Local governments policy groups at odds over Ohio flat tax proposal

(The Center Square) – A plan before the Ohio House to move the state to a flat tax system supported by a central Ohio policy group has drawn opposition from county and city governments, as well as public school systems around the state. In testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, Greg Lawson, a research fellow at The Buckeye Institute, called the proposed idea to replace the state’s income tax with a 2.75% flat tax a strong effort to improve the state’s overall tax climate. Lawson sad that, according to the Tax Foundation, the reduced rate, if passed, would…