{"id":174614,"date":"2024-01-12T04:40:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T09:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=174614"},"modified":"2024-01-12T16:02:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T21:02:10","slug":"klopfenstein-talks-about-tax-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/01\/12\/klopfenstein-talks-about-tax-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"Klopfenstein talks about tax relief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s been a shock for many people \u2013 new property tax bills that are substantially higher than before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Property is re-valued on a tri-annual basis by the Van Wert County Auditor\u2019s Office. This is the first new assessment since COVID and property values have gone up, resulting in significantly higher real estate tax bills for many people. It\u2019s not just Van Wert County \u2014 property values are up in counties that have had similar reassessments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Roy-Klopfenstein-1-23-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-162418\"\/><figcaption>Roy Klopfenstein<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s been talk that the Ohio General Assembly is trying to address the issue and perhaps provide some form of relief, but State Representative Roy Klopfenstein said it may be some time before that happens, if at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s still in the discussion stage,\u201d Klopfenstein said Wednesday night. \u201cIn 88 counties they\u2019re on a three-year rotating review and more than a third of the counties that were up this time got hit with three years of inflation and three years of rising property prices. There\u2019s a lot of angst\u2026a 40 percent increase in your property tax bill is substantial.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t count on relief but it could happen,\u201d Klopfenstein continued. \u201cIf they change how it is calculated it will probably be for future years. I just can\u2019t see them getting it done in a timely fashion to affect what was already paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf there\u2019s going to be relief my guess is it\u2019s going to be in the future, how it\u2019s calculated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Klopfenstein said the Homestead Exemption may provide some relief to those who qualify, along with a request for a reassessment. He also said there\u2019s been talk of raising the Homestead Exemption or tying it to the rate of inflation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor It\u2019s been a shock for many people \u2013 new property tax bills that are substantially higher than before. Property is re-valued on a tri-annual basis by the Van Wert County Auditor\u2019s Office. This is the first new assessment since COVID and property values have gone up, resulting in significantly higher real estate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 22:12:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174614"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174647,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174614\/revisions\/174647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}