Cincinnati Defends Pandemic Telecommuter Tax to Ohio High Court

The Ohio General Assembly properly used its tax authority when it temporarily allowed municipalities to tax the income of telecommuters working remotely for in-city employers during the Covid-19 pandemic, Cincinnati argued to the state high court.

“These emergency actions in the face of unprecedented change to all facets of ordinary life brought certainty and stability to Ohio’s municipal-income-tax system at a critical stage of the pandemic,” the city told the Ohio Supreme Court in a brief filed Tuesday.

The case involves Josh Schaad, a resident of Blue Ash, Ohio, who worked from home for his Cincinnati-based financial services employer ...