Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

October 22, 2018

Beacon Journal/Ohio.Com Editorial Board: A Taxing Matter Goes Missing in the Governor’s Race

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It follows that low- and middle-income Ohioans pay a higher share than the national average, and wealthy Ohioans pay a lower share.

To a degree, that is expected in view of the vastly larger incomes of wealthy Ohioans. At the same time, the state would be well served by altering the shares to make the state and local system more fair, to reflect how new income in recent years, even decades, has flowed largely to households at the highest income rungs.

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