Real Property
Real Estate Taxes
Real Property Tax Relief, Number of Homestead Exemptions
Granted, Average Reduction in Taxable Value and Total
Reduction in Taxes, by County, Tax Year 1998
Homestead exemption property tax reductions were granted to
234,566 homeowners for the 1998 tax year (manufactured
homeowners are not included - see table HE-2 for additional
information). Qualified senior citizens or disabled
homeowners receive tax reductions based on their total
income, provided that the income does not exceed $20,800. The
taxes on the property owned by such taxpayers were reduced by
$63,749,317. The average tax reduction amounted to $271.76.
Overall, the number of homestead exemptions granted decreased
by 3.3%, the average reduction in property value decreased by
1.0% and the total reduction in property taxes decreased by
4.5%.
Cuyahoga County had the greatest number of homeowners
receiving this tax reduction, 36,289, and the largest total
reduction in taxes, $12,517,694. Holmes County had the least
number of homeowners receiving this tax reduction, 383, and
had the least total reduction in taxes, $88,654.
The figures in the first two columns of this table were
compiled through a survey of county auditors conducted by the
Ohio Department of Taxation. The data in the third column
showing the reduction in real property taxes are the actual
amounts reimbursed to each county for the homestead
exemption, including reimbursements for refunds issued by the
county to taxpayers that filed "late" applications for the
tax year 1998 homestead exemption. Administrative fees of
$1,274,986 paid to the county auditors are excluded from
Table HE-1.