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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Property Tax Rates In Twinsburg To Increase By 10 Percent

Find out what your new property tax rate is by searching in a database produced by the Plain Dealer.

Property tax rates in Twinsburg will increase substantially in 2013, according to a database produced in the Plain Dealer. The tax rates that property owners pay to fund various governments from the schools to the library system will increase more than 9 percent, according to the newspaper's data. According to the Plain Dealer, Twinsburg homeowners will pay $1,832 per $100,000 of home value in their 2013 tax bills, up from $1,674 per $100,000 last year. The general trend has been higher and higher taxes each year for Twinsburg property owners. Three years ago, homeowners were paying $1,597 per $100,000. These property taxes are used to fund a variety of governmental functions, including the schools, county government, city government and …

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12:36 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013

You will not ever see or hear the word "permanent" connected to this levy. Ballot language states it is a renewal levy for a continuing period of time. Which means it won't be presented for a vote again. BOE has until March 15 to decide if this renewal levy vote will be in May or November and whether it will be a renewal for a continuing period or a renewal for five years.   more ›

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

County's Property Value Complaint Forms Due April 2

The deadline to file a complaint against property values is Monday, April 2

The deadline for Summity County taxpayers to file a DTE Form 1--a complaint against real property values--is Monday, April 2, according to a press release from Fiscal Officer Kristen M. Scalise. According to the fiscal officer, The Board of Revision hears complaints relating to the valuation of property. Taxpayers who feel their property values are too high have the opportunity to file a complaint and appeal to the board for property value reduction. The complaint form for tax year 2011, which is required to be signed, dated and notarized, must physically be delivered to one of the following locations by 4 p.m. on April 2, 2012: An April 2 U.S. postmark, by state law, is not acceptable, according to the release. Property owners may obtain …

Leigh Peterson

11:41 am on Tuesday, March 20, 2012

I filed a few months ago right after we bought our house. We got a letter saying the value went up. We told them what we paid for the house and they adjusted it down to that number. I just found out that our home would be exactly half the price if it were in New Haven, Indiana (a Fort Wayne suburb) where I went to high school. Not sure if that fact makes me very happy or very sad.   more ›

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