Attorneys at Maher, Brannigan & Heywood, P.C. were successfully able to use affirmative defenses enshrined in the Illinois Property Tax Code to assist a commercial office client avoid paying back taxes when an omitted assessment was erroneously levied against the property.
The property was given a notice that it has a taxable market value of nearly $10,000,000 and a potential tax liability of almost $480,000 for a prior tax year. MBH, P.C., using their extensive knowledge of the law and the Illinois Property Tax Code, were able to successfully argue that these back taxes should be quashed. The ruling eliminated the prior year’s tax liability, and the client did not have to pay the property tax.