(a) Confidentiality of Income Tax Information. Any information gained as a result of returns, investigations, hearings, or verifications required or authorized by this Chapter, the City's Charter, other ordinance or resolution, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter or ORC Chapter 718. is confidential, and no person shall access or disclose such information except in accordance with a proper judicial order or in connection with the performance of that person's official duties or the official business of the City as authorized by this Chapter, the City's Charter, other ordinance or resolution, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter or ORC Chapter 718. The Tax Administrator, or a designee thereof, may furnish copies of returns filed or otherwise received under this Chapter and other related tax information to the Internal Revenue Service, the State Tax Commissioner and Tax Administrators of other municipal corporations.
(b) Income Tax Statistics. This section does not prohibit the City from publishing or disclosing statistics in a form that does not disclose information with respect to particular taxpayers.
(Source: ORC 718.13)
(Ord. 2020-10. Adopted 04/23/20)