Reynoldsburg, Ohio - Tax Department

Reynoldsburg City Income Tax Update:

The City of Reynoldsburg uses the Regional Income Tax Agency (RITA) to collect their income tax. The following information provides you with your basic filing/paying requirements. Additional information, registration, filing and/or paying on-line and forms are available on RITA's website www.ritaohio.com (see Quick Links at end).

City Tax Rate: 1.5%

City Tax Credit: 100% not to exceed 1.5%

The City of Reynoldsburg has MANDATORY filing. You must file an income tax return if you:

	●	Are a resident or partial-year resident of Reynoldsburg and are 18 years of age or older
	●	Are a non-resident who is employed or doing business in Reynoldsburg AND Reynoldsburg tax was not withheld from your pay (or not enough tax was withheld
	●	Every corporation, partnership, trust, LLC or estate whether a resident or non-resident that conducts business in Reynoldsburg

If you are permanently retired or disabled, you are required to file an exemption form with the City. Once this exemption form is properly filed, you no longer are required to submit any further paperwork unless your tax situation changes. If you are not permanently retired or disabled but have no taxable income, you are required and must continue to file an exemption form with the City each year.

Due Date for Tax Returns and Extension Requests:

	●	Calendar year taxpayers - April 15
	●	Fiscal year taxpayers – 15^th day of the 4^th month after the close of the fiscal period

Extensions:

An extension for filing will only be granted if you have an extension for filing the federal tax return. If you have any type of tax delinquency with the City, your extension request will be denied. The extension is for filing the tax return only. If you owe tax, you must also make payment for the anticipated tax liability at the time you file the extension.

Estimates:

If local tax is not automatically withheld from your pay and/or you owe tax of $100 or more, you are required to file a declaration of estimated tax. The declaration is generally due the same time as your income tax return and the payments are due as follows.

●	Calendar year taxpayers	1^st quarter – April 15
		2^nd quarter – July 31
		3^rd quarter – October 31
		4^th quarter – January 31

●	Fiscal Year Taxpayers	1^st quarter – 15^th day of the 4^th month after the close of the fiscal period
		2^nd quarter – 15^th day of the 6^th month after the close of the fiscal period
		3^rd quarter – 15^th day of the 9^th month after the close of the fiscal period
		4^th quarter – 15^th day of the 12^th month after the close of the fiscal period

Employer Withholding:

Each employer within or doing business within the City of Reynoldsburg shall deduct at the time of payment of such salaries, wages, commissions or other compensation, the tax of 1.5% of the qualifying wages due by the employer to an employee.

Due Dates for Withholding:

If your withholding amount per month is:

	●	Less than $1,000 you may file quarterly with the due dates being the last day of the month following the calendar quarter
		$1,000 but less than $2,000 you must file monthly with the due dates being the 15^th day of the following month.
		$2,000 or more you must file semi-monthly with the due dates being three days after the 15^th and three days after the last day of each month.

If you have any questions, you may call the Reynoldsburg Tax Division at (614) 322-6865 or the Regional Income Tax Agency at (800) 860-7482 or (614) 538-0512. You may also e-mail any questions directly to the Tax Administrator, Brenda Browning at bbrowning@ci.reynoldsburg.oh.us.

Quick Links for taxes:

City of Reynoldsburg – RITA (www.ritaohio.com)

State of Ohio – www.tax.ohio.gov

School tax – www.tax.ohio.gov

Federal tax – www.irs.gov