(A) Significant and wide-ranging amendments to ORC 718 were enacted by Am Sub HB 5, passed by the 130th General Assembly, and signed by Governor Kasich on December 19, 2014, and H.B. 5 required municipal corporations to conform to and adopt the provisions of ORC 718 in order to have the authority to impose, enforce, administer and collect a municipal income tax.
(B) As mandated by H.B. 5, municipal income tax Ordinance No. 78-2015, effective January 1, 2016, comprehensively replaces Chapter 181 for tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2016, in accordance with the provisions of ORC 718 to allow the City to continue the income-tax and withholding-tax administration and collection efforts on behalf of the City.
(Ord. 78-2015. Passed 11-2-15.)