Ohio Economic Experts Panel
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June 2, 2025: Property Taxes
A ballot initiative to abolish property taxes in Ohio made progress last month with the Attorney General accepting the petition title and summary and clearing the way for signature collection. If the Ohio Ballot Board gives its approval and enough signatures are collected, Ohio’s residents will vote to abolish property taxes in the state.
Question A: Replacing property taxes in Ohio with higher sales and income tax rates will reduce the volatility of tax payments for Ohio households.
Question B: Removing property taxes will decrease overall per pupil spending in Ohio’s public schools.
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Ohio Economic Experts Panel
Goal: Policymakers need information from experts to craft policy that is effective, efficient, and equitable. The Ohio Economic Experts Panel is a tool for promoting better policy outcomes by providing policymakers, policy influencers, and the public with the informed opinions of Ohio’s leading economists.
About: The Ohio Economic Experts Panel consists of over 40 economists from colleges and universities throughout the state of Ohio. Panelists answer monthly questions of relevance to state policy indicating the degree to which they agree or disagree with a policy question and their confidence in their answer based on available evidence.
The Ohio Economic Experts Panel is a social bottom line service of Scioto Analysis, a public policy analysis firm based in Columbus, Ohio.
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