Explaining Ohio’s maze of city income tax rates and credits, and why you should log where you’ve been working - That’s Rich!

Money bucket

Good records for where you are working could save you on city income taxes at tax time.Andrea Levy, Advance Local

CLEVELAND, Ohio - If you’ve been working at home instead of your regular workplace in another town during the coronavirus crisis, you’d be wise to keep track of your days.

The records just might save you money at tax time next year, perhaps a lot of money, depending on where you live.

Place Local
tax
rate
Due
resident
city if
pay 1%
elsewhere
Due
resident
city if
pay 1.5%
elsewhere
Due
resident
city if
pay 2%
elsewhere
Due
resident
city if
pay 2.5%
elsewhere
Akron 2.50% 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% No tax
Amherst 1.50% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50%
Aurora 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Avon 1.75% 0.75% 0.25% 0.25% 0.25%
Avon Lake 1.50% 0.50% No tax No tax No tax
Barberton 2.25% 1.25% 0.75% 0.25% No tax
Bay Village 1.50% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50%
Beachwood 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Bedford 3.00% 2.00% 1.50% 1.00% 0.75%
Bedford Heights 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Bentleyville 1.00% 0.88% 0.88% 0.88% 0.88%
Berea 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50%
Boston Heights 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Bratenahl 2.00% 1.50% 1.25% 1.00% 1.00%
Brecksville 2.00% 1.13% 0.69% 0.25% 0.25%
Broadview Heights 2.00% 1.25% 0.88% 0.50% 0.50%
Brook Park 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Brooklyn 2.50% 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% No tax
Brooklyn Heights 2.50% 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% No tax
Brunswick 2.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Burton 1.00% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50%
Chagrin Falls 1.85% 1.10% 0.73% 0.46% 0.46%
Chardon 2.00% 1.50% 1.25% 1.00% 1.00%
Cleveland 2.50% 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% No tax
Cleveland Heights 2.25% 1.75% 1.75% 1.75% 1.75%
Clinton 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Cuyahoga Falls 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Cuyahoga Heights 2.50% 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% No tax
East Cleveland 2.00% 2.00% 2.00% 2.00% 2.00%
Eastlake 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Elyria 2.25% 1.25% 0.75% 0.25% No tax
Euclid 2.85% 1.85% 1.35% 0.85% 0.35%
Fairlawn 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Fairport Harbor 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Fairview Park 2.00% 1.25% 1.06% 1.06% 1.06%
Garfield Heights 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Garrettsville 1.75% 1.25% 1.00% 0.09% 0.09%
Gates Mills 1.00% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50%
Gates Mills 1.00% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50%
Glenwillow 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Grafton 1.50% 0.50% No tax No tax No tax
Grand River 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Green 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Highland Heights 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Highland Hills 2.50% 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% No tax
Hiram 2.25% 1.25% 0.75% 0.25% No tax
Hudson 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Independence 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Kent 2.25% 1.25% 0.75% 0.25% No tax
Kirtland 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% 0.25% 0.25%
LaGrange 1.50% 0.50% No tax No tax No tax
Lakeline 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Lakemore 2.25% 1.25% 0.75% 0.25% No tax
Lakewood 1.50% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Linndale 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Lodi 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Lorain 2.50% 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% 0.50%
Lyndhurst 2.00% 1.50% 1.25% 1.00% 1.00%
Macedonia 2.50% 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% No tax
Madison 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Mantua 1.50% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Maple Heights 2.50% 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% No tax
Mayfield 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Mayfield Heights 1.50% 0.50% No tax No tax No tax
Medina 1.25% 1.06% 1.06% 1.06% 1.06%
Mentor 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Mentor on the Lake 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Middleburg Heights 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Middlefield 1.25% 1.25% 1.25% 1.25% 1.25%
Mogadore 2.50% 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% No tax
Moreland Hills 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Munroe Falls 2.25% 1.25% 0.75% 0.25% No tax
New Franklin 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Newburgh Heights 2.00% 1.25% 1.25% 1.25% 1.25%
North Olmsted 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
North Perry 1.00% No tax No tax No tax No tax
North Randall 2.75% 1.75% 1.25% 0.75% 0.25%
North Ridgeville 1.00% 0.90% 0.90% 0.90% 0.90%
North Royalton 2.00% 1.00% 0.75% 0.75% 0.75%
Northfield 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Norton 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50%
Oakwood 2.50% 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% No tax
Oberlin 2.50% 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% No tax
Olmsted Falls 1.50% 1.00% 0.75% 0.75% 0.75%
Orange 2.00% 1.40% 1.10% 1.10% 1.10%
Painesville 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Parma Heights 3.00% 2.00% 1.50% 1.00% 1.00%
Parma Heights 2.50% 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% 0.50%
Peninsula 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Pepper Pike 1.00% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50%
Perry 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Ravenna 2.50% 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% No tax
Reminderville 1.50% 1.50% 1.50% 1.50% 1.50%
Richfield 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Richmond Heights 2.25% 1.25% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Rittman 1.50% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50%
Rocky River 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50%
Seven Hills 2.50% 1.50% 1.00% 0.85% 0.85%
Seville 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Shaker Heights 2.25% 1.75% 1.75% 1.75% 1.75%
Sheffield 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Sheffield Lake 2.00% 1.50% 1.50% 1.50% 1.50%
Silver Lake 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Solon 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
South Amherst 1.00% 0.75% 0.75% 0.75% 0.75%
South Euclid 2.00% 2.00% 2.00% 2.00% 2.00%
South Russell 1.25% 0.50% 0.31% 0.31% 0.31%
Stow 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Streetsboro 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Strongsville 2.00% 1.25% 0.88% 0.50% 0.50%
Tallmadge 2.25% 1.25% 0.75% 0.25% No tax
Timberlake 1.00% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50%
Twinsburg 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
University Heights 2.50% 1.50% 1.50% 1.50% 1.50%
Valley View 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Vermilion 1.50% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Wadsworth 1.40% 0.40% 0.40% 0.40% 0.40%
Walton Hills 2.50% 1.50% 1.50% 0.50% No tax
Warrensville Heights 2.60% 2.10% 1.85% 1.60% 1.35%
Wellington 1.75% 0.75% 0.25% No tax No tax
Westlake 1.50% 0.50% No tax No tax No tax
Wickliffe 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Willoughby 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% No tax No tax
Willoughby Hills 2.00% 1.00% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50%
Willowick 2.00% 1.13% 0.69% 0.25% 0.25%
Windham 1.50% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Woodmere 2.50% 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% No tax

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