(A) An annual Village of Johnstown income tax return shall be completed and filed by every individual taxpayer eighteen (18) years of age or older and any taxpayer that is not an individual for each taxable year for which the taxpayer is subject to the tax, whether or not a tax is due thereon.
(1) The Tax Administrator may accept on behalf of all nonresident individual taxpayers a return filed by an employer, agent of an employer, or other payer under Section 191.06 of this chapter when the nonresident individual taxpayer's sole income subject to the tax is the qualifying wages reported by the employer, agent of an employer, or other payer, and no additional tax is due the Village of Johnstown.
(2) Retirees having no Municipal Taxable Income for the Village of Johnstown income tax purposes may file with the Tax Administrator a written exemption from these filing requirements on a form prescribed by the Tax Administrator. The written exemption shall indicate the date of retirement and the entity from which retired. The exemption shall be in effect until such time as the retiree receives Municipal Taxable Income taxable to the Village of Johnstown, at which time the retiree shall be required to comply with all applicable provisions of this chapter.
(B) If an individual is deceased, any return or notice required of that individual shall be completed and filed by that decedent's executor, administrator, or other person charged with the property of that decedent.
(C) If an individual is unable to complete and file a return or notice required by the Village of Johnstown, the return or notice required of that individual shall be completed and filed by the individual's duly authorized agent, guardian, conservator, fiduciary, or other person charged with the care of the person or property of that individual.
(D) Returns or notices required of an estate or a trust shall be completed and filed by the fiduciary of the estate or trust.
(E) The Village of Johnstown shall permit spouses to file a joint return.
(F) (1) Each return required to be filed under this division shall contain the signature of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's duly authorized agent and of the person who prepared the return for the taxpayer. The return shall include the taxpayer's social security number or taxpayer identification number. Each return shall be verified by a declaration under penalty of perjury.
(2) The Tax Administrator shall require a taxpayer who is an individual to include, with each annual return, and amended return, copies of the following documents: all of the taxpayer's Internal Revenue Service form W-2, "Wage and Tax Statements," including all information reported on the taxpayer's federal W-2, as well as taxable wages reported or withheld for any municipal corporation; the taxpayer's Internal Revenue Service form 1040; and, with respect to an amended tax return, any other documentation necessary to support the adjustments made in the amended return. An individual taxpayer who files the annual return required by this section electronically is not required to provide paper copies of any of the foregoing to the Tax Administrator unless the Tax Administrator requests such copies after the return has been filed.
(3) The Tax Administrator may require a taxpayer that is not an individual to include, with each annual net profit return, amended net profit return, or request for refund required under this section, copies of only the following documents: the taxpayer's Internal Revenue Service form 1041, form 1065, form 1120, form 1120-REIT, form 1120F, or form 1120S, and, with respect to an amended tax return or refund request, any other documentation necessary to support the refund request or the adjustments made in the amended return.
A taxpayer that is not an individual and that files an annual net profit return electronically through the Ohio Business Gateway or in some other manner shall either mail the documents required under this division to the Tax Administrator at the time of filing or, if electronic submission is available, submit the documents electronically through the Ohio Business Gateway.
(4) After a taxpayer files a tax return, the Tax Administrator may request, and the taxpayer shall provide, any information, statements, or documents required by the Village of Johnstown to determine and verify the taxpayer's municipal income tax liability. The requirements imposed under division (F) of this section apply regardless of whether the taxpayer files on a generic form or on a form prescribed by the Tax Administrator.
(G) (1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each individual income tax return required to be filed under this section shall be completed and filed as required by the Tax Administrator on or before the date prescribed for the filing of state individual income tax returns under division (G) of Section 5747.08 of the ORC. The taxpayer shall complete and file the return or notice on forms prescribed by the Tax Administrator or on generic forms, together with remittance made payable to the Village of Johnstown. No remittance is required if the net amount due is ten dollars or less.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each annual net profit return required to be filed under this section by a taxpayer that is not an individual shall be completed and filed as required by the Tax Administrator on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month following the end of the taxpayer's taxable year. The taxpayer shall complete and file the return or notice on forms prescribed by the Tax Administrator or on generic forms, together with remittance made payable to the Village of Johnstown. No remittance is required if the net amount due is ten dollars or less.
(2) Any taxpayer that has duly requested an automatic six-month extension for filing the taxpayer's federal income tax return shall automatically receive an extension for the filing of the Village of Johnstown's income tax return. The extended due date of the Village of Johnstown's income tax return shall be the 15th day of the tenth month after the last day of the taxable year to which the return relates. For tax years ending on or after January 1, 2023, the extended due date of the City's income tax return for a taxpayer that is not an individual shall be the 15th day of the eleventh month after the last day of the taxable year to which the return relates. An extension of time to file under this division is not an extension of the time to pay any tax due unless the Tax Administrator grants an extension of that date.
(a) A copy of the federal extension request shall be included with the filing of the Village of Johnstown's income tax return.
(b) A taxpayer that has not requested or received a six-month extension for filing the taxpayer's federal income tax return may request that the Tax Administrator grant the taxpayer a six-month extension of the date for filing the taxpayer's Village of Johnstown income tax return. If the request is received by the Tax Administrator on or before the date the Village of Johnstown income tax return is due, the Tax Administrator shall grant the taxpayer's requested extension.
(3) If the tax commissioner extends for all taxpayers the date for filing state income tax returns under division (G) of Section 5747.08 of the ORC, a taxpayer shall automatically receive an extension for the filing of a Village of Johnstown's income tax return. The extended due date of the Village of Johnstown's income tax return shall be the same as the extended due date of the state income tax return.
(4) If the Tax Administrator considers it necessary in order to ensure the payment of the tax imposed by the Village of Johnstown, the Tax Administrator may require taxpayers to file returns and make payments otherwise than as provided in this division, including taxpayers not otherwise required to file annual returns.
(5) If a taxpayer receives an extension for the filing of a municipal income tax return under this section, the tax administrator shall not make any inquiry or send any notice to the taxpayer with regard to the return on or before the date the taxpayer files the return or on or before the extended due date to file the return, whichever occurs first.
If a tax administrator files section (5), the municipal corporation shall reimburse the taxpayer for any reasonable costs incurred to respond to such inquiry or notice, up to $150.
This division does not apply to an extension received under section (2) of this division if the tax administrator has actual knowledge that the taxpayer failed to file for a federal extension as required to receive the extension under section (2) of this division or failed to file for an extension under this division.
(H) (1) For taxable years beginning after 2015, the Village of Johnstown shall not require a taxpayer to remit tax with respect to net profits if the net amount due is ten dollars or less.
(2) Any taxpayer not required to remit tax to the Village of Johnstown for a taxable year pursuant to division (H)(1) of this section shall file with the Village of Johnstown an annual net profit return under division (F)(3) of this section.
(I) If a payment is required to be made by electronic funds transfer, the payment is considered to be made when the payment is credited to an account designated by the Tax Administrator for the receipt of tax payments, except that, when a payment made by electronic funds transfer is delayed due to circumstances not under the control of the taxpayer, the payment is considered to be made when the taxpayer submitted the payment. This division shall not apply to payments required to be made under division (B)(1)(a) of Section 191.05 or provisions for semi-monthly withholding.
(J) Taxes withheld for the Village of Johnstown by an employer, the agent of an employer, or other payer as described in Section 191.05 shall be allowed to the taxpayer as credits against payment of the tax imposed on the taxpayer by the Village of Johnstown, unless the amounts withheld were not remitted to the Village of Johnstown and the recipient colluded with the employer, agent, or other payer in connection with the failure to remit the amounts withheld.
(K) Each return required by the Village of Johnstown to be filed in accordance with this division shall include a box that the taxpayer may check to authorize another person, including a tax return preparer who prepared the return, to communicate with the Tax Administrator about matters pertaining to the return.
(L) The Tax Administrator shall accept for filing a generic form of any income tax return, report, or document required by the Village of Johnstown, provided that the generic form, once completed and filed, contains all of the information required by ordinance, resolution, or rules and regulations adopted by the Village of Johnstown or the Tax Administrator, and provided that the taxpayer or tax return preparer filing the generic form otherwise complies with the provisions of this chapter and of the Village of Johnstown's ordinance, resolution, or rules and regulations governing the filing of returns, reports, or documents. (Ord. 20-2015. Passed 11-3-15; Ord. 23-2023. Passed 12-12-23.)