Ohio Department of Taxation - No Fuss Forms.Business Editors COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2001 The Ohio Department of Taxation (ODT See SCO Open Desktop. ODT - Open Desktop ) is offering taxpayers an opportunity to end an era. The days of hunting for a typewriter and pecking away on a tax form can be history. The times of taxing handwriting skills with decipherable de·ci·pher tr.v. de·ci·phered, de·ci·pher·ing, de·ci·phers 1. To read or interpret (ambiguous, obscure, or illegible matter). See Synonyms at solve. 2. To convert from a code or cipher to plain text; decode. digits can be filed away. "Fill-in" tax forms are here. See them at the ODT web site: www.state.oh.us/tax The new forms work as implied: taxpayers "fill-in" the form(s) on their computer, print off a pristine copy and mail it in to ODT. There are nine forms available now for individual income and business taxes. More are on the way. "This is just one of our continuing efforts to make our web site a resource for taxpayers, and our services in general, more convenient and user friendly," said Thomas Zaino, the Ohio Tax Commissioner. Available fill-in forms are: IT-1040, Ohio Income Tax Return for Filing Year 2000; IT-1040 EZ, Ohio Income Tax Return for Filing Year 2000; FT-REF, Application for Corporation Franchise Tax Refund Tax refund Money back from the government when too much tax has been paid or withheld from a salary. ; FT-PR, Petition for Reassessment Reassessment The process of re-determining the value of property or land for tax purposes. Notes: Property is usually reassessed on an annual basis. You may request a "reassessment" if you disagree with your assessment. , Corporation Franchise Tax; IT-AR, Application for Personal Income Tax Refund; IT-PR, Petition for Reassessment, Sales Tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. ; WT-AR, Application for Income Tax Withholding Refund; and WT-PR, Petition for Reassessment, Withholding Tax The amount legally deducted from an employee's wages or salary by the employer, who uses it to prepay the charges imposed by the government on the employee's yearly earnings. . Instructions on the web site and the forms themselves guide taxpayers through from beginning to end. It's recommended (but not required) that taxpayers use the peel-off label provided with the income tax booklet to speed up processing of the return. The "fill-in" forms can't be e-mailed to ODT or filed on-line yet, but that (electronic) era's fast approaching. |
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