The May 7, 2013 Election Day was small, very small, with just two issues on the ballot. Residents in Prospect voted, just barely, to approve a tax replacement and increase for the village. Some voters in Marion County were able to vote on an Income Tax for Cardington-Lincoln Schools. Local voters said no to the […]
Ohio BWC Proposes Cut in Private Sector Rates
April 26, 2013 by
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation proposed a 2.1% base-rate reduction for private employers at the recent BWC Board of Directors’ Actuarial Committee. The recommendation would reduce employer premiums by $29 million for the July 1, 2014 policy year. If approved by BWC’s Board of Directors next month, it would be the third year in […]
Ohio House Removes Sex Ed Restrictions from Budget
April 19, 2013 by
Ohio’s Medicaid expansion is down, but not out. House Republicans kept alive the possibility that Ohio may expand its Medicaid program to cover the working poor, approving an amendment to its budget that could open the door to changes later this year. The change was one of several the GOP-controlled House considered as members poised […]
State Budget Calls for Sex Ed Restrictions, Other Changes
April 17, 2013 by
The overhauled two-year state budget approved Tuesday by the House Finance and Appropriations Committee would put new restrictions on sex education in schools while giving a $30-million-a-year boost to nursing home funding. The changes were in a 600-plus-page package of amendments to the House version of Gov. John Kasich’s “Jobs Budget 2.0.” The budget bill […]
Ohio House Republican Strip Medicaid, Sales Tax Expansions from Budget
April 10, 2013 by
Republican House lawmakers on Tuesday took a jackhammer to Gov. John Kasich’s “Job’s Budget 2.0,” gutting the governor’s plan for sweeping tax reform in favor of a permanent 7 percent income tax cut. Kasich’s sales-tax expansion, small-business tax break, severance tax overhaul, and 20 percent, phased-in income tax cut have been scrapped in a substitute […]
Lawmakers to Introduce Revamped State Budget
April 8, 2013 by
Ohio lawmakers have spent weeks poring over hundreds of proposed amendments to Gov. John Kasich’s “Jobs Budget 2.0” as they prepare to introduce on Tuesday what could be a vastly different proposal. Get ready for Ohio’s Jobs Budget 3.0. Rep. Ron Amstutz, Chairman of the House Finance and Appropriations Committee, said members introduced about 800 […]
Governor Contiues Pitch for Medicaid Expansion, Tax Changes
April 4, 2013 by
Two months after introducing his policy-packed budget plan and launching an all-out sales pitch to pass it, Ohio Gov. John Kasich is no closer to getting what he wants. So given the bully pulpit Wednesday at a City Club of Cleveland forum, Kasich tried a little bit of everything to freshen up his sales pitch […]
Amnesty Period for Ohio’s Use Tax Ending Soon
April 1, 2013 by
Ohio Tax Commissioner Joe Testa is urging all eligible Ohio businesses to not miss the chance to fix a tax problem they may not even be aware of. On May 1, 2013, Ohio’s first-ever use tax amnesty program will end as will the opportunity for businesses to pay — with no penalty or interest — […]
Attorney General Warns of Increase in Tax-Related Identity Theft
March 28, 2013 by
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is warning Ohioans of an increased number of tax-related identity theft complaints recently received by the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Section Identity Theft Unit. “Of all the tax-related identity theft complaints my office has on file, more than half of the complaints were made in March, and we still have […]
Deadline Nearing to Dispute Property Tax Assessment
March 19, 2013 by
April 1, 2013 is the deadline to file a Complaint Against the Valuation of Real Property. Anyone who feels their property is not at the proper value on the property record card may file a complaint on or before April 1. Having an incorrect value can drastically affect the amount of property taxes you are […]
