Tax preparation for Cuyahoga Falls, OH residents

Federal, Ohio and Cuyahoga Falls city returns, prepared together. Elena Rusakovich, an IRS-registered tax preparer (PTIN), prepares returns for individuals, families and small businesses in Cuyahoga Falls from our office in Brunswick, about 40 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.

Cuyahoga Falls city income tax: the short version

• Rate: 2.0% for 2026.
• Who collects it: RITA, the Regional Income Tax Agency. The city doesn’t collect it itself. Your Cuyahoga Falls return is a RITA Form 37.
• Who files: Every Cuyahoga Falls 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 Cuyahoga Falls? The credit usually covers it

Cuyahoga Falls’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 Akron.

• Akron withholds its 2.5%: $1,500.
• Cuyahoga Falls’s tax on the same pay is 2.0%: $1,200.
• Cuyahoga Falls’s credit: $1,200.
• You owe Cuyahoga Falls nothing more: the credit covers the whole Cuyahoga Falls tax.

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

Where you work	Its city tax rate	Still owed to Cuyahoga Falls
Akron	2.5%	$0
Stow	2.0%	$0
Kent	2.25%	$0
Hudson	2.0%	$0
Barberton	2.25%	$0

School district income tax

The Cuyahoga Falls City School District has no school district income tax. Of the school districts based in Summit County, only the Norton City School District (0.50%) charges one in 2026, so if your address is in a different school district, check it with the Ohio Department of Taxation’s school district lookup.

What’s different about Cuyahoga Falls

Cuyahoga Falls has used RITA since 2019. Its rate is 2.0%, with a full credit up to 2.0%, so residents who work in Akron, at 2.5%, usually owe Cuyahoga Falls nothing more.

Cuyahoga Falls has about 51,000 residents (Census Bureau, 2025 estimate), and its workers average a 21.6-minute commute. Because the credit matches the city’s own 2.0% rate, a job in Akron or Kent leaves nothing more to pay; only a job in a city with a lower rate, or in a township with no city tax, leaves a balance for Cuyahoga Falls.

What Ohio law sets for Cuyahoga Falls

Ohio law sets these for Cuyahoga Falls 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 Cuyahoga Falls clients

We prepare your federal, Ohio and Cuyahoga Falls city return (RITA Form 37) together, and set up estimated payments when your Cuyahoga Falls 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 Cuyahoga Falls

Our office is at 3126 Paxton Dr, Brunswick. From central Cuyahoga Falls it’s about 29 miles, around 40 minutes by car.

More on city income tax: Live in one Ohio city and work in another · School district income tax in North Ohio. Nearby: Stow · Akron · Kent.

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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: Cuyahoga Falls member page · RITA: Do I need to file? · Ohio school district income tax list, 2026 · Ohio Department of Taxation, find your school district · U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Cuyahoga Falls · Ohio Revised Code Chapter 718. Checked 2026-10-13.