(A) Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, each 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 return under division (G) of section 5747.08 of the Ohio Revised Code. 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 Municipality. No remittance is required if the net amount due is ten dollars or less.
(B) 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 a municipal income tax return. The extended due date of the municipal income tax return shall be the fifteenth 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 Municipality'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.
(1) A copy of the federal extension request shall be included with the filing of Municipality's income tax return.
(C) Any taxpayer that qualifies for an automatic federal extension for a period other than six-months for filing the taxpayer's federal income tax return shall automatically receive an extension for filing of a municipal income tax return. The extended due date of the municipal income tax return shall be the same as that of the extended federal income tax return.
(D) Any 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 municipal income tax return. If the request is received by the tax administrator on or before the date the municipal income tax return is due, the tax administrator shall grant the taxpayer's requested extension.
(E) An extension of time to file under this chapter is not an extension of time to pay any tax due unless the Tax Administrator grants an extension of that date.
(F) If the State Tax Commissioner extends for all taxpayers the date for filing state income tax returns under division (G) of section 5747.08 of the Ohio Revised Code, a taxpayer shall automatically receive an extension for the filing of a municipal income tax return. The extended due date of the municipal income tax return shall be the same as the extended due date of the state income tax return.
(G) If the Tax Administrator consider it necessary in order to ensure the payment of the tax imposed by the Municipality, 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.
(H) If a taxpayer receives an extension for the filing of a municipal income tax return under Section 182.094(B), (F) or (G) of this chapter. 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 violates Section 182.094(H) of this section, the municipal corporation shall reimburse taxpayer for any reasonable costs incurred to respond to such inquiry or notice, up to $150.
Division 182.094(H) of this section does not apply to an extension received under Section 182.094(B) of this section if the tax administrator has actual knowledge that the taxpayer failed to file for a federal extension as required to receive the extension under division (B) of this section or failed to file for an extension under division (D) of this section.
(Ord. 23-149. Passed 11-9-23.)