By the Numbers
Sales-Tax Facts The Hamilton County Board of Commissioners voted 2-1 June 18 to raise the county’s sales and use tax by 0.2 percent, effective Oct. 1, which would take the tax to 7.2 percent. Sales-tax rates range from 6.5 percent to 8 percent across Ohio, with the vast majority of the 88 counties (52) levying a 7.25 percent rate. The state of Kentucky does not allow counties to add to the state rate, which stands at 6 percent across the state. (Research by Bill Ferguson Jr.)
Highest sales-tax rate in Ohio:
8% (Cuyahoga County)
Butler County – 6.5% Clermont County – 6.75% Hamilton County – 7% Warren County – 7%
$30 million
Expected annual revenue from additional 0.2% in sales taxes in Hamilton County
$200.5 million Amount raised by Hamilton County sales tax in 2016
Hamilton County’s 7% sales-tax breakdown: 5.75% State of Ohio base sales-tax rate (2013) 0.5% Paul Brown Stadium/Great American Ball Park/ The Banks area (1996) 0.5% Piggyback on state tax rate for general use (1970) 0.25% Cincinnati Museum Center restoration (2015)
$10.8 billion
Amount raised in fiscal year 2017 by state of Ohio 5.75% sales tax (42.6% of revenue for the state)
SOURCES: OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION, KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, COUNTY OF HAMILTON, OHIO w w w.
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