Butler County taxing bodies get $2 million boost

Every year the Butler County Auditor’s Office refunds excess administrative fees to local taxing jurisdictions, and this year the schools and governments will get a total of just over $2 million.

For calculating and distributing real estate tax collections to local governments, the state legislature sets the fee that county auditors collect from levy funds to pay for those administrative costs as well as much of the real estate operations of county auditor offices. If the fees exceed costs to administer the levies, the auditor is required to give a refund.