Property Taxes

The leader of the group collecting signatures said they don't have his goal of 620,000 to submit the amendment to abolish Ohio property taxes.

The clock is ticking on the volunteers working to put before voters an amendment to abolish property taxes in Ohio.

The court ruled that Olentangy Local Schools cannot appeal tax valuations on property unless the school district owns or leases it.

The group wanting Ohio voters to abolish property taxes almost certainly will fall short of the fall ballot, even though the deadline to submit signatures is over two months away.

More than 65 groups of local elected officials, unions representing first responders and teachers and others have united against a possible amendment to abolish property taxes in Ohio.

Monday is the deadline to register to vote in the May primary, and affordability will be a big issue in the campaigns for governor.

As volunteers work to gather hundreds of thousands of signatures to ask voters to abolish property taxes in Ohio, concerns about soaring sales taxes are coming to light.

Of the nearly a thousand bills that were introduced in the Ohio legislature this year, around 50 deal with property taxes.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed several bills related to capping property tax hikes, restricting marijuana and intoxicating hemp and requiring absentee ballots arrive by election day.

A Franklin County Auditor's Office report authored by two independent economists found the use of the tax incentives may be losing their effectiveness while limiting revenue from schools and other taxing agencies.