MEMORANDUM
DATE: May 22, 2025
TO: Federal Personnel and Payroll System User Group Representatives
FROM: Rebecca N. Romero, Acting Chief, Payroll Operations Division
SUBJECT: Action Required: Additional Tax Changes Implemented Pay Period (PP) 2025: Localities in OH
Please share this information with all impacted employees. The following tax changes were implemented in PP 2025-11. As a result, employees may see a change in their tax withholdings. Please note that tax changes are not retroactive to employees’ withholding.
Local Taxes
Ohio Local Income Tax Withholding:
- Circleville:
- The resident tax rate has changed from 2.5% to 2%.
- Datamart Query: Tax State = 39 City Code = 1620
- Mansfield:
- The resident tax rate has changed from 2% to 2.25%.
- Datamart Query: Tax State = 39 City Code = 4680
You may execute Datamart queries to identify employees in affected state taxing areas. For Combined File Ad-Hoc query/analysis of applicable States: add STE Tax State 1 = (State Code above) or STE Tax State 2 = (State Code above) to the filter or prompt lines. Another option is the shared Datamart report titled “State Tax Code Report” (State Tax Code Query Now Available). For local tax queries - see above for the applicable Local Tax State and/or Local Tax City Codes to add to the prompt lines (Occurrences – Other PE Pay).
The Interior Business Center (IBC) Payroll website is updated frequently; you may view the state tax formulas here: Federal, State, and Territorial Income Tax Withholding Formulas.
If there are any questions, please contact the IBC Customer Support Center at Payroll_Helpdesk@ios.doi.gov or 866-367-1272.