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Individual Phone
Income Taxpayer Services (800) 282-1780
Income Tax Refund Hot Line (800) 282-1784 or Click Here
Income Tax Billings (888) 405-4091
Income Tax Assessments (888) 297-2911
Fiduciary Income Taxpayer Services (800) 282-1780
Estate Tax (800) 977-7711
Telefile Individual Income Tax Returns (January 14-October 29) (800) 697-0440
Forms Request (800) 282-1782 or Click Here
Tax Fraud Hot Line (800) 757-6091 or Click Here
Ohio Relay for the Hearing Impaired (800) 750-0750

Business Phone
General Business (Corporate Franchise, Employer & School District Withholding, and Sales & Use Taxes) (888) 405-4039
General CAT (888) 722-8829
Energy Tax (IFTA, Motor Fuel, Severance, kWh, Mcf) (855) 466-3921
General Public Utilities (855) 466-3921
Excise (Tobacco, Alc Beverage, Horse Racing, Tire Fee, Casino) (855) 466-3921
Business Registration (Corporate Franchise, Employer & School District Withholding, and Sales & Use Taxes) (888) 405-4089
Business Tax Assistance (888) 405-4039
Business Tax Billings (888) 297-3540
Business Tax Assessments (888) 297-7150
Sales Tax Telefile (800) 697-0440
Forms Request (800) 282-1782 or Click Here
Tax Fraud Hot Line (800) 757-6091 or Click Here
Ohio Relay for the Hearing Impaired (800) 750-0750

Tax Practitioners Phone
Tax Professional Hotline (614) 728-1055


 Taxpayer Services Division
  
4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229  
General Information (614) 466-0093
Fax Number
 (614) 387-1849
Brenda McDonald, Administrator  
Tax Commissioner's Office Phone
30 E. Broad Street, 22nd Floor  
Columbus, Ohio 43215  

(614) 466-2166
Fax Number (614) 466-6401
Joseph Testa, Tax Commissioner  
Deputy Tax Commissioners (614) 466-2166
Matthew H. Chafin, Legal
  
Stanley H. Dixon, Real Estate Taxes & Chief Ethics Officer
  
Marjorie A. Kruse,Compliance & Audit  
Nicholas Cipiti, Policy & Budget  
Mark E. Walker, Information Services
 
Executive Administrators  
Marge Brewer, Appeals Management (614) 387-2988
Vaughn Lombardo, Personal Income, Business Tax, and Sales Tax Divisions (614) 995-0726
Ron Pottorf - Compliance, Taxpayer Services and Tax Discovery (614) 466-2425
Sarah O'Leary - CAT, Excise and Energy Divisions (614) 387-0124
Joseph L. Hammond, Audit Division (614) 387-1802
Charles Rhilinger, Jr., Tax Appeals (614) 466-6020
Gregory Siegfried, Legislation, Tax Analysis  (614) 466-3960
Steven Gray, Agency Performance (614) 466-3020
Shelley Wilson, Tax Equalization (614) 466-5744
Agency Performance (Human Resources) Division  
4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229  
General Information (614) 466-3020
General Information (614) 466-0093
Fax Number (614) 466-9867
Steven Gray, Executive Administrator  
Audit Division (Business Tax Field Audits)  
30 E. Broad Street, 20th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215  
General Information (614) 644-1701
Fax Number (614) 387-2071
Joseph L. Hammond, Executive Administrator
  (614) 387-1802
Alvin Moore, Administrator
  (614) 466-8581
Paula Forrest, Northeast Regional Manager (614)-800-4135
James Ortlieb, South Central Regional Manager (614) 387-2037
Donna McGhee, Northwest Regional Manager (614)-800-4104
Dale Petrie, Out-of-State Offices Regional Manager (847) 390-7523
Bankruptcy Division  
30 E. Broad Street, 23rd floor, Columbus, OH 43215  
General Information (614) 752-6864
Fax Number (614) 995-0164
Rebecca Daum, Administrator  
Budget and Fiscal  
30 E. Broad Street, 22nd Floor, Columbus, OH 43215  
Fax Number (614) 466-8393
Michael O'Leary, Executive Administrator  
Sandra Cataline, Fiscal Officer (614) 466-8067
Business Tax Division (Corporation Franchise/Pass-Through Entity, Employer, Estate,  Muni for electric light and telephone companies, School District Withholding and Financial Institutions Tax)  
4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229  
General Information (Toll-Free) (888) 405-4039
Fax numbers:  

Corporation Franchise Tax

 (614) 466-1579

Pass-Through Entity Tax

 (614) 466-1582

Employer Withholding

 (614) 466-1588

Suspense

(614) 466-1560
       Estate Tax
 (800) 977-7711
Bradley Marshall, Administrator (614) 387-1702
Commercial Activity Tax Division  
30 E. Broad Street, 19th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215  
General Information (888) 722-8829
Fax Number (614) 644-9641
Charles Willis, Administrator  
Laura Stanley, Legal Counsel  
Communications Office  
General Information
 (614)- 644-6896
30 E. Broad Street, 22nd Floor, Columbus, OH 43215  
Fax Number (614) 466-8922
Gary Gudmundson, Communications Director
 (614)-466-0099
Compliance Division  
4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229  
General Information (614) 387-1701
Fax (614) 387-1847
Todd Tisko, Administrator  
Excise & Energy Tax Division (Public Utility, Kwh, Mcf, Severance, Motor Fuel, IFTA, Casino, and various excise taxes)
  
30 E. Broad Street, 19th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215  
General Information (855) 466-3921
Fax Number (614) 752-8644
William Ditto, Administrator
  (614) 466-8613
Stanley T. Bialczak, Legal Counsel
  (614) 466-8357
Facilities Management Division  
General Information (614) 466-5287
Fax Number (614) 387-0238
Greg Stratton, Administrative Officer  
Forms Printing
 
General Information  (614) 466-5161
Terry Wadlington, Assistant Administrator
Individual Income/School District Income Tax Division  
4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229  
Individual Income Tax General Information (800) 282-1780
(800) 282-1780
School District Income Fax (614) 466-0012
Processing Fax (614) 466-2982
Deborah D. Smith, Administrator (614) 466-4592
Information Services (Computer) Division  
4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229  
Fax Number (614) 752-1989
Carolyn Jordan, Security (614) 995-0333
Jack Lewis, Enterprise Management (614) 995-0332
Timothy Martin, Internal Customer Service (614) 752-1973
Joseph Morabito, Application Development (614) 752-1446
James Murtha, IT Infrastructure (614) 752-1862
Laura Roesch, Administrative and Compliance Services  (614) 995-0365
Martha West, STARS  (614) 995-0338
Donald Wilbur, IT Transformation   (614) 995-0372
Internal Audit
General Information
  (614) 593-5775
Investigation and Enforcement Division  
General Information (614) 466-6939
Fax Number (614) 752-1929
Rick Shirk, Administrator  
Legislation Division  
30 E. Broad Street, 22nd Floor, Columbus, OH 43215  
General Information (614) 644-6896
Fax Number (614) 466-8922
Gregory Siegfried, Executive Administrator  
Office of Chief Counsel  
30 E. Broad Street, 23rd Floor, Columbus, OH 43215  
Fax Number (614) 466-7979
Marge Brewer, Executive Administrator, Appeals Management  
Charles Rhilinger, Jr., Executive Administrator, Tax Appeals  
Joseph Kantzer, Administrator, Tax Appeals  
Organizational Development Division  
4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229  
General Information (614) 466-7560
 Stacey Savarise, Administrator
Problem Resolution Officer  
30 E. Broad Street, 22th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215  
Einon Plummer - Problem Resolution Officer (614) 466-0832
Revenue Accounting Division  
General Information (614) 466-7150
Fax Number (614) 995-0988
Michael J. O'Leary, Executive Administrator  
Sales and Use Tax Division  
4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229  
General Information (888) 405-4039
Fax Number (614) 466-4977
Bryan Hairston, Administrator
 (614) 466-0477
Valerie Laughlin, Assistant Administrator  
Keith Wilson, Assistant Administrator  
Phyllis Shambaugh, Legal Counsel (614) 466-4974
Tax Analysis Division  
General Information (614) 466-3960
Fax Number (614) 752-0700
Chris Hall, Administrator  
Gregory Siegfried, Executive Administrator  
Tax Equalization Division/Real Property  
30 E. Broad Street, 21st Floor, Columbus, OH 43215  
General Information (614) 466-5744
Fax Number (614) 752-9822
Robert Everhart, Assistant Administrator  
Gloria Gardner, Assistant Administrator  
Rebecca Luck, Legal Counsel (614) 466-8008
Tax Processing and Data Capture  


W-2 Magnetic Media Information (614) 752-1972
Municipal Tax Data Exchange (614) 752-1972


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