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Akron city tax refund: days worked out of Akron
Your employer withheld Akron tax, but some days you worked at home or out of town. Mark those days to get the day counts and itinerary for Akron's refund application, plus an estimate of the refund.
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260 days paid, and Akron does the arithmetic
The application starts from "Total Days Paid 52 Weeks @ 5 Days per Week or 260 Working Days", or your dates of employment if you started or left during the year. From that you give the number of working days outside Akron, which is the part to be refunded, and the number of working days in Akron. Vacation, sick days and holidays are paid days, so they stay in the 260 and count with the Akron days; the itinerary must not include them, or weekends.
The form says "We will calculate and issue a refund (if any) based on the information provided", so it has no refund line. The estimate on this page is your Akron wages (box 18) times the days in Akron over the total days paid, taxed at Akron's 2.5%, taken away from the tax withheld (box 19). It is only a guide; Akron's figure is the one that counts.
Try the 2025 example: Fridays at home and a week in Pittsburgh, 54 days outside Akron, estimate $337.50.
What to send
Complete the whole Non-Resident Employee Refund Application (revised 8/2026), check the box for days worked out of Akron, and attach the itinerary and copies of your W-2s showing Akron wages and Akron tax withheld. Your employer verifies the days in Akron: someone with legal authority to sign for the company who knows your work schedule. Mail it to City of Akron Income Tax Division, PO Box 92900, Cleveland, OH 44194. Refund Section: 330-375-2039.
Akron pays within 90 days of receiving the complete request and your employer's annual withholding return, or within 90 days of April 15 after the tax year, whichever is later. It also notifies your city of residence, which may pursue the tax. Ohio law allows refund claims for three years after the tax was due or paid (R.C. 718.19): for 2025, April 15, 2029. This page covers nonresidents' wages only, not part-year residents. Form arithmetic only, not tax advice.
Questions people ask
Why is there no refund line on the form?
Akron works it out: the application says "We will calculate and issue a refund (if any) based on the information provided." You give the total days paid, the days outside Akron and the days in Akron, and attach the itinerary and W-2s. The page's refund figure is an estimate only.
Do vacation, sick days and holidays count?
They stay in the 260 total days paid, so they count with your Akron days. The itinerary says "Do Not Include Vacation, Sick, Holiday, Weekends or Other Paid Non-Working Days."
What about the Work from home box?
That box is in the form's second section, for Akron tax your employer over-withheld (with reasons such as work from home, withheld in error, or OTR driver). For days worked outside Akron, including days at home, the first section with the itinerary is the one that counts days. If you are not sure which applies, ask the Refund Section at 330-375-2039.
I started the job during the year. What is the total?
Write your dates of employment on the form. Put them under More details and the page counts the weekdays you were employed, up to 260, as the total days paid.
Will my home city be told?
Yes. Akron's cover letter says it will notify your resident city, which may pursue the tax on the wages refunded, since Ohio law expects the tax to be paid either where the work was done or to the base city of employment.
Sources: City of Akron Non-Resident Employee Refund Application (revised 8/2026, PDF dated August 17, 2026, with cover letter and itinerary); Akron's individual filers page (2.5% rate since January 1, 2018); checked October 24, 2026.