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Committee hears bill to show property tax rates as percentages on bills and ballots (HB 391)
Summary
Sponsors told the committee HB 391 would require county auditors and treasurers to display property tax rates as percentages (in addition to mills) to improve transparency for voters; members asked whether percentages should reference true value, taxable value (35% rule) or appraised value.
Members of the Ohio House Ways and Means Committee heard sponsor testimony for House Bill 391, a transparency measure that would require property tax rates to be displayed not only in mills but also as a percentage of value on tax bills and ballot language.
Representative Workman, the sponsor, told the committee that millage is an arcane and frequently misunderstood concept and that…
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