How do you determine the amount of taxes to take out of payroll checks
(Federal, State, City, Medicare, SS) in Ohio?

Hi there!

The Ohio Department of Taxation offers all state payroll withholding
information, forms and instructions online:

Employer Withholding Taxes 
http://www.state.oh.us/tax/business_taxes_employer.html

...as well as municipal (city) tax forms and instructions:

Municipal Income Tax Forms & Information
http://www.state.oh.us/tax/municipality.html

You can find a comprehensive chart with the most recent Federal FICA 
(Social Security and Medicare) withholding percentages here (these are
the same from state to state):

Payroll Tax Rates
http://www.jbartram.com/html/payroll_tax_rates.html

Federal payroll withholding information is found here:

Publication 505
Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax
http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/display/0,,i1%3D50%26genericId%3D11636,00.html

(For a quick version, the University of Texas at Austin offers a chart
explaining how to determine Federal income tax withholding here:

Payroll services
http://www.utexas.edu/payroll/withholdingtable.html )


I hope this helps!


--Missy

Thanks for answering...some of the information was very hard to understand though.