Tax preparation in North Ohio

Tax returns for North Ohio. ProTaxService prepares and files individual and small-business tax returns (federal, Ohio and city) for clients across North Ohio, from Cleveland and Akron to Medina, Strongsville and Brunswick.

Your return is prepared by Elena Rusakovich, an IRS-registered tax preparer (PTIN). Open Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm, and every day from 8 am to 9 pm during tax season (January 1 to April 15). Book online or call (440) 212-9613.

What we prepare

• Individual and joint returns — wages, self-employment and 1099 income, rental income, interest and dividends, retirement income and Social Security
• Your Ohio return and your city return — prepared together with your federal return, so the city credit is calculated once, correctly
• Small-business returns — see small business accounting and taxes
• Cryptocurrency — every federal return asks about digital assets; we help you organize your trades and report them

City income tax, handled with your return

Whether your city collects its own tax, like Brunswick, or uses RITA or Cleveland’s CCA, we prepare your city return alongside your federal and Ohio returns, including the credit for tax paid where you work. In Brunswick, every resident 18 or older must file every year, regardless of income. The rate is 2.0%, the city collects it directly, and its credit for another city’s tax is capped at 1% — so you may still owe Brunswick even with tax withheld at work.

How Brunswick income tax works. Live in Medina? Medina’s city tax works differently. Self-employed? Read city income tax for freelancers. Somewhere else? See your city’s rate and collector.

Tax planning before year-end

The best time to plan is before December 31, not in April. We look at estimated tax payments, the timing of income and deductions, and record-keeping for crypto and side income, so there are fewer surprises when you file.

Letters from the IRS or the state

If you receive an IRS or Ohio notice about a return we prepared, bring it in and we’ll explain what it means and what the next step is.

How it works

1. Book a time online or call us.
2. Bring your documents — here’s what to bring to your tax appointment.
3. We prepare your returns — federal, Ohio and city together — and go over them with you.
4. We file your returns.

Who we work with

Individuals and families, self-employed people and freelancers, landlords, retirees, and small business owners in Brunswick, Brunswick Hills, Medina, Hinckley, Valley City, Strongsville and North Royalton, and in towns across North Ohio, including Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Lorain and Elyria. We work in English, Russian and Ukrainian.