RITA

[Rick Rowlands]

The burden of proof should always be on the taxing authority to prove that payment was not made, instead of on the taxpayer.

[jay]

This same agency cause a lot of grief for my neighbor.  RITA claimed he owed income taxes (and fines) for wages that were never earned.

The city should return to collecting its own income taxes.

[our2cents]

http://ritaohio.com/

RITA can be a real piece of work.  When I lived in Cleveland in the early 90s, they called me in claiming they hadn't received returns for 3 separate years.  I luckily had certified mail recpts showing they rcvd them.  Anything to try to fine with interest is how they seemed to work back then.  Now, I haven't had any trouble filing since they started here, but I'd still keep an eye on it and keep proof for the full 7 years that they can go back through to make false claims. 

Oh, and I still had to fight for them to take my proof.  I had to take off work 3 different days...as after the first time I proved them wrong wasn't enough, they pulled the stunt again....2 more times.  And back then, nothing was done over the phone of by fax. 

[jay]

In Youngstown, RITA stands for Regional Income Tax Agency.  The group collects and processes income taxes for the City of Youngstown.

The City of Youngstown farmed out this work a few years ago.