Finance & Income Tax Department

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The Finance Department is comprised of the Finance Director, Finance staff, and Income Tax staff. Collectively, they are charged with overseeing all financial functions and activities of the City. Because the staff interacts with all taxpayers through the Income Tax Division and all employees through the Accounting Division, the Finance Department is the broadest department in the City.
Among our responsibilities are:

Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Asset Management
Debt Administration
Financial Transparency
Grant Administration
Income Tax Administration

Internal Auditing
Inventory Control
Mansfield.OhioCheckBook.com
Payroll Processing/Pension & Insurance Reporting
Preparation of an Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
Treasury Management/Investments

Thank you for your interest in our financial operations. We strive to maintain an open policy with regard to disseminating information. If you would like to know more, please call us at 419-755-9781 between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Finance

2023 Monthly Finance Reports

Finance Reports

Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports

Income Tax

Notice!

Effective January 1, 2025 Mansfield’s tax rate will increase to 2.25%. Tax credit of 100% with the credit up to 1%.”

2023 Filing due date

The filing due date for 2023 is April 15th, 2024.
The City of Mansfield’s Tax Rate is 2%.

WHO MUST FILE:

Every Mansfield resident eighteen years of age and older: must file a Mansfield income tax return. The only exception to this is to have registered with the tax department as retired and your income is not subject to municipal income tax.
Every non-resident individual: earning income in Mansfield not subject to employee withholding of Mansfield income tax must file an annual Mansfield income tax return.
Every non-resident individual: with rental property or engaged in a business or profession in Mansfield must file an annual Mansfield income tax return.
Partial-year residents: must file for the time spent as a resident of Mansfield. Income may be pro-rated for the time lived in Mansfield. Income and tax credits may be pro-rated for the time lived in Mansfield. Attach a worksheet to your return explaining your calculations.

CURRENT INDIVIDUAL TAX FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS

2022 Individual Forms

2021 Individual Forms

2020 Individual Forms

2019 Individual Forms

2018 Individual Forms

2017 Individual Forms

2016 Individual Forms

Department of Finance

Division of Municipal Income Tax

E-Filing your City of Mansfield Income Tax Return

To utilize the eFile system, you will need your social security number and the numeric portion of your address. For security purposes, each year you are required to create a new PIN for your online account – even if you have filed with us online previously. Simply follow the screen prompts when accessing this site for the first time: Choose your account type, enter your SSN and click the “Don’t have a PIN?” link.

In the event YOU ARE NOT IN OUR SYSTEM it will be necessary to register with the City of Mansfield Income Tax Division BEFORE e-filing. It will take two (2) business days to activate your account.

Registering is simple and can be done by:

Calling our office at 419-755-9711, or by e-mailing, faxing, or mailing the Income Tax Registration Form found below.
Our e-mail address is: tax@ci.mansfield.oh.us or fax to: 419-755-9751
Mailing address: 30 North Diamond Street, Mansfield, Ohio 44902

Download Registration Form

If you choose to email the registration form we recommend you do not include the social security number and call our office to add this information.

E-File

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2023 E-File

Social Security

Please use this Social Security link to access your personal earnings history which may be needed to file tax returns for previous years.

View Social Security

The Finder

Link to determine applicable City Income Tax based on residential address.

View The Finder

Who Must File:

C-Corporations: C-Corporations are required to file as entities on the net profit or loss derived from sales made, work done, services performed or rendered and business or other activities conducted in Mansfield, whether or not the corporation has a place of business in Mansfield.
S-Corporations: S-Corporations are required to file as entities on the net profit or loss derived from sales made, work done, services performed or rendered and business or other activities conducted in Mansfield, whether or not such corporation has a place of business in Mansfield. If the S-Corporation has net income, the corporation must pay the tax due rather than the individual shareholders. The individual shareholders of an S-corporation may not include any gain or loss on their individual returns.
Partnerships: Partnerships are required to file as entities on the net profit or loss derived from sales made, work, done, services performed or rendered and business or other activities conducted in Mansfield, whether or not such partnership has a place of business in Mansfield.
LLCs: A limited liability company is required to file consistent with its federal filing. For example, if the LLC is recognized as a partnership at the federal level, it should file as a partnership at the local level. Single member LLC’s that report net profit or loss on Federal form 1040, schedule C should file as an individual taxpayer at the local level.
Miscellaneous Entities: Any undertaking, not specifically defined above, conducting activities or producing income, including but not limited to, rental of real estate and personal property, and a business conducted by a trust or guardianship of an estate that produces a net profit shall be subject to city income tax and is required to file a return as an entity.

CURRENT TAX FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS

2022 Business Forms

2021 Business Forms

2020 Business Forms

2019 business Forms

2018 business Forms

2017 business Forms

Individuals

To pay by phone, dial 419-755-9711
- for Individual Payments: Press 2
- for Individual Payment Plans: Press 3
Pay by internet – Individuals
By Mail
- City of Mansfield Income Tax
- P. O. Box 577 Mansfield, Ohio 44901
Drop Off Boxes
- 1st Floor to the right of the elevator 24 hour
- 2nd Floor Court Entrance
In Person
- Municipal Building, 7th Floor

Businesses

Pay by internet – Businesses
To pay by phone dial 419-755-9711: Press 4

Change of Address Form

Change of Address Form

Employer Withholding

2023 Employee Withholding

2022 Employee Withholding

2021 Employee Withholding

Important Changes

2025 – 10% per annum
2024 – 10% per annum
2023 – 7% per annum
2022 – 5% per annum
2021 – 5% per annum
2020 – 7% per annum
2019 – 7% per annum
2018 – 6% per annum
2017 – 6% per annum

The Interest Rate that will be applied to all unpaid income tax, unpaid estimated income tax, and unpaid withholding tax will be:

TAXPAYERS’ RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

“TAXPAYERS’ RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES” means the rights provided to taxpayers in sections 718.11 , 718.12 , 718.19, 718.23, 718.36, 718.37, 718.38, 5717.011 , and 5717.03 of the Ohio Revised Code and any corresponding ordinances of the Municipality, and the responsibilities of taxpayers to file, report, withhold, remit, and pay municipal income tax and otherwise comply with Chapter 718 of the Ohio Revised Code and resolutions, ordinances, and rules adopted by a municipal corporation for the imposition and administration of a municipal income tax.

These rights and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

The municipal corporation shall maintain a Local Board of Tax Review to hear appeals of the taxpayer on assessments issued by the Tax Administrator. The Taxpayer or the Tax Administrator may appeal the Final Determination of the Local Board of Tax Review.
Civil actions to recover municipal income tax, penalties and interest have time limits.
Taxpayer has a prescribed manner in which to request a refund from the Tax Administrator.
Taxpayer has a required responsibility to timely and accurately file annual returns, reports, documents, and to timely remit all taxes due on such annual returns, reports, documents and filings.
At or before the commencement of an audit (where the tax administrator has ordered the appearance of the taxpayer), the Tax Administrator shall inform and provide the Taxpayer with certain information regarding the audit.
Taxpayer has a required responsibility to allow examination of their books, papers, records, and federal and state income tax returns by the tax administrator.
Taxpayer has certain recourse if aggrieved by an action or omission of the Tax Administrator, their employee or an employee of the municipal corporation.