Ohio Department of Taxation Individual Income Tax

Software Developers

This page contains resources for software developers who want to keep up to date on Ohio's electronic filing requirements.

• e-file resources
  • Legacy
    Legacy e-File uses the formatted and unformatted record layout to identify the various fields that make up the federal, state and school district income tax returns
  • MeF - Modernized e-File
    Modernized e-File uses XML to create and identify the various fields that make up the federal, state and school district income tax returns.
  • Legislative updates.
    • Ohio's Electronic Filing Mandate on Certain Tax Preparers
    • House Bill 318 - Tax rates maintained at 2008 levels.

For more information please visit the IRS web site at www.IRS.gov.

• Scanning specifications
• NEW 2011 W-2 Magnetic Media Specifications