Filing Season Information
2024 Filing Season Information
CRISP now available: Our state of the art Columbus Revenue Information Service Portal (CRISP) is now live! CRISP will be your launch pad for Columbus taxes. You will be able to register to file and pay local income taxes (Individual/Business/Withholding) and check your refund status, estimated payments made, etc. via this safe and user-friendly portal. Tax preparers with multiple clients and bulk withholding filers will be able to utilize the enhanced features of this portal as well. Visit CRISP at crisp.columbus.gov.
Filing Deadlines: The filing due date for 2023 individual returns is April 15, 2024 and for business returns it is April 15, 2024.
Penalty and Interest Rates: Effective January 1st, 2024, the penalty rate for late payment of taxes is 15%. Employer withholding payments not received timely will be subject to a penalty rate of 50%. The interest rate for calendar year 2024 is 10%.
Where's My Refund?: The quickest way to check your refund status is to access your account directly by logging into CRISP (crisp.columbus.gov). Please have your filed tax return in front of you for verification purposes.
Forms Available: If not using CRISP, individual, corporate, and employer filing forms and instructions are available in the Forms section of the Income Tax Division website. The City of Columbus Income Tax Division uses Adobe fillable PDF forms. Most browsers can display the PDF, but the fillable features will be disabled. To use the forms provided by the City of Columbus Income Tax Division, we recommend you download the forms and open them using the newest version of Acrobat Reader.
Payment Information: If you are not paying on CRISP and need to pay by check or money order, please make check or money order payable to the City Treasurer.
Mailing Information: The Division is no longer accepting tax returns or payments in person and if you are unable to file and pay online, please use the mailing addresses below.
Note that all paper tax returns and payments are forwarded to and processed by our banking partner, JPMorgan Chase in a secure, state of the art facility (see “Return Processing Information”).
Payment Enclosed (Business & Individual)
Columbus Income Tax Division
PO Box 182158
Columbus, OH 43218-2158
No Payment Enclosed (Business & Individual)
Columbus Income Tax Division
PO Box 182437
Columbus, OH 43218-2437
Withholding (Payments & No Payments)
Employer Withholding Tax
PO Box 182489
Columbus, OH 43218-2489
Correspondence
Columbus Income Tax Division
PO Box 183190
Columbus, OH 43218-3190