Tax preparation for Parma Heights, OH residents

Federal, Ohio and Parma Heights city returns, prepared together. Elena Rusakovich, an IRS-registered tax preparer (PTIN), prepares returns for individuals, families and small businesses in Parma Heights from our office in Brunswick, about 25 minutes away. We’re open Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm, and every day from 8 am to 9 pm from January 1 to April 15. Book online or call (440) 212-9613.

Parma Heights city income tax: the short version

• Rate: 3.0% for 2026.
• Who collects it: RITA, the Regional Income Tax Agency. The city doesn’t collect it itself. Your Parma Heights return is a RITA Form 37.
• Who files: Every Parma Heights resident aged 18 or over files with RITA each year, whether or not tax is due: a Form 37 return or, if none of your income is taxable, a Declaration of Exemption. Residents under 18 are exempt from the tax and don’t need to file. Retirees with no taxable income file the exemption only once.

Work outside Parma Heights? You may still owe Parma Heights

Parma Heights’s credit is a full credit for the tax you pay to the city where you work, counted up to 2.0% of that income.

An example: you earn $60,000 and work in Cleveland.

• Cleveland withholds its 2.5%: $1,500.
• Parma Heights’s tax on the same pay is 3.0%: $1,800.
• Parma Heights’s credit: $1,200.
• You still owe Parma Heights $600, unless your employer also withholds Parma Heights tax for you.

The same $60,000 of wages earned in other nearby cities, and what you’d still owe Parma Heights after its credit:

Where you work	Its city tax rate	Still owed to Parma Heights
Cleveland	2.5%	$600
Parma	2.5%	$600
Middleburg Heights	2.0%	$600
Berea	2.0%	$600
North Royalton	2.0%	$600

School district income tax

The Parma City School District has no school district income tax, and none of the school districts based in Cuyahoga County charges one in 2026.

What’s different about Parma Heights

Parma Heights has the highest rate of any city on our service-area list, 3.0%, and its credit stops at 2.0%. That means residents who work in another city still owe Parma Heights at least 1.0% of that pay. The city has used RITA since 2021.

What Ohio law sets for Parma Heights

Ohio law sets these for Parma Heights as for every other city. The tax covers wages, including your 401(k) contributions, plus self-employment and net rental income, but not Social Security or pensions. Returns are due April 15; a federal extension moves the filing date but not the payment date. If you expect to owe $200 or more, you make estimated payments during the year. Our guide explains these rules.

What we do for Parma Heights clients

We prepare your federal, Ohio and Parma Heights city return (RITA Form 37) together, and set up estimated payments when your Parma Heights tax isn’t withheld at work. We also handle small business returns and bookkeeping, in English, Russian and Ukrainian. Here’s what to bring to your appointment.

Getting here from Parma Heights

Our office is at 3126 Paxton Dr, Brunswick. From central Parma Heights it’s about 11 miles, around 25 minutes by car.

More on city income tax: Live in one Ohio city and work in another · Working from home and city income tax. Nearby: Parma · Middleburg Heights · Berea.

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This page summarises information published by RITA and the Ohio Department of Taxation and is provided for general guidance, not as tax advice for your situation. Rates and rules change — check the official pages, or ask us, before relying on any figure here.

Sources: RITA tax rates, tax year 2026 · RITA 2025 Form 37 instructions · RITA: Parma Heights member page · RITA: Do I need to file? · Ohio school district income tax list, 2026 · Ohio Department of Taxation, find your school district · Ohio Revised Code Chapter 718. Checked 2026-10-13.