Property Tax Refunds

Arab Chamber helps refund more than $750,000 in property taxes to homeowners under Pappas program

The American Arab Chamber of Commerce hosted a property tax refund program with Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas on Friday Nov. 5, 2021 at the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview, Illinois.that identified $250,000 in refunds bringing the campaign total to $750,000. Click here to read the story

Community grateful for Maria Pappas Efforts

Southwest News-Herald Newspaper — Oct. 29, 2021. Click here to read the full story

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Chamber Hosts event at St. George Church: Total refunds near $500,000

The American Arab Chamber of Commerce and Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas hosted a property tax refund session at St. George Church, 1220 S. 60th Avenue in Cicero on Sunday Oct. 31, 2021. The workshop identified more than $89,000 that will be refunded to property tax owners. Click here to read the story.

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas works with the American Arab Chamber of Commerce and CEO Hassan Nijem to save taxpayers money during a workshop at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church on Sunday Oxct. 31, 2021

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas works with the American Arab Chamber of Commerce and CEO Hassan Nijem to save taxpayers money during a workshop at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church on Sunday Oxct. 31, 2021

American Arab Chamber hosts 3rd event and saves community $60,000 in property tax overpayments

Hassan Nijem partnering with Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas has helped to return another $60,000 in property tax overpayments to members of the American Arab community through a program hosted at SANAD on Friday Oct. 22, 2021. Click here to read the story.

Campaign to help business and property tax owners to collect refunds on Overpayments

This campaign has returned more than $200,000 (and growing) to Arab Americans living in Cook County. It is a partnership with Cook Country Treasurer Maria Pappas. For more information on this program and how you can save thousands of dollars in property tax overpayments for your business or home, please contact us. Click here to read a news story about the event

Cook County Commission Maria Pappas with Chamber President Hassan Nijem at the Islamic Community Center of Illinois where the chamber helped members obtain more than $39,000 in property tax refunds

Cook County Commission Maria Pappas with Chamber President Hassan Nijem at the Islamic Community Center of Illinois where the chamber helped members obtain more than $39,000 in property tax refunds