Is there an income tax in Springfield Township?
Townships, by law, cannot levy income taxes; however, in 1994 township residents voted to enter into a Joint Economic Development District (known as JEDD) agreement with the City of Akron. Akron agreed to install new water and sewer lines to designated areas to help economic development in the township and increase the township’s property tax base, and to refrain from any further annexation procedures in the township. The City of Akron, in return, receives income taxes from those businesses in the JEDD areas; employees working in those businesses pay a 2.25 % income tax to the City of Akron.
