Where We're Located:

City of Kettering - Income Tax Division

North Building
3600 Shroyer Road

Kettering, OH 45429

Business Hours:
Monday through Friday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Contact The Tax Division:
Phone: (937) 296-2502
Fax: (937) 296-3242

E-Mail Us:
kettering.tax@ketteringoh.org

Our current tax rate is 2.25%.

Read Below To Find Out Who Is Eligible to Use the Online Tax Tool

Note: Only those taxpayers with established tax accounts and who have previously filed a tax return with the city are eligible to use the online tax tool. If this is your first time filing with the city; please file your return on paper. Click here for tax forms.

• If your reportable income is from WAGES ONLY; the online tool will guide you in the preparation of your Kettering tax return and the preparation of your estimated tax payment vouchers when applicable. Note: If you have income or losses from activities (other than wages) that you must report on your city tax return: you cannot use the Online Tax Tool to prepare or e-file your return. Click here to obtain a tax form.
• Upon completion, you may use the Online Tax Tool to E-file your return with the City of Kettering. Or, you may choose to print your return, attach copies of all W-2 Forms and mail to the City of Kettering.
• Pay your tax balance and quarterly estimated tax payments via electronic check.
• Verify estimated tax payments to date and/or prior year credits online.
• Note: Returns requesting a refund of overpaid tax cannot be filed electronically.

Thank You For Helping The Tax Division Go Green!

Each year more residents are opting to receive a reminder postcard in lieu of the Income Tax Return package. Many residents visit the City of Kettering website to obtain tax forms and complete their returns.  By making these progressive choices, taxpayers are helping the Tax Division save paper, printing and postage costs.  The City of Kettering Tax Division has taken other steps forward by expanding the online filing system to allow more taxpayers to E-file their individual income tax returns and to pay tax balances online via electronic check.

Beginning with your 2012 city tax return, all residents of the City of Kettering (18 years of age and older) will be required to file a city income tax return with the Tax  Division on an annual basis.

• The term “resident” applies to anyone whose permanent legal residence is located in the City of Kettering. This includes persons who own their homes and those who rent the apartment or home in which they live. If you have questions about your residency status, please contact the Tax Division.

• Mandatory filing also applies to persons who in the past did not have to file a return with Kettering because they had Kettering tax fully withheld from their wages.

EXCEPTIONS:

• Permanently retired or permanently disabled persons with only non-taxable income for city purposes (such as social security, pensions, interest, and dividends) may file for a permanent exemption from the mandatory filing requirement by completing the Declaration of Exemption Return.

• Active duty military personnel, unemployed persons or persons with no reportable income or loss for the current year may use the Declaration of Exemption Return as their annual return filing with the Tax Division.