For the purposes specified in Section 192.02, on and after January 1, 1967, an annual tax of one-half of one percent (0.5%) per annum shall be imposed upon the hereinafter specified income; provided that on and after July 1, 1968, the rate of tax shall be a total of one percent (1%) per annum; and that on and after March 1, 1979, the rate of such tax shall be a total of one and five-tenths percent (1.5%) per annum; and that on and after January 1, 1981, the rate of tax shall be two percent (2%) per annum; and that on and after January 1, 2017, the rate of tax shall be two and one-half percent (2.5%) per annum. Such tax shall be imposed upon all taxable income as follows:
(a) On all qualifying wages, net profits, rental income and other taxable income earned and/or received on and after January 1, 1967 by residents of the City;
(b) (1) On all qualifying wages, earned and/or received on and after January 1, 1967, by nonresidents of the City for work done or services performed or rendered within the City or attributable to the City; on all net profits earned and/or received by a nonresident from the operation or conduct of any business or profession within the City; and on all other taxable income, including rental income, earned and/or received by a nonresident derived from or attributable to sources, events or transactions within the City;
(2) For nonresidents employed at a place of business or profession within the City, only those qualifying wages earned and/or received by such nonresident that are specifically attributable to a place or location worked that is outside the City will be treated as earned outside the City;
(c) (1) On the portion attributable to the City of the net profits earned and/or received on and after January 1, 1967, of all resident associations, pass- through entities or other unincorporated business entities treated as a pass-through entity for federal income tax purposes or professions or other activities, derived from sales made, work done, services performed or rendered, and business, or other activities conducted in the City and/or derived from sales made, work done, services performed or rendered and business or other activities attributable to the City;
(2) On the portion of the distributive share of the net profits earned and/or received on and after January 1, 1967, of a resident partner or owner of a resident association, pass-through entity or other unincorporated business entity treated as a pass- through entity for federal income tax purposes not attributable to the City and upon which the City’s income tax has not been imposed and levied;
(d) (1) On the portion attributable to the City of the net profits earned and/or received on and after January 1, 1967, of all nonresident associations, pass- through entities or other unincorporated business entities treated as a pass-through entity for federal income tax purposes, professions or other activities, derived from sales made, work done, services performed or rendered, and business, or other activities conducted in the City and/or derived from sales made, work done, services performed or rendered and business or other activities attributable to the City, whether or not such association, pass-through entity or other unincorporated business entity treated as a pass-through entity for federal income tax purposes has an office or place of business in the City;
(2) On the portion of the distributive share of the net profits earned and/or received on and after January 1, 1967, of a resident partner or owner of a nonresident association, pass-through entity or other unincorporated business entity treated as a pass-through entity for federal income tax purposes not attributable to the City and upon which the City’s income tax has not been imposed and levied from wherever such business is located;
(e) On the portion attributable to the City of the net profits earned and/or received on and after January 1, 1967, of all corporations and all other entities and business activities not defined herein as associations, pass-through entity or unincorporated business entity treated as a pass-through entity for federal income tax purposes derived from sales made, work done, services performed or rendered, and business, or other activities conducted in the City, and/or derived from sales made, work done, services performed or rendered, and business, or other activities attributable to the City, whether or not such corporations, entities or business activities have an office or place of business in the City;
(f) On the net profits of an electric company, combined company or telephone company apportioned and attributable to the City in accordance with RC 718.01(F)(6) and RC Chapter 5745;
(g) On all income derived from prizes, awards, gaming, wagering, lotteries or other similar games of chance by a resident from whatever source and from anywhere derived and by a nonresident from whatever source when the prize, award, gaming, wagering, lottery or other similar game of chance takes place in the City. For purposes of this statute, the purchase of a lottery ticket or similar instrument shall be deemed to occur in the City when said instrument is purchased in the City;
(h) On all income earned and/or received from covenants not to compete or similar agreements and on all income attributable to cancellation of indebtedness to the extent reported on the taxpayer’s federal income tax return;
(i) On all the guardian, executor, conservator, trustee or administrator fees earned and/or received by a taxpayer in connection with the operation or conduct of a business or profession;
(j) On all other compensation, net profits and income earned and/or received by the taxpayer that is not specifically exempted from the tax imposed by this chapter and RC Chapter 718;
(k) (1) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2004, the net profits from a business or profession shall be taxed only to the extent of the taxpayer’s adjusted federal taxable income except that nothing shall be construed as limiting the ability of the Tax Administrator to administer, audit, or enforce the provisions of this chapter including making all necessary adjustments and allocations to adjusted federal taxable income to produce a fair and proper allocation of net profits to the City;
(2) Division (k)(1) of this section shall not apply to any taxpayer required to file a return under RC 5745.03 or to the net profits from a sole proprietorship;
(l) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2004, in the case of a taxpayer who has a net profit from a business or profession that is operated as a sole proprietorship, or in the case of a taxpayer who has a net profit from a business and the taxpayer is an individual, the City shall not tax or use as the base for determining the amount of the net profit that shall be considered as having a taxable situs in the City, an amount other than the net profit required to be reported on Internal Revenue Service Schedules C or F from such sole proprietorship for the taxable year; and
For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2004, in the case of a taxpayer who has a net profit from rental activity required to be reported on Internal Revenue Service Schedule E, the City shall not tax or use as the base for determining the amount of the net profit that shall be considered as having a taxable situs in the City, an amount other than the net profit from rental activities required to be reported by the taxpayer on Schedule E for the taxable year.
(Ord. No. 182-16. Passed 7-13-16, eff. 7-17-16*)
*Note: The tax rate effective January 1, 2017, was approved by the electorate on November 8, 2016.