Column: Snowbirds, others can prepay taxes due next year and just relax for the winter

If you’re a Cook County homeowner who spends winters in Florida, Arizona or other climate warmer than Chicago you don’t have to worry about rushing back to town to pay your taxes by the traditional early March due date. My office lets “snowbirds” and anyone else prepay taxes due the following year before the end of the current calendar year. Taxpayers can register and receive a tax bill in the mail in early December. The deadline to pr