News Release
April 11, 2001 - Columbus, Ohio
- ODT Offers Help and Helpful Hints
for Last Minute Tax Filers
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio taxpayers who wait
until the end (April 16th, midnight) to file their
state individual income tax can get help 'til nearly the end
from the Ohio Department of Taxation (ODT).Last minute filers
can also help themselves by avoiding the most common errors
made on state income tax forms.
Citizens with questions about their taxes can contact the
department's toll-free telephone numbers from 8 a.m. to 7
p.m., Monday through Friday and on Saturday from 8:30 a.m.
until 12:30 p.m. through April 16. The toll free numbers are
1-800-282-1780, for general information; 1-800-282-1784 for
refund information; and 1-800-750-0750 for the hearing
impaired. Tip - call
centers are usually less busy during mid-day odd hours (11,1,
and 3 o'clock).
Taxpayers at any time of day can obtain forms, instructions,
refund information and answers to frequently asked tax
questions on the ODT web site: http://tax.ohio.gov/
Citizens may also go to that web site to find "fill-in" tax
forms. There are nine "fill-in" tax forms on the site.
Instructions on the web site guide taxpayers through the
forms from beginning to end.Finally, ODT wants to advise Ohio
citizens of the most common errors on tax returns, so they
can avoid them. Remember:
- If you Telefile, read the instructions carefully, fill
out the worksheet and then call in your return.In reporting
use tax, pay only on purchases you made from vendors
outside of Ohio for which no tax was collected.
Don't use figures provided in the example (shown in
the tax booklet) of how to calculate the tax.Sign your
return. ODT receives about 25,000 returns each year with no
signatures.Complete ALL boxes on tax forms requesting name,
address, and most important, Social Security number.Make your
check or money order payable to: Treasurer State of Ohio.
Also, put your Social Security number on the check or money
order so it can be identified if separated from your
return.If you make a payment, be sure the amount on your
return matches the amount of your check or money order.Make
certain you use the tax return form for the applicable tax
year. Tax return forms change.Complete and send ALL
supporting schedules. If you make photocopies, make sure they
are readable.
- Please send your return to the appropriate Post Office
box *. To facilitate processing, returns
requesting refunds are directed to different post office
boxes than returns that include payments:
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- For an IT-1040, refund request, mail to the
Ohio Department of Taxation,
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PO Box 2679, Columbus,
Ohio 43270-2679;
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- For an IT-1040EZ refund request, mail to Ohio
Department of Taxation,
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PO Box 182294, Columbus,
Ohio, 43218-2294;
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- For an IT-1040, payment enclosed, mail to the
Ohio Department of Taxation,
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PO Box 2057, Columbus,
Ohio 43270-2057;
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- For an IT-1040EZ, payment enclosed, mail to the
Ohio Department of
Taxation,
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PO Box 182850, Columbus,
Ohio 43218-2850.
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(* This information is available on the back
of the year 2000 Ohio Individual Income Tax booklets.)
For more information contact:
Gary Gudmundson, Communications Director
Ohio Department of Taxation
(614) 644-6903