Mahoning Co. real-estate tax bill increases due to voted tax hikes

YOUNGSTOWN — The increases Mahoning County residents are seeing in their first-half real estate tax bills this year are largely due to newly voted tax increases.

They have nothing to do with the mass reappraisal of county real estate that is now being completed, said county Treasurer Lisa A. Antonini.

Increases due to new levies voters approved last May and November are being seen for the first time in the current first-half tax bills, said Cheri Donofrio, director of taxation at the county auditor’s office.

It is also possible that taxes could have increased on a property due to a new addition or new construction, Donofrio said.

First-half real-estate tax bills were mailed earlier this month by Antonini’s office to owners of some 166,000 parcels of Mahoning County real estate. March 4 is the deadline to pay without penalty.

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