City to be part of RITA

The City of Xenia recently passed legislation for the city to join the Regional Income Tax Agency as a member municipality. With this legislation, the transition of the municipality’s income tax collection services to RITA is scheduled to be complete by the Fall of 2020.

In addition to tax collection and administration services, RITA also plans to open a new branch office within the Xenia City Administration Building to better serve taxpayers in Xenia and surrounding RITA municipalities. This new branch marks RITA’s first location in Southwestern Ohio.

“We are honored to welcome the City of Xenia as a member of RITA and look forward to serving the taxpayers of the City as well as the Miami Valley Region for all of their income tax filing and collection needs,” Don Smith, Executive Director of RITA, said.

Formed in 1971 through the Regional Council of Governments, RITA offers full-service income tax collection and processing services for more than 300 of Ohio’s municipalities, representing 50 percent of the state’s cities and villages with an income tax. RITA’s shared services offer municipalities a comprehensive, efficient and effective solution to income tax collection that results in cost savings and increased tax collections for municipality members. On average, RITA provides its comprehensive services to member communities for less than two cents for every dollar collected — which means more dollars for important public services such as road repairs, emergency services and more.

In addition to the collection and administration of taxes, RITA is currently providing insights to its members and other municipalities to project the impact of COVID-19 on income tax collection with its COVID19 Municipal Income Tax Forecast.

To learn more about RITA, visit ritaohio.com. For media inquiries, please contact Amy Arrighi at media@ritaohio.com. CONTRIBUTED