Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joseph J. Thorndike writes about tax history. We all know the ancient adage: An old tax is a good tax. From the policymaker’s ...

In his book, The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation and Dispossession in America, Andrew Kahrl examines the history of the property tax and its role in perpetuating wealth inequality. This ...

Normally when you buy a house, you don’t want a home with any outstanding liens against it. That’s also why you pay for a title company. But what happens to those houses with outstanding taxes? You ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Attorneys are ratcheting up their attack on Cook County’s ...

Thousands of South Side homeowners could face property tax sales next year, even though many owe relatively small amounts, according to county data.