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by  Michael H. Wasserman, Attorney at Law Applications for the Cook County property tax Homeowner, Senior Citizen and Senior Freeze Exemptions are now available from the County Assessor's Office. Homeowners who apply & qualify for exemptions will receive deductions off of their second-installment property tax bills - which are expected to be issued by summer 2014. Forms are available as follows: 2013 Homeowner Exemption 2013 Senior Citizen Exemption 2013 Senior Tax Freeze 2013 Disabled Persons Exemption 2013 Disabled Veterans Exemption 2013 Returning Veterans Exemption 2013 WAIVER of Exemption  More information is available from the County Assessor

by  Michael H. Wasserman, Attorney at Law The City of Chicago offers refuse rebates to condominium and homeowner associations that have give or more units. Rebates are paid one year "in arrears" so that the next round of rebates will be against waste collection costs incurred in 2013. The 2013 rate is $25.00 per unit. . Applications for the rebate must be submitted to the associations' local aldermanic office ASAP (eg, in the 48th ward, no later than January 12, 2014) . A full description of requirements, qualifications and forms needed to request the rebate is available from the Chicago City Council, Department of Finance .