MOUNT VERNON — Knox County residents have yet to receive real estate taxes for the second half of the year. Knox Pages readers are wondering why.
Ohio House Bill 186 is to blame for the delay.
Property taxes have to be recalculated for the second half of the year due to passage of the bill, according to Knox County Treasurer Connie Durbin.
What is HB186?
Gov. Mike DeWine signed the bill on Dec. 19, 2025, and it went into effect March 20, 2026.
“(HB186) will save Ohio property owners nearly $1.7 billion over the next three years by establishing a new Inflation Cap Credit that prevents increases in school district property taxes from exceeding the rate of inflation,” according to the Ohio House of Representatives website.
“(HB186) affects school (districts) that are at the 20-mill floor and below and will provide a small credit on the tax bill if your property is in a school (district) that meets that criteria. The credit is for residential properties only,” Durbin wrote.
As a result, HB186 may result in a small credit, but the treasurer’s office will not know the new tax amounts until the computer vendor is ready to implement changes, according to Durbin.
For those who paid at the beginning of the year, any overpayment will reflect as a surplus and be applied to next year’s first half taxes, according to Durbin.
“Our computer vendor has been working on these changes. We are in constant contact with them for updates and are hoping to be able to send to the printer by next week,” Durbin wrote in an email.
The Knox County Treasurer website will be updated as more information — including an official date — is received.
The earliest, estimated tax due date is Aug. 14, 2026, according to Durbin. However, this is not an official date.
“Our office is working with the computer vendor to get change implemented and tax bills to the printer,” Durbin wrote.
