Forest, Ohio municipal income tax

Tax year 2026 · collected by RITA

1.25%

Forest taxes wages and net profits at 1.25%. The tax is administered by the Regional Income Tax Agency (RITA) (municipality code 297). On $50,000 of wages earned in Forest, that's $625 a year.

Tax rate

1.25%

Resident credit

of tax paid to the work city

Credit limit

of the wages taxed elsewhere

Population

1,332

Census estimate, 2025

What employers withhold

Ohio employers withhold municipal income tax for the city or village where the employee works. If an employee works in Forest, withhold 1.25% of their qualifying wages for Forest. Short stays in another municipality can be treated differently; check with RITA before you change withholding.

Forest gives residents no credit for tax paid to the city where they work, so a resident who works elsewhere can owe 1.25% to Forest on top of the work city's tax.

Other RITA municipalities at 1.25%

Running payroll in Forest, OH?

Sources

Regional Income Tax Agency (RITA), municipal tax rates table · data as of January 1, 2026 · last checked October 9, 2026

We copy figures from official sources and re-check them against the source before every update. See our methodology. This is general information, not legal advice.