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Perrysburg income-tax collections top $27 million in 2024; withholdings drive gains
Summary
City staff reported that Perrysburg’s income-tax receipts reached about $27.3 million in 2024, a first for the city, with withholding accounts and withholding dollars accounting for most of the increase.
Steve Ronder, a city finance staff member, told the Perrysburg Finance and Economic Development Committee that income-tax receipts for December came in at “a little over $2,000,000,” and that year-to-date collections reached about $27,300,000, marking the first time the city exceeded $27 million.
The report matters because income-tax revenue funds city services and is a key input to the 2025 budget. The committee reviewed monthly and year-end figures and asked staff about delinquencies and refunds ahead of the coming filing season.
Ronder said the city’s total for 2024 was about 2.9% higher than 2023 and credited withholding collections for the bulk of the increase. “Withholding was up 9.8%,” he said, and withholding receipts comprised roughly 65% of the $27.3 million total. The committee was told the number of withholding accounts and the dollars withheld both rose in 2024.
Committee members asked about delinquencies and refunds. Ronder said staff are working through delinquency notifications for tax years 2022 and 2023 after pandemic-era staffing and access issues left some notices delayed. He also reported that refunds issued were up about 7% compared with the prior period and said the city expects refund volume to rise modestly this filing season because of a recent state change.
A committee member asked whether the state would reimburse municipalities for refunds tied to the change; Ronder said, “No, I have not,” when asked whether the state would reimburse the city. On the subject of the state change, Ronder told the committee that a recent state action now exempts income of minors from municipal taxation, meaning employers that withheld municipal tax from minors may be eligible for refunds. The committee member reacted, saying, “they just home ruled the crap out of us on that,” reflecting frustration with the state-level change.
The committee also heard that the city had paused some delinquency notifications during the pandemic and is now following up on older years as well as 2022–23 accounts. Members noted the information will be relevant to the 2025 budget; Ronder said staff currently budgeted $27.1 million in income-tax receipts for 2025 and expressed confidence that the city can achieve that projection.
The committee did not take formal legislative action on the report; it served as an informational update for the budget process and for committee oversight of collections and refunds.
