Taxation by obfuscation

Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on what, exactly, CivicLab will reveal about tax-increment financing districts; why the printed Cook County property tax bill doesn't include tax info available on the county's Web site; and how tax-increment financing raises your taxes even if you don't live in a TIF district. Length 9.3 minutes.

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Article: "Taxation by obfuscation" (AKA "TIFs: the tax bill you have to pay but never see" (Chicago Reader)

The Mayor Ben Joravsky TIF Taxes Cook County