City of Columbus Income Tax Division

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2022 Filing Season Information

Forms available: Individual, corporate, and employer filing forms and instructions are available in the Forms section of the Income Tax Division website. The City of Columbus Income Tax Division uses Adobe fillable PDF forms. Most browsers can display the PDF, but the fillable features will be disabled. To use the forms provided by the City of Columbus Income Tax Division, we recommend you download the forms and open them using the newest version of Acrobat Reader. 

Filing deadlines: The filing due date for 2021 individual returns is April 18, 2022 and for business returns it is April 18, 2022. The deadline for individual and business returns filing on extension has not changed and remains October 17, 2022. FAQs will be posted to the Division's website soon.

Payment Information: Please make check or money order payable to the CITY TREASURER.

Penalty and interest rates:  Effective January 1st, 2022, the penalty rate for late payment of taxes is 15%. Employer withholding payments not received timely will be subject to a penalty rate of 50%. The interest rate for tax year 2022 is 5%.

Annual Newsletter: The Income Tax Division's annual newsletter provides information on federal tax law updates and their impact to City returns, changes within the Division, and filing information. Check out this year's newsletter here.

Where's my refund?: Information regarding refund processing can be found here.

Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic: Ohio House Bill 197, amended by Ohio House Bill 110, instituted temporary language stating that on and after March 9, 2020, but before January 1, 2022, any day on which an employee performs personal services at a location, including the employee's home, which the employee is required to report for employment duties because of the declaration shall be deemed to be a day performing personal services at the employee's principal place of work. Furthermore, for tax year 2020, this provision applies to both an employer's tax withholding obligations and an employee's actual tax liability. As such, the Columbus Division of Income Tax will not grant refund requests for withholding paid to Columbus during tax year 2020 in accordance with C.C.C. 362.011 and Ohio H.B. 197, section 29 as amended by Ohio H.B. 110.