Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 5747 | Income Tax
Section 5747.055 | Tax Credit for Retirement Income.

Effective: October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section "retirement income" means retirement benefits, annuities, or distributions that are made from or pursuant to a pension, retirement, or profit-sharing plan and that:
(1) In the case of an individual, are received by the individual on account of retirement and are included in the individual's adjusted gross income;
(2) In the case of an estate, are payable to the estate for the benefit of the surviving spouse of the decedent and are included in the estate's taxable income.
(B) A credit shall be allowed against a taxpayer's aggregate tax liability under section 5747.02 of the Revised Code for taxpayers who received retirement income during the taxable year and whose modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year, less applicable exemptions under section 5747.025 of the Revised Code, as shown on an individual or joint annual return is less than one hundred thousand dollars. Only one such credit shall be allowed for each return, and the amount of the credit shall be computed in accordance with the following schedule:


(C) A taxpayer who received a lump-sum distribution from a pension, retirement, or profit-sharing plan in the taxable year and whose modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year, less applicable exemptions under section 5747.025 of the Revised Code, as shown on an individual or joint annual return is less than one hundred thousand dollars, may elect to receive a credit under this division in lieu of the credit allowed under division (B) of this section. A taxpayer making such an election is not entitled to the credit authorized under this division or division (B) of this section in subsequent taxable years. A taxpayer electing the credit under this division shall receive a credit for the taxable year against the taxpayer's aggregate tax liability under section 5747.02 of the Revised Code computed as follows:
(1) Divide the amount of retirement income received during the taxable year by the taxpayer's expected remaining life on the last day of the taxable year, as shown by annuity tables issued under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and in effect for the calendar year that includes the last day of the taxable year;
(2) Using the quotient thus obtained as the amount of retirement income received during the taxable year, compute the credit for the taxable year in accordance with division (B) of this section;
(3) Multiply the credit thus obtained by the taxpayer's expected remaining life. The product thus obtained shall be the credit under this division for the taxable year.
(D) If the credit under division (C) or (E) of this section exceeds the taxpayer's aggregate tax liability under section 5747.02 of the Revised Code for the taxable year after allowing for any other credit that precedes that credit in the order required under section 5747.98 of the Revised Code, the taxpayer may elect to receive a credit for each subsequent taxable year. The amount of the credit for each such year shall be computed as follows:
(1) Determine the amount by which the unused credit elected under division (C) or (E) of this section exceeded the total tax due for the taxable year after allowing for any preceding credit in the required order;
(2) Divide the amount of such excess by one year less than the taxpayer's expected remaining life on the last day of the taxable year of the distribution for which the credit was allowed under division (C) or (E) of this section. The quotient thus obtained shall be the credit for each subsequent year.
(E) If subsequent to the receipt of a lump-sum distribution and an election under division (C) of this section an individual receives another lump-sum distribution within one taxable year, and the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year, less applicable exemptions under section 5747.025 of the Revised Code, as shown on an individual or joint annual return is less than one hundred thousand dollars, the taxpayer may elect to receive a credit for that taxable year. The credit shall equal the lesser of:
(1) A credit computed in the manner prescribed in division (C) of this section;
(2) The amount of credit, if any, to which the taxpayer would otherwise be entitled for the taxable year under division (D) of this section times the taxpayer's expected remaining life on the last day of the taxable year. A taxpayer who elects to receive a credit under this division is not entitled to a credit under this division or division (B) or (C) of this section for any subsequent year except as provided in division (D) of this section.
(F) A credit equal to fifty dollars for each return required to be filed under section 5747.08 of the Revised Code shall be allowed against a taxpayer's aggregate tax liability under section 5747.02 of the Revised Code for taxpayers sixty-five years of age or older during the taxable year whose modified adjusted gross income, less applicable exemptions under section 5747.025 of the Revised Code, as shown on an individual or joint annual return is less than one hundred thousand dollars for that taxable year.
(G) A taxpayer sixty-five years of age or older during the taxable year who has received a lump-sum distribution from a pension, retirement, or profit-sharing plan in the taxable year, and whose modified adjusted gross income, less applicable exemptions under section 5747.025 of the Revised Code, as shown on an individual or joint annual return is less than one hundred thousand dollars for that taxable year may elect to receive a credit under this division in lieu of the credit to which the taxpayer is entitled under division (F) of this section. A taxpayer making such an election shall receive a credit for the taxable year against the taxpayer's aggregate tax liability under section 5747.02 of the Revised Code equal to fifty dollars times the taxpayer's expected remaining life as shown by annuity tables issued under the Internal Revenue Code and in effect for the calendar year that includes the last day of the taxable year. A taxpayer making an election under this division is not entitled to the credit authorized under this division or division (F) of this section in subsequent taxable years.
(H) The credits allowed by this section shall be claimed in the order required under section 5747.98 of the Revised Code. The tax commissioner may require a taxpayer to furnish any information necessary to support a claim for credit under this section, and no credit shall be allowed unless such information is provided.

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 57 | Taxation

Chapter 5747 | Income Tax

Section 5747.01 | Definitions.

Section 5747.011 | Gain or Loss Included in Trust's Ohio Taxable Income.

Section 5747.012 | Tax Treatment of Qualifying Investment Income From Pass-Through Entity.

Section 5747.013 | Calculating a Trust's Modified Ohio Taxable Income.

Section 5747.02 | Tax Rates.

Section 5747.021 | School District Income Tax.

Section 5747.022 | Tax Credits for Exemptions.

Section 5747.023 | Tax Credits for Armed Forces Member Killed in Combat or Military or Civilian Employee Killed in Terroristic or Military Action.

Section 5747.024 | Military Pay Not Included in Adjusted Gross Income.

Section 5747.025 | Personal Exemptions.

Section 5747.026 | Extensions for Filing and Payment by Members Called to Active Duty.

Section 5747.03 | Distributing Income Tax Revenue.

Section 5747.031 | Separate Reporting of Business and Nonbusiness Income Tax Revenues.

Section 5747.04 | Attributing Tax Receipts to County.

Section 5747.05 | Tax Credits.

Section 5747.054 | Tax Credit Based on Federal Dependent Care Credit.

Section 5747.055 | Tax Credit for Retirement Income.

Section 5747.057 | Tax Credit for Career-Technical Education Program Employees.

Section 5747.058 | Tax Credits to Foster Job Creation or Retention.

Section 5747.059 | Tax Credit for Ohio Withholding Tax Paid by One or More Qualifying Pass-Through Entities.

Section 5747.06 | Employer's Duty to Withhold Tax.

Section 5747.061 | Withholding Tax From Wages of Nonresident Employees.

Section 5747.062 | Withholding Tax From State Lottery Winnings.

Section 5747.063 | Withholding From Casino and Sports Gaming Winnings.

Section 5747.064 | Withholding From Video Lottery and Sports Gaming Winnings.

Section 5747.065 | Deduction and Withholding of State Income Tax From Unemployment Compensation Benefits.

Section 5747.07 | Employers to File Return and Pay Withholding.

Section 5747.071 | Withholding Tax From Retirement Benefits.

Section 5747.072 | Employers Remitting Taxes by Electronic Funds Transfer.

Section 5747.08 | Filing Income Tax Return.

Section 5747.082 | Use of Electronic Filing by Tax Preparers.

Section 5747.083 | Report or Payment of Use Tax on Personal Income Tax Return.

Section 5747.09 | Declaration of Estimated Taxes.

Section 5747.10 | Amended Returns.

Section 5747.11 | Refunds - Interest.

Section 5747.112 | Paying Refund of School District Income Taxes.

Section 5747.113 | Income Tax Refund Contribution System.

Section 5747.12 | Applying Refund to Satisfy Debt to State.

Section 5747.121 | Collecting Child Support From Refunds.

Section 5747.122 | Collecting Overpayments of Public Assistance From Refunds.

Section 5747.123 | Collecting Overpaid Child Support From Refunds.

Section 5747.13 | Liability of Employer for Failure to File Return or Collect or Remit Tax.

Section 5747.132 | Eliminating Interest or Penalty on Qualifying Refund Overpayment.

Section 5747.14 | Imposing Jeopardy Assessments.

Section 5747.15 | Failure to File or Remit Tax - Filing Frivolous, Dilatory or Fraudulent Claim.

Section 5747.16 | Secretary of State Agent for Service of Process on Nonresidents.

Section 5747.17 | Maintaining Records.

Section 5747.18 | Powers of Tax Commissioner.

Section 5747.19 | Filing Incomplete, False, and Fraudulent Returns.

Section 5747.20 | Allocating Nonbusiness Income or Deduction.

Section 5747.21 | Apportioning Business Income or Deduction.

Section 5747.212 | Apportioning Gain Recognized by Nonresident Equity Investor Selling an Investment in a Closely-Held Business.

Section 5747.22 | Apportioning and Allocating Income and Deductions of Pass-Through Entities.

Section 5747.221 | Items of Income and Deductions Not to Be Allocated or Apportioned to Ohio.

Section 5747.23 | Taxing Trust Income.

Section 5747.231 | Including Taxpayer's Entire Distributive or Proportionate Share Attributable to Pass-Through Entity.

Section 5747.24 | Presumption of Domicile.

Section 5747.26 | Lead Abatement Tax Credit.

Section 5747.27 | Credit for Displaced Worker Who Pays for Job Training to Enhance Ability to Get New Job.

Section 5747.28 | Credit for Purchase of Qualifying Property by Taxpayer Engaged in the Business of Producing Grapes.

Section 5747.29 | Political Campaign Contribution Tax Credit.

Section 5747.30 | Exemption for Nonresident Pass-Through Entities as to Commercial Printing.

Section 5747.331 | Nonrefundable Credit Equal to Borrower's Qualified Research and Development Loan Payments.

Section 5747.37 | Credit for Legally Adopted Minor Child.

Section 5747.38 | Pass-Through Entity Income Tax.

Section 5747.39 | Pass-Through Entity Owner Credit.

Section 5747.40 | Definitions Relating to Qualified Pass-Through Entities.

Section 5747.401 | Deemed Investors in Investment Pass-Through Entity Are Deemed Investors in Any Other Pass-Through Entity in Which Investment Pass-Through Entity Is Direct Investor.

Section 5747.41 | Withholding Tax on Qualifying Pass-Through Entity or Trust Having Individual Qualifying Investor or Beneficiary.

Section 5747.42 | Filing Annual Return.

Section 5747.43 | Filing Estimated Tax Return and Making Estimated Payments.

Section 5747.44 | Tax Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer.

Section 5747.45 | Taxable Year; Method of Accounting; Amended Reports With Payment or Application for Refund.

Section 5747.451 | Requirements of Qualifying Entity Upon Retirement From Business, Voluntary Dissolution or Transfer to Successor.

Section 5747.453 | Personal Liability of Employee or Beneficiary Of, or Investor In, a Qualifying Entity for Failure to File Report or Pay Tax.

Section 5747.46 | Library and Local Government Support Fund Definitions.

Section 5747.47 | Estimating, Certifying and Distributing of County's Share of Library and Local Government Support Fund.

Section 5747.48 | Distribution of County Library and Local Government Support Fund.

Section 5747.49 | Prohibiting Later Performance of Duties.

Section 5747.50 | Apportioning Local Government Fund to Political Subdivision or Eligible Taxing District.

Section 5747.501 | Estimating and Certifying Amount for Distribution Into Local Government Fund.

Section 5747.502 | Reports on Fines Resulting From Traffic Law Photo-Monitoring Devices.

Section 5747.503 | Payments to County Undivided Local Government Funds of Supplement for Townships.

Section 5747.51 | Allocating Local Government Fund to County Undivided Local Government Funds.

Section 5747.52 | Calculating Subdivision Share of Undivided Local Government Fund.

Section 5747.53 | Apportionment of Undivided Local Government Fund of County Under an Alternative Method or on a Formula Basis.

Section 5747.54 | Failure to Certify Percentage Share of the Undivided Local Government Fund.

Section 5747.55 | Appealing County Budget Commission Action.

Section 5747.60 | Delegating Investigation Powers of Tax Commissioner.

Section 5747.66 | Credit for Any Individual Who Is the Certificate Owner of a Tax Credit Certificate.

Section 5747.70 | Deductions for Contributions to College Savings Programs.

Section 5747.71 | Earned Income Tax Credit.

Section 5747.72 | Credit for Home Instruction Expenses.

Section 5747.73 | Credit for Donations to Scholarship Organizations.

Section 5747.75 | Credit for Dependents Who Attend Nonchartered Nonpublic School.

Section 5747.76 | Refundable Income Tax Credit for Owner of Rc 149.311 Certificate.

Section 5747.77 | Beginning Farmer Tax Credits.

Section 5747.78 | Deductions for Amounts Contributed to Able Savings Account.

Section 5747.79 | Deduction for Capital Gains From Sale of Business.

Section 5747.80 | Issuance of Tax Credits by Ohio Venture Capital Authority.

Section 5747.81 | Tax Credit for Holders of Small Business Investment Certificate.

Section 5747.98 | Order for Claiming Credits.

Section 5747.99 | Penalty.