What Could Replace Ohio Property-Tax Revenue?
Eliminating a tax base above $21 billion requires some combination of new revenue, spending reductions, retained taxes or structural change.
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OCG WP006 treats replacement as a portfolio problem, not a search for one painless substitute.
It examined sales and income taxes, spending reductions, narrower property-tax bases, excise taxes, severance taxes, user fees, local-option taxes and hybrids.
The constraint is scale: the TY2024 real-property-tax baseline is $21.41 billion. Replacement also changes who pays.
Key Takeaway
Every replacement changes the mix of taxpayers, governments or services.
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Who May Levy What? Ohio Local Taxing Authority
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