Understanding Your Tax Bill

We realize that understanding how your property tax bills are created can be confusing. The timeline below explains how the process works at each step.

Step 1: Voters

First Tuesday of November

Citizens may vote on levies (schools, zoo, senior options). The General Election is always the first Tuesday in November.

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Step 2: Board of Elections

End of November

The Board of Elections certifies the election results. This typically occurs three weeks after the election.

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Step 3: County Auditor

1st week of December

The County Auditor calculates tax rates and valuation data and sends data to the Ohio Department of Taxation for approval.

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Step 4: Ohio Department of Taxation

1st week in December

The Ohio Department of Taxation certifies and sends approved tax rates back to the County Auditor.

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Step 5: County Auditor

2nd week of December

The County Auditor calculates individual tax charges and sends them to the County Treasurer.

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Step 6: Treasurer's Office

3rd week in December

Lastly, the County Treasurer’s Office receives the information from the County Auditor to print and mail out to taxpayers at least 20 days before the due date (January 31 and June 20 or the following business day if that date falls on a weekend or holiday).

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Additional Information

There are 440,173 parcels in Franklin County.

• 239,956 parcels are paid by a mortgage company (the owner may never see a bill – unless they go online to search for a property).
• 201,515 parcels are mailed out to the owner for payment.
• 171,000 parcels are in our monthly Budget Pay Program.