As of today, no one has successfully picked the right numbers to win the current Mega Millions jackpot. Based on current projections, it is scheduled to reach $1.35 billion by the drawing on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. This is the second-largest Mega Millions drawing and...
Tax
Preparing for Tax Season: 2023 Tax Updates
January 1 marks the start of the new year and with a new year comes new tax law changes. If you’re an Ohio State Buckeyes fan, your New Year did not begin exactly how you wanted to, but the year looks bright going forward. As we begin the new year, it is important to...
Beware of ERC Free Money Claims
Fraudulent ERC Claims If you have been listening to talk radio lately, you've most likely heard the latest come-on for small business cash assistance. Most of these advertisements claim your small business can receive up to $28,000 per employee per year in refunds of...
Working With Appraisers in Property Tax Assessment Appeals
Recent turbulence in various market sectors is creating the need to sharpen analyses and understandings of property tax assessment valuations. In evaluating the need for real property tax assessment appeals, it is critical to understand the roles an appraiser can play...
Now Is the Time To Review Property Tax Valuations
Now is the time of year when counties are publishing, mailing or providing notices of property assessments as required by Ohio law. Ohio Revised Code 5715.17 provides that counties must give notice that valuation revisions have been completed and are open for public...
Democratic Senators Reach Agreement On Climate and Tax Bill
On Wednesday evening, Senators Joe Manchin and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that they had reached an agreement on a bill imposing a 15% minimum tax on certain large corporations, providing clean energy tax subsidies, incentives for consumers to conserve...
Ohio Enacts New Elective Pass-Through Entity Tax
Last month, Governor Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 246, authorizing Ohio pass-through entities (PTE), including S corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies taxed for federal income tax purposes as partnerships, to elect to pay a PTE level tax as a...
City of Cleveland Property Tax Abatement: The Study, Key Findings and Recommendations
The Study In the summer of 2019, Cleveland’s Office of Community Development and the Equitable Community Development Working Group commissioned a study (the “Study”) to identify the historic usage of the City’s Tax Abatement Program (the “Program”), as well as the...
UPDATE: Ohio General Assembly Passes Increased Historic and Opportunity Zone Incentives in SB 225
Ohio’s General Assembly recently voted to temporarily double its Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit (OHPTC) award cap and increase, then reduce Ohio’s Opportunity Zone (OZ) Tax Credit cap. For state fiscal years 2023 and 2024, the SB 225 permits the Ohio Director...
Gov. Mike DeWine Signs Landmark Property Tax Reform Bill
A property tax reform effort that originally commenced in 2018 in the Ohio House of Representatives has been signed into law by Governor Mike DeWine and will go into effect in mid-to-late July 2022. House Bill 126 (HB 126) was sponsored by Representative Derrick...