Areas we serve across North Ohio

ProTaxService prepares tax returns and keeps the books for clients across North Ohio, within about an hour of our office in Brunswick. Our office is at 3126 Paxton Dr in Brunswick. Most clients come from Brunswick, Brunswick Hills, Medina, Hinckley, Valley City, Strongsville and North Royalton, and we also work with clients in Parma, Parma Heights, Broadview Heights, Berea, Middleburg Heights, Wadsworth, Seville, Litchfield, Columbia Station and Solon. Beyond that, we serve the Cleveland, Akron, Canton and Lorain County areas and the towns between. Returns are prepared by Elena Rusakovich, an IRS-registered tax preparer (PTIN), in English, Russian or Ukrainian.

Your city income tax depends on where you live

Every town in North Ohio handles local income tax differently. Townships have none, most cities use RITA, and a few collect their own. What you owe also depends on how much credit your home city gives for tax paid where you work. Here’s how the towns closest to our office work in 2026:

Where you live	City income tax	Collected by	Credit for tax paid where you work
Brunswick	2.0%	City of Brunswick	up to 1%
Brunswick Hills Township	none	—	—
Medina	1.25%	RITA	25% of the tax above 0.50% (at most 0.1875%)
Hinckley Township	none	—	—
Valley City (Liverpool Township)	none	—	—
Strongsville	2.0%	RITA	75% credit, up to 2.0%
North Royalton	2.0%	RITA	100% credit, up to 1.25%
Parma	2.5%	City of Parma	100% credit, up to 2.0%
Parma Heights	3.0%	RITA	100% credit, up to 2.0%
Broadview Heights	2.0%	RITA	75% credit, up to 2.0%
Berea	2.0%	RITA	100% credit, up to 1.5%
Middleburg Heights	2.0%	RITA	100% credit, up to 2.0%
Wadsworth	1.4%	RITA	100% credit, up to 1.0%
Seville	1.0%	CCA	no credit
Litchfield Township	none	—	—
Columbia Station (Columbia Township)	none	—	—
Solon	2.0%	RITA	100% credit, up to 2.0%

Credit figures are shown the way RITA and CCA publish them. What you actually owe depends on where you work and how much was withheld, and we work it out on your return.

More of North Ohio, within about an hour

The same questions come up in the larger cities: which agency collects the tax, and how much credit you get for tax paid where you work. Here is how the main cities from Cleveland to Akron, Canton and Lorain County handle it in 2026:

Where you live	City income tax	Collected by	Credit for tax paid where you work
Akron	2.5%	City of Akron	100% credit, up to 2.5%
Avon	1.95%	RITA	100% credit, up to 1.7%
Barberton	2.25%	RITA	100% credit, up to 2.25%
Canton	2.5%	City of Canton	credit for tax paid to other cities, up to 2.5%
Cleveland	2.5%	CCA	100% credit, up to 2.5%
Cuyahoga Falls	2.0%	RITA	100% credit, up to 2.0%
Elyria	2.25%	RITA	100% credit, up to 2.25%
Euclid	2.85%	RITA	100% credit, up to 2.85%
Hudson	2.0%	RITA	100% credit, up to 2.0%
Kent	2.25%	RITA	100% credit, up to 2.25%
Lakewood	1.5%	City of Lakewood	0.5% credit (city FAQ)
Lorain	2.5%	City of Lorain	credit up to 2.0%
Mentor	2.0%	RITA	100% credit, up to 2.0%
North Olmsted	2.0%	RITA	100% credit, up to 2.0%
Ravenna	2.5%	RITA	100% credit, up to 2.5%
Stow	2.0%	City of Stow	100% credit, up to 2.0%
Westlake	1.5%	RITA	100% credit, up to 1.5%
Wooster	1.5%	City of Wooster	credit so the total is no more than the higher of the two rates

Rates and credits are as published by each city, RITA or CCA. Some cities limit the credit to a percentage or a cap, so read your city’s page or ask us. Our guide to living in one city and working in another shows how the same $60,000 of wages costs more or less depending on the credit.

Three things the tables show:

• Live in a township? You have no local income tax where you live. If you work in a city, that city’s tax is taken out of your pay, and there’s no hometown return to file.
• Live in a city? The credit varies a lot. Akron, Elyria, Kent, Mentor, Solon and Middleburg Heights credit tax paid where you work up to their full rate. Strongsville, Brunswick and Medina credit only part of it, and Seville gives none. See how Medina’s works.
• School district income tax: only a few North Ohio districts levy one, and none in Cuyahoga, Lake or Erie counties. Brunswick City and Medina City school districts have none. See the 2026 list for North Ohio.

What we do

• Tax preparation: federal, Ohio and city returns prepared together, including RITA and CCA returns
• Small business accounting and taxes and bookkeeping
• Tax planning before year-end, including estimated city tax payments (city income tax for freelancers)

Here’s what to bring to your appointment, and our tax guides cover the questions North Ohio taxpayers ask most. Book online or call (440) 212-9613.

---

Sources: RITA 2026 tax rates · CCA tax rates · City of Parma · City of Brunswick · Medina Codified Ordinances §162.081 · City of Akron · City of Canton · City of Lorain · City of Stow · City of Wooster · City of Lakewood · Ohio municipal and school district tax data. Checked 21 September to 2 October 2026.