A lawsuit over Ohio citizens being double taxed is headed for mediation. filed the suit against the state over practices they claim cost mostly low-income Ohioans twice the state income tax they should have been paying.
The lawsuit filed earlier this month claims the state doesn鈥檛 properly credit taxpayers鈥� accounts when their employers pay the state income tax, which is required under state law.
Advocacy Director Rachel Nader is hopeful they can reach an outcome that benefits all Ohioans.
鈥淲ell, the best-case scenario for us would be that the state would be able to implement policies and procedures that would properly credit every taxpayer鈥檚 account, just not the two clients that we鈥檙e representing.鈥�
Nader hopes mediation can begin within the next two months. Mediation will include all parties, including Legal Aid鈥檚 clients, Ohio Tax Commissioner Jeff McClain and Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague.
