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Department of Taxation - Primary Phone Numbers

• Individual Taxpayer Assistance........................(800) 282-1780
• Business Taxpayer Assistance..........................(888) 405-4039
• Income Tax Refund Hotline..............................(800) 282-1784
• Tax Professional Hotline...................................(614) 728-1055          

 

Department of Taxation - Departmental Phone Listing

Toll-Free (800 or 888) Numbers
Forms Request	(800) 282-1782
Tax Fraud Hot Line	(800) 757-6091
Ohio Relay for the Hearing Impaired	(800) 750-0750
Individuals
Income Taxpayer Services	(800) 282-1780
Income Tax Refund Hot Line	(800) 282-1784
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
Businesses
Tax Registration for Corporate Franchise, Employer & School District Withholding, and Sales & Use Taxes	(888) 405-4089
Business Taxpayer Assistance	(888) 405-4039
Business Tax Billings	(888) 297-3540
Business Tax Assessments	(888) 297-7150
Personal Property Tax	(888) 644-6778
Telefile Sales Tax Returns	(800) 697-0440

 

TAX COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE
30 E. Broad Street, 22nd Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215

(614) 466-2166
Fax Machine (614) 466-6401

Tax Commissioner
    Richard Levin

Deputy Tax Commissioners

Chief Legal Counsel and Ethics Officer
    Christine Mesirow

Tax Policy and Budget
    Frederick G. Church

Tax Compliance and Audit
    Rick L. Anthony

Real Estate Tax
    Carol Mahaffey

 

Executive Administrators

Dale Bischoff - Excise, Motor Fuel, Public Utilities and Commercial Activity Tax Divisions (614) 466-3794

Marge Brewer - Appeals Management (614) 387-2988

Del Harlan - Personal Income and Business Tax Divisions (614) 466-3104

Vaughn Lombardo - Tax Discovery (614) 466-7120

Ron Pottorf - Audit Division (614) 466-2425

Charles Rhilinger, Jr. - Tax Appeals (614) 466-6020

Timothy Stauffer - Human Resources and Employee Development and Training Divisions (614) 466-3020

Mark Walker - Taxpayer Services and Compliance Divisions (614) 387-1801

Shelley Wilson - Tax Equalization (614) 466-5744

Chief Information Officer - Information Services Division
    James G. McAndrew (614) 995-0723

Problem Resolution Officer
    Einon Plummer (614) 466-0832

Audit Division (Business Tax Field Audits)
30 E. Broad Street, 20th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215
General Information (614) 644-1701
Fax Machine (614) 466-1082
    John Trippier, Administrator (Commercial Activity Tax)
    Russ Hupp, Administrator (Corporation Franchise Tax)
    Paula Finnin, Northeast Regional Manager
    (Vacant), South Central Regional Manager
    Donna McGhee, Northwest Regional Manager
    Dale Petrie, Out-of-State Offices Regional Manager

Bankruptcy Division
30 E. Broad Street, 23rd floor, Columbus, OH 43215
General Information (614) 752-6864
Fax Machine (614) 995-0164
    Rebecca Daum, Administrator

Budget and Fiscal
30 E. Broad Street, 22nd Floor, Columbus, OH 43215
General Information (614) 466-6405
Fax Machine (614) 466-8393
    Kevin McNeil, Chief Fiscal Officer
    Teri Knox, Fiscal Officer

Business Tax Division (Corporation Franchise/Pass-Through Entity and Employer and School District Withholding)
4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229
General Information (Toll-Free) (888) 405-4039
General Information  (Local) (614) 387-0232                          
General Fax (614) 387-1849
    Tom Duncan, Administrator
    Mike Maurer, Assistant Administrator
    Bob Davidson, Assistant Administrator
Administration Fax (614) 466-3093

   Technical Operations
        Jackie Hickle, Corporate Franchise
        Toneita Burke, Corporate Franchise
        Lynn Newton, Corporate Franchise
        Corporate Franchise Fax (614) 466-1579
        Bruce Palestrant, Pass-Through Entity              
        Mark Burkey, Pass-Through Entity
        Mike Burger, Pass Through Entity Suspense
        Pass-Through Entity Fax (614) 466-1582
        Kathleen Scholl, Withholding
        Withholding Fax (614) 466-1588

    Suspense Operations
Alan Moore
Suspense Fax (614) 466-1560

Commercial Activity Tax Division
30 E. Broad Street, 19th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215
General Information (888) 722-8829
Fax Machine (614) 644-9641
    Sarah O'Leary, Administrator/Legal Counsel

Office of Chief Counsel
30 E. Broad Street, 23rd Floor, Columbus, OH 43215
General Information (614) 466-6750
Fax Machine (614) 466-7979
    Marge Brewer, Executive Administrator, Appeals Management
    Charles Rhilinger, Jr., Executive Administrator, Tax Appeals

Communications Office
30 E. Broad Street, 22nd Floor, Columbus, OH 43215
General Information (614) 644-6896
Fax Machine (614) 466-8922
    John Kohlstrand, Communications Director (614) 644-3858

Compliance Division
4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229
General Information (614) 387-1701
Fax Machine (614) 387-1847
    Rodney Richberg, Administrator

Electronic Filing/Payment Information
For the following taxes only:
Kilowatt-hour Tax and Natural Gas Distribution Tax (MCF) (614) 466-3744
Ohio Municipal Income Tax - Electric Light Companies and Local Exchange Telephone Companies (O.R.C. 5745) (614) 387-0232

Employee Development and Training Division
4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229
General Information (614) 466-7560
Fax Machine (614) 728-8466
    Arthur L. Flesch, Administrator

Estate Tax Division
4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229
General Information (614) 387-1976
Fax Machine (614) 387-1984
General Information (toll-free) (800) 977-7711
    Michael R. Dundon, Administrator
    John Lynch, Assistant Administrator
    Marc Friedman, Legal Counsel

Excise, Motor Fuel and Public Utilities Tax Divisions
     Dale Bischoff, Executive Administrator (614) 466-3794
     John Nolfi, Administrator (614) 466-3280

Excise
30 E. Broad Street, 19th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215
General Information (614) 466-7026
Fax Machine (614) 752-8644    

Motor Fuel
Compliance (614) 466-3503
Refunds (614) 466-3503

IFTA
30 E. Broad Street, 19th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215
General Information (614) 466-3921
Compliance (614) 466-3410

Public Utilities
30 E. Broad St, 21st Floor, Columbus, OH 43215
General Information (614) 466-3280
Fax Machine - Personal Property (614) 466-8654
Fax Machine - Public Utility (614) 752-2496
    Stanley Bialczak, Legal Counsel

Facilities Management Division
4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229
General Information (614) 466-5287
Fax Machine (614) 387-0238
    Greg Stratton, Administrative Officer

Forms Printing Division
4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229
General Information (614) 466-5192
Fax Machine (614) 466-5096
    Terry Wadlington, Assistant Administrator

Human Resources Division
30 E. Broad Street, 22nd Floor, Columbus, OH 43215
General Information (614) 466-3020
General Information (614) 466-0093
Fax Machine (614) 466-9867
    Leslie Cassady, Assistant Administrator
    Dennis Corrigan, Worker’s Compensation Administrator

Individual Income/School District Income Tax Division
4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229
Individual Income Tax General Information (614) 387-0224
School District Income Tax General Information (614) 387-0222
Fax Machine – Individual Income (614) 466-0007
Fax Machine – School District Income (614) 466-0012
Fax Machine Processing – (614) 466-2982
    Deborah D. Smith, Administrator (614) 387-1803

Information Services (Computer) Division
4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229
Fax Machines (614) 752-1990, (614) 995-0368, (614) 752-1900
    Martha West, Administrator (614) 995-0338
    Michael Copeland, Infrastructure (614) 752-5270
    Jack Lewis, Project Management Office (614) 995-0332
    Timothy Martin, Internal Support (614) 752-1973
    Joseph Morabito, Application Development (614) 752-1446
    Donald Wilbur, Enterprise Management (614) 995-0372
W-2 Magnetic Media Information (614) 752-1972
Municipal Tax Data Exchange (614) 752-1972

Computer Operations
1320 Arthur E. Adams Drive, Columbus, OH 43221
Computer Room (614) 752-1871; Fax (614) 752-1922

IFTA (See Excise)

Investigation and Enforcement Division
4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229
General Information (614) 466-6939
Fax Machine (614) 752-1929
    Robert Bray, Administrator
    Rick Shirk, Agent Supervisor

    Enforcement Cincinnati Office
    1150 W. 8th Street, Suite 253, Cincinnati, OH 45203
    General Information (513) 852-3439
    Fax Machine (513) 852-3221
        Joe Noland, Supervisor

    Enforcement Cleveland Office
    615 W. Superior Avenue, Room 510, Cleveland, OH 44113
    General Information (216) 787-3123
    Fax Machine (216) 787-5256
       Richard Noss, Supervisor

    Enforcement Columbus Office
    4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229
    General Information (614) 466-6939
    Fax Machine (614) 752-1953
        Faisal Farid, Supervisor

    Enforcement Toledo Office
    One Government Center, Suite 1450, Toledo, OH 43604
    General Information (419) 245-3005
    Fax Machine (419) 245-3006
        Randy Hillary, Supervisor

Legislation Division
30 E. Broad Street, 22nd Floor, Columbus, OH 43215
General Information (614) 644-6896
Fax Machine (614) 466-8922

Revenue Accounting Division
4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229
General Information (614) 466-7150
Fax Machine (614) 995-0988
    Michael J. O'Leary, Administrator

Sales and Use Tax Division
30 E. Broad Street, 20th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215
General Information (614) 466-4810
Fax Machine (614) 466-4977
    Bryan K. Hairston, Administrator
    Valerie Laughlin, Assistant Administrator
    William Riesenberger, Legal Counsel

Tax Analysis Division
30 E. Broad Street, 22nd Floor, Columbus, OH 43215
General Information(614) 466-3960
Fax Machine (614) 752-0700
    Mike Sobul, Administrator
    Chris Hall, Administrator

Tax Discovery Division
30 E. Broad Street, 20th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215
General Information (614) 466-7120
Fax Machine (614) 466-9605
    Vaughn Lombardo, Executive Administrator

Tax Equalization Division
30 E. Broad Street, 21st Floor, Columbus, OH 43215
General Information (614) 466-5744
Fax Machine (614) 752-9822
    Robert Everhart, Assistant Administrator
    Laura Lackey, Assistant Administrator
    Edward Samsel, Legal Counsel

Taxpayer Services and Service Centers Administration
4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229
General Information (614) 387-1801
Fax Machine (614) 387-1849
    Joe Hammond, Administrator

Taxpayer Service Centers