property taxes

Ohio lawmakers behind bill tying homestead exemption to inflation looking for more changes

BY: - August 17, 2023

Two Republican Ohio lawmakers are touting the inclusion of homestead tax exemption changes in this year’s budget and promising to work on future tweaks as well. Reps. Thomas Hall, R-Madison Township, and Steve Demetriou, R-Bainbridge Township, joined a pair of county auditors Wednesday to explain how the exemption will respond to inflation going forward. Hall […]

Disabled veterans in Ohio would get tax break under proposed bill

BY: - October 3, 2022

The following article was originally published on News5Cleveland.com and is published in the Ohio Capital Journal under a content-sharing agreement. Unlike other OCJ articles, it is not available for free republication by other news outlets as it is owned by WEWS in Cleveland. A proposed bill in the Ohio House would exempt disabled veterans and their surviving […]

County officials pushing for more tax abatement reporting

BY: - October 20, 2021

State lawmakers are considering legislation that would collect statewide information about property tax exemptions, and add that data to the list of tax breaks reviewed by state officials every other year. The information itself already exists — county auditors deliver it to the Ohio Department of Taxation regularly. But backers believe the move could shine […]