Ohio: what the state takes
Ohio charges its own income tax on top of federal tax. Here is the rate, the return, the date and where the official rules live.
Agency page last read 11 September 2026.
State rate
Banded
2025 Ohio bands, no tax on the first 26,050. City income tax is extra
Resident return
Form IT 1040
Ohio Department of Taxation
Due
15 April, following the federal deadline
Weekends and holidays can push it on
Most Ohio cities and school districts charge their own income tax, filed separately.
Try a figure
Yearly income
How you file
Ohio tax
$1,346
Top state rate you touch
2.75%
- Kept before federal tax$59,802
- Federal income tax$13,852
- Ohio tax$1,346
Band by band
State deduction taken off first: $0. Taxed amount: $75,000.
- $0 to $26,050 at %$0
- $26,050 to $100,000 at 2.75%$1,346
Filing in Ohio
- Who collects it
- Ohio Department of Taxation
- Return
- Form IT 1040
- Deadline
- Usually 15 April, following the federal deadline
Federal comes on top
Whatever your state does, the IRS wants Form 1040 by 15 April, plus Social Security and Medicare through your wages or self employment tax. State tax paid can sometimes be deducted federally if you itemise, within a yearly cap.