Tax

Welcome to the Tax Department

Three People With Arms on DeskOur office administers and collects the city income tax for the City of St. Marys and the Villages of Botkins, Covington, Cridersville, Ft. Loramie, Minster, Lakeview, New Bremen, New Knoxville, North Star, Osgood, Russia, and Yorkshire. The Tax Office is open from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday. We will be happy to assist you with the filing of your city tax returns during these hours. Please note that your city return cannot be filed using software for this purpose. We also do not accept faxed tax returns. Returns can be filed by mail, in our office, and they also can be placed in the night drop box located just inside our front doors. Your city tax dollars stay in our communities maintaining our roads, supporting our police and fire departments, snow removal, brush pick up, spring clean-up, and keeping our hometowns great places to live today and for future generations.

NOTICE:  AS OF JULY 1, 2023, LAKEVIEW TAX RATE WILL BE REDUCED TO 1.0%

Payment Options

Tax payments can be made with cash, check, money order, or on-line.  Secure on-line tax payments can be made at Payment.  Customers using this option will be charged a non-refundable processing fee of $2.00 or 3%, whichever is greater, by LexisNexis VitalChek Network Inc.  Payments will be posted to your account within 3 business days. 

Forms

Tax forms are located under the Forms section and can be downloaded. Form EZ is for individuals. Form B is for reporting net profits from businesses. Forms W1 and W3 are for reporting employee withholding tax.

New employers are able to apply for a withholding account number by completing the application also located under the forms tab.

Published Interest Rate

Ohio Revised Code 718.27 requires the Tax Administrator to publish, by October 31st, the established interest rate for tax underpayments based on the Federal short-term rate that will apply during the next calendar year.

Interest shall be imposed per annum, on all unpaid income tax, unpaid estimated income tax and unpaid withholding tax.

The interest rate used shall be the Federal short-term rate (rounded to the nearest whole number percent) plus five percent. The rate shall apply for the calendar year next following the July of the year in which the Federal short-term rate is determined.

Note: Interest applies to any balance of tax due that is not paid by the due date of a return, even if the return is filed under extension.

Calendar Year
Monthly Interest Rate
Yearly Interest Rate
20240.833%10.00%
2023.583%
7.00%
2022.42%
5.00%
2021.42%
5.00%
2020.583%
7.00%
2019.583%
7.00%
2018.50%
6.00%
2017 .50%
6.00%
2016.42%
5.00%