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New IRS Guidance Addresses the Tax Cost of Providing Parking to Employees, Even for Tax-Exempt Employers

Federal Tax Reform Changed the Rules for Employer-Provided Parking As a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (12/22/2017), an employer that provides parking to its employees may have a higher tax bill, even if the employer is a tax-exempt organization.  Starting in 2018, an employer is no longer able to deduct the expense associated with […]

Time to File Real Property Tax Complaints in Ohio for Tax Year 2018

The State of Ohio requires counties to reappraise real property tax values every six years. In the interim, the counties are required to update values in the middle of that cycle.  This cycle is not evenly distributed among Ohio’s 88 counties.  For tax year 2018, 19 of Ohio’s counties were required to conduct a full […]