of taxes due for that year as represented by the sum derived from
subtracting the amount of the estimated installments from the total taxes due
for that year.
The county board of any county with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants may, by
ordinance or resolution, adopt an accelerated method of tax billing.
The county board may subsequently rescind the ordinance or resolution and
revert to the method otherwise provided for in this Code.
(Source: P.A. 96-490, eff. 8-14-09.)
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