Plain City
March 20, 2019

Village planning to leave RITA

By Mac Cordell

Plain City is planning to move away from using the Regional Income Tax Agency (RITA) and bringing income tax collection into the village.
RITA collects income taxes for many Ohio municipalities that have an income tax but no tax department. Plain City has used the agency to collect income tax from re...

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