Taxes & Rates

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Do you need help understanding your tax bill? Clermont County Auditor has the answers you need.

Under law, the County Auditor cannot raise or lower property taxes. Tax rates are determined by the budgetary requests of each governmental unit, as authorized by the vote of the people, and are computed in strict accordance with procedures required by the Division of Tax Equalization, Ohio Department of Taxation.

Every property owner that resides in their own home is eligible for an Owner Occupancy tax reduction on their property tax bill. Homeowners must make an application for this reduction.

The Homestead Program is designed to provide tax credit relief to citizens who are at least 65 years of age or permanently and totally disabled.

The CAUV program provides tax relief in the form of property value reductions on farmlands of ten acres or more devoted exclusively to agricultural use or for timberlands. The program also is available for tracts of land that are less than ten acres, if the average yearly gross farm income for the past three years is at least $2,500 from agricultural products.

Ohio Forest Tax Law is administered by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, according to the Ohio Revised Code and the Ohio Administrative Code.

Special Assessments are not part of your real estate tax, but are included as a separate item on the real estate tax bill. These could include such items as ditch assessments, improvement levies such as street paving, curbs, lighting, sidewalks and sewer or water lines.

The County Auditor is responsible for the administration of the county lodging excise tax. The main functions include the collection and distribution of tax receipts.