A Group Seeks to Eliminate Ohio Property Taxes. Experts Warn It Would Create Devastating Budget Cuts

A group seeks to eliminate Ohio property taxes. Experts warn it would create devastating budget cuts

A sign in front of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. (Ohio Capital journal file photo.)A group of activists is seeking to amend the Ohio Constitution to ban property taxes. Rankings show Ohio property taxes are relatively high, but policy experts say eliminating property taxes would cause devastating budget cuts across public services. According to the nonpartisan Tax Foundation, Ohio had the eighth-highest effective property tax rate in 2023 —…

Group seeks to eliminate Ohio property taxes | The Highland County Press

A group of activists is seeking to amend the Ohio Constitution to ban property taxes. Rankings show Ohio property taxes are relatively high, but policy experts say eliminating property taxes would cause devastating budget cuts across public services.

Vivek Ramaswamy meets with Ohio property tax abolition group

Meeting of the minds It’s not clear that the proposed constitutional amendment to abolish property taxes in Ohio will ever make the ballot. But the citizens’ campaign behind it is still trying to persuade an undecided voter. Leaders of Citizens for Property Tax Reform, the group behind the amendment, met with Vivek Ramaswamy last Friday at the Republican governor candidate’s home in suburban Columbus.  Brian Massie, the amendment campaign’s lead…