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When the spread of COVID-19 forced Ohioans to work from home, state legislators created a new way for cities to collect income taxes as workers temporarily made their homes their
The Buckeye Institute, a public policy think tank based in Ohio, has expressed disappointment over the recent ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court in the case of Schaad v. Alder. The case, which was argued by Robert Alt, the president and CEO of The Buckeye Institute, challenged the expansion of municipal taxing authority in the city of Cincinnati.In his response to the ruling, Alt stated, "The court's ruling is disappointing. Local taxing authorities should be able to tax only within their own jurisdictions—where people live and actually perform the work. There will be other...
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The majority court found that the section of the COVID relief bill at question in the lawsuit was “completely consistent with the Ohio Constitution.”
Josh Schaad, whose office is in downtown Cincinnati, worked in his Blue Ash home once the pandemic set in. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled it was constitutional for him to pay Cincinnati taxes.