Announcement: Effective October 2, 2020, the Cincinnati Income Tax Rate is 1.8%.
Cincinnati Earnings Tax Rate Reduced to 1.8% on October 2, 2020. The approval of the Hamilton County sales and use tax levy to provide general revenues for the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority eliminated the .3% Transit earnings tax. The Cincinnati earnings income tax rate is reduced from 2.1% to the new tax rate 1.8%.