Section 5747.065 | Income tax withholding from unemployment compensation benefits.
(A) If a taxpayer has elected under section 4141.321 of the Revised Code to have the director of job and family services deduct and withhold state income tax from the unemployment compensation benefits payable to the taxpayer, the director shall deduct and withhold such tax at the rate or rates that the director shall prescribe in consultation with the tax commissioner.
(B)(1) On or before the tenth day of each month, the director of job and family services shall file a return electronically with the tax commissioner identifying each taxpayer from whose unemployment compensation amounts were deducted and withheld under this section during the preceding month, the amount of each such deduction and withholding, the amount of the unemployment compensation from which each such amount was withheld, and any other information required by the commissioner. With the return, the director shall remit electronically to the commissioner all the amounts deducted and withheld under this section during the preceding month.
(2) Annually, on or before the thirty-first day of January, the director shall issue an information return to each taxpayer with respect to whom an amount has been deducted and withheld under this section during the preceding calendar year. The information return shall show the total amount deducted from the taxpayer's unemployment compensation benefits during the preceding calendar year and any other information the tax commissioner requires. If the director is required under the Internal Revenue Code to report federal income tax deducted and withheld from unemployment compensation benefits, then the director may report the information required under this section on that report, as authorized by the Internal Revenue Code.
(C) Failure of the director to deduct and withhold the required amounts from unemployment compensation benefits or to remit amounts withheld as required by this section does not relieve a taxpayer from liability for the tax imposed by section 5747.02 of the Revised Code.
(D) The director of job and family services may adopt rules as necessary to administer this section.
Last updated March 22, 2023 at 5:22 PM
Available Versions of this Section
- March 31, 2021 – Enacted by Senate Bill 18 - 134th General Assembly [ View March 31, 2021 Version ]
- September 30, 2021 – Amended by House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly [ View September 30, 2021 Version ]
- April 3, 2023 – Amended by Senate Bill 302 - 134th General Assembly [ View April 3, 2023 Version ]