The Ohio Department of Taxation (ODT) posted its initial county-by-county certifications for the Public Library Fund (PLF) for calendar year (CY) 2023.

Each county’s estimated entitlement is available at olc.org/funding. An Excel spreadsheet of the month-by-month estimates for each county can also be downloaded from the OLC website.

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Please read the entitlement letter for your county carefully. The CY 2023 entitlement estimates are based on the PLF percentage being set at 1.7% of the state General Revenue Fund (GRF) for fiscal year (FY) 2023 which ends on June 30, 2023.

Therefore, the CY 2023 estimates were calculated with the PLF at 1.7% (temporary law) for January-June and at 1.66% (permanent law) for July-December. ODT’s initial statewide PLF distribution estimate for CY 2023 is $520,759,584, which is $38 million more than the latest estimate for CY 2022. Please exercise caution as we are all watching the economy, inflation, and the possibilities of a recession. As required by law, these estimates will be updated again in December 2022.

Learn more at olc.org/funding.