Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio municipal income tax

Tax year 2026 · collected by CCA

Mentor-on-the-Lake taxes wages and net profits at 2%. The tax is administered by the Central Collection Agency (CCA). On $50,000 of wages earned in Mentor-on-the-Lake, that's $1,000 a year.

Tax rate

Resident credit

100%

of tax paid to the work city

Credit limit

of the wages taxed elsewhere

Population

7,120

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 Mentor-on-the-Lake, withhold 2% of their qualifying wages for Mentor-on-the-Lake. Short stays in another municipality can be treated differently; check with CCA before you change withholding.

Mentor-on-the-Lake residents who pay tax to the city where they work get a credit of 100% of that tax, limited to 2% of the wages. If the credit doesn't fully cover Mentor-on-the-Lake's 2%, residents owe the difference, and some employers withhold it as a courtesy.

Other CCA municipalities at 2%

Running payroll in Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH?

Sources

Central Collection Agency (City of Cleveland Division of Taxation), municipal tax rates · 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.