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  "$comment": "Ohio 2026: nonbusiness income tax after HB 96 (flat 2.75% over $26,050 with $332 base); MAGI-tiered personal/dependent exemptions; $20 exemption credit; no employee payroll programmes; municipal/school-district taxes not modelled.",
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  "jurisdiction": "us-oh",
  "taxYear": "2026",
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    "start": "2026-01-01",
    "end": "2026-12-31",
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      "k403b": true,
      "k457": true,
      "hsa": true,
      "healthFsa": true,
      "dependentCareFsa": true,
      "section125": true
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    "mode": "halfUp",
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      "id": "oh-zero-bracket-step",
      "at": "26050",
      "field": "params.incomeTax.credits",
      "description": "Taxable nonbusiness income of $26,050 or less is untaxed; one dollar more owes $332 plus 2.75% of the excess (statutory base amount), so tax jumps by about $332 at the threshold. Modelled exactly via the zero-bracket rule (AGI threshold = 26,050 + $2,400 per exemption)."
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    {
      "id": "oh-exemption-credit-cliff",
      "field": "params.incomeTax.credits",
      "description": "The $20-per-exemption credit is lost entirely once income less exemptions reaches $30,000."
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    {
      "id": "oh-exemption-tiers",
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      "description": "Exemptions drop from $2,400 to $2,150 per person above MAGI $40,000, to $1,900 above $80,000 and to $0 at MAGI $500,000 or more, so taxable income jumps at each tier."
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    "Municipal income taxes and school district income taxes (SD 100)",
    "Joint filing credit (requires each spouse to have $500+ of qualifying income; MoneyOtter MFJ assumes one earner)",
    "Ohio earned income credit, retirement income, senior citizen, lump-sum, child care and other nonrefundable/refundable credits",
    "Business income deduction and 3% business income rate (wages only)",
    "Itemized deductions do not exist in Ohio; Schedule of Adjustments items other than payroll pre-tax items",
    "Zero-bracket threshold converted to AGI terms at $2,400 per exemption (exact below the $40,000 exemption tier)"
  ],
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    {
      "field": "period",
      "url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/tax.ohio.gov/forms/ohio_individual/individual/2026/ites-instructions-fi.pdf",
      "title": "Ohio Department of Taxation — 2026 calendar-year individual income tax",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-07"
    },
    {
      "field": "rounding",
      "url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/tax.ohio.gov/forms/ohio_individual/individual/2025/it1040-booklet.pdf",
      "title": "Ohio IT 1040 booklet (amounts to the cent; MoneyOtter rounds the line half-up to the cent)",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-07"
    },
    {
      "field": "params.incomeTax.kind",
      "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-5747.02",
      "title": "State personal income tax on wages computed by rate schedule — R.C. 5747.02(A)(3) as amended by HB 96: for 2026 and later, taxable nonbusiness income over $26,050: $332.00 plus 2.75% of the excess",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-07"
    },
    {
      "field": "params.conformity",
      "url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/tax.ohio.gov/forms/ohio_individual/individual/2025/it1040-booklet.pdf",
      "title": "IT 1040 line 1 starts from federal AGI, so federally excluded 401(k)/403(b)/457(b), HSA, FSA and section 125 amounts are also excluded for Ohio",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-07"
    },
    {
      "field": "params.programmes",
      "url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/tax.ohio.gov/forms/ohio_individual/individual/2025/it1040-booklet.pdf",
      "title": "Ohio has no employee-paid state disability/family-leave payroll programme (no Ohio payroll deduction other than income tax)",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-07"
    },
    {
      "field": "params.incomeTax.incomeBase",
      "url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/tax.ohio.gov/forms/ohio_individual/individual/2025/it1040-booklet.pdf",
      "title": "IT 1040: federal AGI + Ohio adjustments = Ohio AGI; wages-only taxpayer: Ohio AGI = state wages",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-07"
    },
    {
      "field": "params.incomeTax.deductions",
      "url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/tax.ohio.gov/forms/ohio_individual/individual/2026/ites-instructions-fi.pdf",
      "title": "2026 IT 1040ES worksheet line 4 ($1,900 per exemption; zero if MAGI is $500,000 or greater)",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-07",
      "note": "HB 96 suspended inflation indexing of the exemption for 2025 and 2026 (tiers unchanged at $2,400/$2,150/$1,900) and from 2026 disallows exemptions at MAGI of $500,000 or more. Provisional until the 2026 IT 1040 booklet is published."
    },
    {
      "field": "params.incomeTax.deductions",
      "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-5747.025",
      "title": "R.C. 5747.025 personal and dependent exemptions (as amended by HB 96, eff. 9-30-2025)",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-07",
      "note": "codes.ohio.gov was unreachable from the research environment; content confirmed through the ODT booklet/ES worksheet."
    },
    {
      "field": "params.incomeTax.brackets",
      "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-5747.02",
      "title": "R.C. 5747.02(A)(3) as amended by HB 96: for 2026 and later, taxable nonbusiness income over $26,050: $332.00 plus 2.75% of the excess",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-07",
      "note": "ESTIMATE (provisional): the $332.00 base plus 2.75% over $26,050 is taken from R.C. 5747.02(A)(3) as amended by HB 96; ODT's published IT 1040 worksheet/booklet still shows the 2025 schedule, so the 2026 figures are not yet confirmed by an official ODT computation. First band uses rate 332/26,050 so the tax at $26,050 equals the $332 base; below $26,050 the zero-bracket credit zeroes tax. codes.ohio.gov was unreachable from the research environment; the 2026 schedule text was confirmed from the statute quotation in the secondary source below. The 2026 IT 1040ES (rev. May 2026) still prints the 2025 schedule; the withholding tables were cut from 1 Aug 2026 to reflect the 2026 flat rate. Provisional."
    },
    {
      "field": "params.incomeTax.credits",
      "url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/tax.ohio.gov/forms/ohio_individual/individual/2025/it1040-booklet.pdf",
      "title": "IT 1040 Schedule of Credits line 9: exemption credit $20 per exemption if MAGI less exemptions is less than $30,000; booklet p.18: no tax on taxable nonbusiness income of $26,050 or less",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-07",
      "note": "Eligibility is tested on Ohio AGI less exemptions (taxable nonbusiness income) < $30,000, so dependents raise the AGI limit (IT 1040 Schedule of Credits line 9 instructions)."
    },
    {
      "field": "params.incomeTax.brackets",
      "url": "https://github.com/PolicyEngine/policyengine-us/pull/9798",
      "title": "PolicyEngine PR #9798 quoting the 2026 schedule (\"$332.00 plus 2.75% of the amount in excess of $26,050\")",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-07",
      "type": "secondary"
    },
    {
      "field": "params.incomeTax.brackets",
      "url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/tax.ohio.gov/employer_withholding/2026%20Withholding%20Tables/WHT_PercentageMethod_2026.pdf",
      "title": "ODT employer withholding percentage method effective 1 Aug 2026 (reflects the 2026 rate cut)",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-07",
      "note": "ESTIMATE (provisional): the $332.00 base plus 2.75% over $26,050 is taken from R.C. 5747.02(A)(3) as amended by HB 96; ODT's published IT 1040 worksheet/booklet still shows the 2025 schedule, so the 2026 figures are not yet confirmed by an official ODT computation. "
    },
    {
      "field": "params.incomeTax.credits",
      "url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/tax.ohio.gov/forms/ohio_individual/individual/2025/it1040-booklet.pdf",
      "title": "IT 1040 booklet — exemption credit: $20 for each exemption if Ohio adjusted gross income less exemptions is less than $30,000",
      "retrieved": "2026-10-08"
    }
  ]
}