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Ohio Taxes

Monday, January 28, 2013

Income Tax Revenue Up for Northeast Ohio Patch Towns

15 of 18 Ohio Patch communities saw 2012 income tax collections surpass 2011 figures.

Rising income tax collections and falling unemployment rates suggest local economies are slowly rebounding in Northeast Ohio, at least for some communities. A review of income tax collections for 2012 and 2011 in 18 Northeast Ohio Patch communities shows only one of the municipalities saw a drop in income tax revenue, Brecksville, while just one community saw income tax returns remain flat: Solon.  The remaining 15 communities saw an increase in the revenue source they depend on most for police staffing, water service, street repair and other basic government services. An uptick in income tax revenue coincides with steady declines in unemployment rates for the Ohio counties Patch covers: Cuyahoga, Summit, Portage, Lake and Stark. Ohio's …

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Refunds Waiting for People Who Didn't File Tax Returns in 2008

IRS says 36,000 Ohioans could have money coming.

Refunds totaling more than $1 billion may be waiting for one million people who did not file a federal income tax return for 2008, the Internal Revenue Service said. But to collect the money, a return for 2008 must be filed with the IRS no later than April 17, 2012. The IRS estimates that half of these potential 2008 refunds are more than $600. In Ohio, more than 36,000 people didn't file a return in 2008. The estimated median return for those people is $622. In some cases, people may not have filed their 2008 returns because they had too little income to require filing, even though they had taxes withheld from their wages or made quarterly estimated payments. Workres have three years to claim a refund. If they don't, the money becomes the…

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