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Chapter 5725 | Financial Institutions; Dealers In Intangibles; Insurance Companies

 
 
 
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Section 5725.01 | Financial institution - dealers in intangibles - insurance company definitions.
 

As used in sections 5725.01 to 5725.26 of the Revised Code:

(A) "Financial institution" means:

(1) A national bank organized and existing as a national bank association pursuant to the "National Bank Act," 12 U.S.C. 21;

(2) A federal savings association or federal savings bank that is chartered under 12 U.S.C. 1464;

(3) A bank, banking association, trust company, savings and loan association, savings bank, or other banking institution that is incorporated or organized under the laws of any state;

(4) Any corporation organized under 12 U.S.C. 611 to 631;

(5) Any agency or branch of a foreign depository as defined in 12 U.S.C. 3101;

(6) A company licensed as a small business investment company under the "Small Business Investment Act of 1958," 72 Stat. 689, 15 U.S.C. 66l, as amended; or

(7) A company chartered under the "Farm Credit Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 257, 12 U.S.C. 1131(d), as amended.

Corporations or institutions organized under the "Federal Farm Loan Act" and amendments thereto, insurance companies, and credit unions shall not be considered financial institutions or dealers in intangibles within the meaning of such sections.

(B)(1) "Dealer in intangibles" includes every person who keeps an office or other place of business in this state and engages at such office or other place in a business that consists primarily of lending money, or discounting, buying, or selling bills of exchange, drafts, acceptances, notes, mortgages, or other evidences of indebtedness, or of buying or selling bonds, stocks, or other investment securities, whether on the person's own account with a view to profit, or as agent or broker for others, with a view to profit or personal earnings. Dealer in intangibles excludes institutions used exclusively for charitable purposes, insurance companies, and financial institutions. The investment of funds as personal accumulations or as business reserves or working capital does not constitute engaging in a business within the meaning of this division; but a person who, having engaged in a business that consists primarily of lending money, or discounting, buying, or selling bills of exchange, drafts, acceptances, notes, mortgages, or other evidences of indebtedness on the person's own account, remains in business primarily for the purpose of realizing upon the assets of the business is deemed a dealer in intangibles, though not presently engaged in a business that consists primarily of lending money or discounting or buying such securities.

(2) The tax commissioner shall adopt a rule defining "primarily" as that term is used in division (B)(1) of this section.

(C) "Insurance company" includes every corporation, association, and society engaged in the business of insurance of any character, or engaged in the business of entering into contracts substantially amounting to insurance of any character, or of indemnifying or guaranteeing against loss or damage, or acting as surety on bonds or undertakings. "Insurance company" also includes any health insuring corporation as defined in section 1751.01 of the Revised Code.

(D) "Domestic insurance company" includes every insurance company organized and existing under the laws of this state, and every unincorporated association and society formed under the laws of this state for the purpose of engaging in said business, except a company, association, or society that is an insurance holding company affiliate controlled by a nonresident affiliate and has risks in this state formerly written by its foreign affiliates in a total amount exceeding the risks outstanding on the taxpayer's latest annual report that arise from business initially written by it in this state; and excludes every foreign insurance company. As used in this division, terms defined in section 3901.32 of the Revised Code have the same meanings given to them in that section.

(E) "Foreign insurance company" includes every insurance company organized or existing under the laws of any other state, territory, country, or the United States and every insurance holding company affiliate excepted under division (D) of this section.

(F) "Credit union" means a nonprofit cooperative financial institution organized or chartered under the laws of this state, of another state, or of the United States.

Section 5725.02 | Annual report.
 

For report years prior to 2014, the cashier or other principal accounting officer of each bank, the secretary or other principal accounting officer of each other incorporated financial institution, and the manager or owner of each unincorporated financial institution shall return to the department of taxation between the first and second Mondays of March, annually, a report exhibiting in detail, and under appropriate heads, the resources and liabilities of such institution at the close of business on the thirty-first day of December next preceding.

The report of each financial institution shall also show the aggregate balances of the taxable deposits of its depositors in each county in which the institution maintained an office for the receipt of deposits, at the end of business on the day fixed by the tax commissioner pursuant to section 5725.05 of the Revised Code. The report shall show also the names and addresses of all depositors whose deposits were wholly withdrawn from such institution between the day so fixed and the date on which notice of the fixing was received by such institution, or if no such notice was received, then between the day fixed and the first day of January next following, and the amount of taxable deposits of each such depositor on the day fixed.

Section 5725.03 | Return of deposits by financial institutions.
 

The deposits required to be returned by financial institutions pursuant to sections 5725.01 to 5725.26, inclusive, of the Revised Code, include all deposits as defined by section 5701.05 of the Revised Code to the extent that such deposits are made taxable by section 5709.02 of the Revised Code, except:

(A) Deposits belonging to the federal government or any instrumentality thereof;

(B) Deposits to the extent of advances or advance payments made under any contract entered into by the federal government or any instrumentality thereof for the production of materials or supplies, or the furnishing of services pursuant to authority of any act to further the war effort;

(C) Deposits belonging to the state or any county, municipal corporation, school district, township, or other subdivision thereof, or to any other financial institution, dealer in intangibles, domestic insurance company, or institution used exclusively for charitable purposes, or proceeds of loans which have been credited to the borrower but not disbursed, or advances by borrowers for the subsequent payment of specific obligations. If any deposit of any class required to be returned consists in whole or in part of an amount representing uncollected checks and other uncollected items credited thereto, one half of the amount so represented shall be considered as withdrawable and shall be included in arriving at the aggregate balance of taxable deposits required to be returned, whether or not the depositor is in fact permitted to make withdrawals against the amount so represented and credited.

Section 5725.05 | Duty of tax commissioner to fix listing day for deposits - notice.
 

On or before the third day of December, annually, the tax commissioner shall fix the day as of which the taxable deposits in financial institutions shall be listed and assessed. The day fixed shall be between the first and the thirtieth day of November, and the action of the commissioner shall be taken not more than three days after the day fixed. Notice of such action by the commissioner shall be immediately given to each financial institution and to the county auditor of each county in the manner provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code, and the date fixed shall be printed or stamped on the forms of return to be made by all financial institutions. The commissioner shall also give immediate notice, by collect telegram, to those financial institutions or persons that have filed a request for this service with the commissioner. The dates fixed by this section for the action of the commissioner are directory, and if through inadvertence or mistake such action is not taken at the time prescribed, or the notice required to be given to a financial institution or a county auditor is not duly given, the remaining requirements of sections 5725.01 to 5725.26 of the Revised Code, and the validity of any assessment made hereunder shall not be affected.

Last updated September 12, 2023 at 12:05 PM

Section 5725.07 | Assessments by tax commissioner.
 

Upon receiving the report required from a financial institution by section 5725.02 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner shall ascertain and assess the amount of taxable deposits of such institution in each county in which the institution maintained an office for the receipt of deposits. Such amounts shall be assessed in the name of such financial institution except that the amounts of the taxable deposits wholly withdrawn from each such institution within the times mentioned in section 5725.02 of the Revised Code, and separately set forth in such report, shall be subtracted from the amount of taxable deposits so assessed, and separately assessed in the names of such respective depositors.

Section 5725.08 | Certificate of assessment of financial institutions - certificate of abatement.
 

On or before the first Monday of June, annually, the tax commissioner shall certify to the treasurer of state the assessment of each financial institution located in the state, showing separately the county in which the institution's principal office is located and the amount of taxable deposits of branches in each county other than that in which the principal office is located, and the commissioner shall certify to each county auditor the assessment of each taxable deposit separately assessed in the name of a depositor residing in his county. The treasurer of state shall place the amounts so certified on the intangible property tax list in his office. The county auditor shall place the amounts so certified on the classified tax list and duplicate of his county in the names of the depositors represented by such certificates.

Any certificate of abatement issued pursuant to section 5703.05 of the Revised Code for the overpayment of the deposits tax may be tendered by the payee or transferee thereof to the treasurer of state as payment for any taxes allocable to the county in which the claim for overpayment arose.

Section 5725.09 | Tax commissioner to make report if financial institution fails to do so.
 

If a financial institution fails to make and furnish to the tax commissioner the report required by section 5725.02 of the Revised Code, within the time fixed by said section, the commissioner shall examine the books of the financial institution, and any officer or agent thereof under oath, and such other persons as he deems proper, and make such report. The board of tax appeals and the court of common pleas of the county shall exercise like powers in aid of the commissioner in the performance of his duties under this section, as authorized by law as to any other law which the commissioner is required to administer. The report made out by the commissioner shall stand as the report required to be made by the officer, manager, or owner of the financial institution.

Section 5725.10 | Powers and duties of tax commissioner.
 

The tax commissioner shall prescribe the forms of returns to be made by financial institutions and dealers in intangibles, consistently with this chapter, and may adopt rules, not inconsistent with this chapter, governing the making of returns, and may upon verified application of any such institution or dealer, and for good cause shown, extend the time, not to exceed thirty days, within which the return shall be made. The enumeration in this chapter of facts required to be stated in any return are not exclusive, and the commissioner may require any other statement or propound any question in the forms of returns prescribed by him that is relevant and material for the purpose of enabling the commissioner to make any assessment which he is required by this chapter to make or to assess the taxable property of any other taxpayer, pursuant to Title LVII of the Revised Code, or to administer any laws of this state relating to taxation. Each question propounded shall be answered specifically, and no return shall be accepted until full disclosure has been made as required by the prescribed blank form. This chapter is a law which the commissioner is required to administer within the meaning of sections 5703.17 to 5703.37, 5703.39, 5703.41, and 5703.45 of the Revised Code. Neither the returns mentioned in this section nor any documents required to be filed with those returns shall be open to public inspection.

Section 5725.12 | Failure to make return - false statement - forfeiture.
 

An officer, manager, or owner of a financial institution who fails to make out and furnish to the tax commissioner the return required by section 5725.02 of the Revised Code, or willfully makes a false statement in such return shall forfeit not more than one hundred dollars, together with the costs and other expenses incurred by the commissioner in obtaining such statement.

Section 5725.13 | Taxable property of dealers in intangibles.
 

The following property shall be listed and assessed at its fair value and taxed only in the manner prescribed in sections 5725.01 to 5725.26, inclusive, of the Revised Code:

(A) The shares of the stockholders in an incorporated dealer in intangibles having an actual place of business in this state, to the extent represented by capital employed in this state;

(B) The shares of the stockholders, partners, or members of an unincorporated dealer in intangibles having an actual place of business in this state, the capital stock of which is divided into shares held by the owners, to the extent represented by capital employed in this state;

(C) The property representing capital employed in this state by an unincorporated dealer in intangibles whose capital stock is not divided into shares, having an actual place of business in this state.

Section 5725.14 | Annual return of resources by dealer in intangibles - gross receipts - consolidated returns.
 

(A) As used in this section and section 5725.15 of the Revised Code:

(1) "Billing address" of a customer means one of the following:

(a) The customer's address as set forth in any notice, statement, bill, or similar acknowledgment shall be presumed to be the address where the customer is located with respect to the transaction for which the dealer issued the notice, statement, bill, or acknowledgment.

(b) If the dealer issues any notice, statement, bill, or similar acknowledgment electronically to an address other than a street address or post office box address or if the dealer does not issue such a notice, statement, bill, or acknowledgment, the customer's street address as set forth in the records of the dealer at the time of the transaction shall be presumed to be the address where the customer is located.

(2) "Commissions" includes but is not limited to brokerage commissions, asset management fees, and similar fees charged in the regular course of business to a customer for the maintenance and management of the customer's account.

(3) "Gross receipts" means one of the following:

(a) In the case of a dealer in intangibles principally engaged in the business of lending money or discounting loans, the aggregate amount of loans effected or discounted;

(b) In the case of a dealer in intangibles principally engaged in the business of selling or buying stocks, bonds, or other similar securities either on the dealer's own account or as agent for another, the aggregate amount of all commissions charged.

(B) Each dealer in intangibles shall return to the tax commissioner between the first and second Mondays of March, annually for return years prior to 2014, a report exhibiting in detail, and under appropriate heads, the dealer's resources and liabilities at the close of business on the thirty-first day of December next preceding, together with remittance made payable to the treasurer of state of the tax levied under division (D) of section 5707.03 of the Revised Code. In the case of an unincorporated dealer in intangibles, such report shall also exhibit the amount or value as of the date of conversion of all property within the year preceding the date of listing, and on or after the first day of November converted into bonds or other securities not taxed to the extent such nontaxable bonds or securities may be shown in the dealer's resources on such date, without deduction for indebtedness created in the purchase of such nontaxable bonds or securities.

If a dealer in intangibles maintains separate business offices, whether within this state only or within and without this state, the report shall also show the gross receipts from business done at each such office during the year ending on the thirty-first day of December next preceding.

For the purposes of this section and section 5725.15 of the Revised Code, business is considered done at an office when it originates at such office, but the receipts from business originating at one office and consummated at another office shall be divided equitably between such offices.

(C) For the purposes of this section and section 5725.15 of the Revised Code, in the case of a dealer in intangibles principally engaged in the business of selling or buying stocks, bonds, or other similar securities either on the dealer's own account or as agent for another, the dealer's capital, surplus, and undivided profits employed in this state shall bear the same ratio to the dealer's total capital, surplus, and undivided profits employed everywhere as the amount described in division (C)(1) of this section bears to the amount described in division (C)(2) of this section:

(1) The sum of the commissions earned during the year covered by the return from transactions with respect to brokerage accounts owned by customers having billing addresses in this state;

(2) The sum of the commissions earned during that year from transactions with respect to brokerage accounts owned by all of the dealer's customers.

(D) An incorporated dealer in intangibles which owns or controls fifty-one per cent or more of the common stock of another incorporated dealer in intangibles may, under uniform regulations prescribed by the tax commissioner, make a consolidated return for the purpose of sections 5725.01 to 5725.26 of the Revised Code. In such case the parent corporation making such return is not required to include in its resources any of the stocks, securities, or other obligations of its subsidiary dealers, nor permitted to include in its liabilities any of its own securities or other obligations belonging to its subsidiaries.

The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.

Section 5725.15 | Assessment for shares and capital of dealer in intangibles.
 

The report required by section 5725.14 of the Revised Code shall include as taxable property all the shares of the dealer in intangibles, the capital stock of which is divided into shares, representing capital employed in this state, and the value of the property representing the capital, not divided into shares, employed in this state by such dealer in intangibles, according to the aggregate fair value of the capital, surplus, and undivided profits as shown in such report, including in the case of an unincorporated dealer, the value of property converted into nontaxable bonds or securities within the preceding year, without deduction for indebtedness created in the purchase of such nontaxable bonds or securities.

The filing by a dealer of the report required by section 5725.14 of the Revised Code shall be the preliminary assessment of the shares and property listed therein.

If a dealer has separate offices, whether within this state only or within and without this state, the dealer shall list the amount of capital employed in each office in this state, which shall bear the same ratio to the entire capital of such dealer, wherever employed, as the gross receipts of such office bears to the entire gross receipts of such dealer, wherever arising.

The aggregate book value of the capital, surplus, and undivided profits of a dealer in intangibles as shown in such report shall be taken as the fair value thereof for the purpose of the assessment required by this section, unless the commissioner finds that such book value is greater or less than the then fair value of said capital, surplus, and undivided profits. Claim for any deduction from book value of capital, surplus, and undivided profits must be made in writing by the dealer in intangibles at the time of making the dealer's return.

Whenever the commissioner assesses the fair value of the capital, surplus, and undivided profits of a dealer in intangibles at an amount in excess of the value thereof as listed in the dealer's report, or assesses the shares or property of a dealer that fails to file a return, the commissioner shall give notice and proceed as provided in section 5711.31 of the Revised Code.

Section 5725.151 | Refundable tax credit for owner of RC 149.311 certificate.
 

(A) As used in this section, "certificate owner" has the same meaning as in section 149.311 of the Revised Code.

(B) There is allowed a credit against the tax imposed by section 5707.03 and assessed under section 5725.15 of the Revised Code for a dealer in intangibles subject to that tax that is a certificate owner of a rehabilitation tax credit certificate issued under section 149.311 of the Revised Code. The credit shall equal twenty-five per cent of the dollar amount indicated on the certificate, but the amount of the credit allowed for any dealer for any year shall not exceed five million dollars. The credit shall be claimed in the calendar year specified in the certificate. If the credit exceeds the amount of tax otherwise due in that year, the excess shall be refunded to the dealer but, if any amount of the credit is refunded, the sum of the amount refunded and the amount applied to reduce the tax otherwise due in that year shall not exceed three million dollars. The dealer may carry forward any balance of the credit in excess of the amount claimed in that year for not more than five ensuing years, and shall deduct any amount claimed in any such year from the amount claimed in an ensuing year.

(C) A dealer in intangibles claiming a credit under this section shall retain the rehabilitation tax credit certificate for four years following the end of the year in which the credit was claimed, and shall make the certificate available for inspection by the tax commissioner upon the request of the tax commissioner during that period.

Section 5725.16 | Certificate of assessment of dealers in intangibles; collection of taxes.
 

On or before the first Monday of May, annually for return years prior to 2014, the tax commissioner shall certify to the treasurer of state the assessment of the shares or property representing capital, or apportionment of either, of each dealer in intangibles doing business in the state, showing separately the amount representing capital employed in each county.

The treasurer of state shall place the amounts certified on the intangible property tax list in the treasurer of state's office in the names of the dealers represented by those certificates.

The commissioner shall collect, on behalf of the treasurer, the taxes due on the assessments certified pursuant to this section, together with any applicable penalties or interest, in the manner prescribed by section 5725.22 of the Revised Code. The commissioner shall immediately forward to the treasurer any payments received under this section or section 5719.13 of the Revised Code. The treasurer shall credit all such payments against the appropriate amounts on the intangible property tax list in the treasurer's office.

A dealer in intangibles may claim a refund of any overpayment of the tax levied under division (D) of section 5707.03 of the Revised Code by filing an application for final assessment in accordance with section 5711.26 of the Revised Code.

The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.

Section 5725.17 | Failure of dealer in intangibles to make report or pay tax.
 

(A) In addition to any other penalty imposed by this chapter or Chapter 5703. of the Revised Code, the following penalties shall apply:

(1) If a dealer in intangibles fails to make and furnish to the tax commissioner the report required by section 5725.14 of the Revised Code, within the time fixed by that section, a penalty shall be imposed equal to the greater of fifty dollars per month or fraction of a month, not to exceed five hundred dollars, or five per cent per month or fraction of a month, not to exceed fifty per cent, of the tax required to be shown on the report, for each month or fraction of a month elapsing between the due date, including extensions of the due date, and the date on which the report is filed.

(2) If a dealer in intangibles fails to pay any amounts of the tax levied by division (D) of section 5707.03 of the Revised Code by the dates prescribed for payment, a penalty shall be imposed equal to the greater of (a) five per cent of the taxes due, if payment is made within ten calendar days of the date shown on the tax bill, or ten per cent of the taxes due, if payment is not made within ten days of such date, or (b) two times the interest charged under section 5725.221 of the Revised Code for the delinquent payment.

(3) If a dealer in intangibles submits a report required by section 5725.14 of the Revised Code that is marked, defaced, or otherwise designed by the dealer to be a frivolous protest or an attempt to delay or impede the administration of the tax levied by division (D) of section 5707.03 of the Revised Code, a penalty shall be imposed equal to the greater of one hundred dollars or twenty-five per cent of the tax required to be shown on the report.

(4) If a dealer in intangibles makes a fraudulent attempt to evade the reporting or payment of the tax levied by division (D) of section 5707.03 of the Revised Code, a penalty shall be imposed equal to the greater of one thousand dollars or one hundred per cent of the tax required to be shown on the report required by section 5725.14 of the Revised Code.

(5) If any person makes a false or fraudulent claim for abatement or refund of the tax levied by division (D) of section 5707.03 of the Revised Code, a penalty shall be imposed equal to the greater of one thousand dollars or one hundred per cent of the claim. The penalty imposed by this division, any abatement or refund on the claim, and interest on any refund from the date of the refund, may be assessed under section 5725.15 of the Revised Code or added by the tax commissioner as tax, penalty, and interest due from the tax levied by division (D) of section 5707.03 of the Revised Code, without regard to whether the person making the claim is otherwise subject to the tax, and without regard to any time limitation for assessment.

(B) Each penalty imposed under division (A) of this section shall be in addition to any other penalty imposed under that division. All or part of any penalty imposed under division (A) of this section may be abated by the commissioner.

Last updated September 6, 2023 at 2:55 PM

Section 5725.18 | Annual franchise tax on the privilege of being an insurance company.
 

(A) An annual franchise tax on the privilege of being an insurance company is hereby levied on each domestic insurance company. In the month of May, annually, the treasurer of state shall charge for collection from each domestic insurance company a franchise tax in the amount computed in accordance with the following, as applicable:

(1) With respect to a domestic insurance company that is a health insuring corporation, one per cent of all premium rate payments received, exclusive of payments received under the medicare program and exclusive of payments received pursuant to the medicaid program for the period ending September 30, 2009, as reflected in its annual report for the preceding calendar year;

(2) With respect to a domestic insurance company that is not a health insuring corporation, one and four-tenths per cent of the gross amount of premiums received from policies covering risks within this state, exclusive of premiums received under the medicare program and exclusive of payments received pursuant to the medicaid program for the period ending September 30, 2009, as reflected in its annual statement for the preceding calendar year, and, if the company operates a health insuring corporation as a line of business, one per cent of all premium rate payments received from that line of business, exclusive of payments received under the medicare program and exclusive of payments received pursuant to the medicaid program for the period ending September 30, 2009, as reflected in its annual statement for the preceding calendar year.

Domestic insurance companies, including health insuring corporations, receiving payments pursuant to the medicaid program during the period beginning October 1, 2009, and ending December 31, 2009, shall file with the 2009 annual statement to the superintendent a schedule that reflects those payments received pursuant to the medicaid program for that period. The payments reflected in the schedule, plus all other taxable premiums, are subject to the annual franchise tax due to be paid in 2010.

(B) The gross amount of premium rate payments or premiums used to compute the applicable tax in accordance with division (A) of this section is subject to the deductions prescribed by section 5729.03 of the Revised Code for foreign insurance companies. The objects of such tax are those declared in section 5725.24 of the Revised Code, to which only such tax shall be applied.

(C) In no case shall such tax be less than two hundred fifty dollars.

Section 5725.19 | Issuance of tax credits by Ohio venture capital authority.
 

Upon the issuance of a tax credit certificate by the Ohio venture capital authority under section 150.07 of the Revised Code, a refundable credit may be claimed against the tax imposed on a domestic insurance company under section 5725.18 of the Revised Code. The credit shall be claimed in the calendar year specified in the certificate issued by the authority.

Section 5725.20 | Certification to treasurer of state by superintendent of insurance.
 

On or before the first Monday of May in each year, the superintendent of insurance shall certify to the treasurer of state the amount of the capital and surplus of each domestic insurance company having capital divided into shares and the surplus of each domestic insurance company not having capital divided into shares, or the amount equal to eight and one-third times the gross amount of premiums received by any such domestic insurance company from policies covering risks within this state during the preceding calendar year after making the deductions prescribed by section 5729.03 of the Revised Code for foreign insurance companies, as reported in the annual statement of the company and approved by the superintendent.

Section 5725.21 | Report of valuation of certificates filed annually by fraternal benefit society - determination of assets and liabilities.
 

A fraternal benefit society organized and existing under the laws of this state that issues insurance certificates, but is exempt from Chapter 3921. of the Revised Code, shall for the purpose of sections 5725.01 to 5725.26 of the Revised Code, file annually with the superintendent of insurance a report of valuation of its certificates, in the form required by the superintendent of fraternal benefit societies subject to the requirements of Chapter 3921. of the Revised Code, and the superintendent shall determine the admitted and nonadmitted assets and liabilities of the fraternal benefit society on the same basis on which the admitted and nonadmitted assets and liabilities of other fraternal benefit societies are determined.

Sections 5725.18 to 5725.21 and section 5725.25 of the Revised Code do not apply to any other domestic insurance company that is not required by law, or by election made pursuant to law, to file annual reports with the superintendent nor to associations or corporations organized not for profit that admit to membership only employees of a person, firm, or corporation or employees of a group of employers engaged in the same or similar lines of business, who seek to provide indemnity among their members for loss from, or to provide a benefit in the event of, accident, sickness, or death of any of their number, whether by means of the exchange of private contracts between themselves or by the exchange of contracts between themselves and a corporation or association created for their protection and not for profit.

Section 5725.22 | Treasurer of state to maintain intangible property tax lists - collection of taxes - refunds - penalties.
 

(A) The treasurer of state shall maintain a list of taxes levied by section 5725.18 of the Revised Code and certified for assessment by the superintendent of insurance pursuant to section 5725.20 of the Revised Code.

(B) The treasurer of state shall collect, and the taxpayer shall pay, all taxes levied under section 5725.18 of the Revised Code and any interest applicable thereto. Payments may be made electronically or by any other means authorized by the treasurer of state. Whenever the superintendent of insurance submits an electronic call for data, the treasurer of state shall electronically submit to the superintendent the data requested, including the amount of taxes collected and the name of the domestic insurance company from whom collected. The treasurer of state may adopt rules concerning the methods and timeliness of payments under this division.

(C) Each tax bill issued pursuant to this section shall separately reflect the taxes due, interest, if any, due date, and any other information considered necessary. The last day on which payment may be made without penalty shall be the fifteenth day of June, unless that day is not a business day as defined in section 5709.40 of the Revised Code, in which case the payment may be made on the next business day. The treasurer of state shall issue the tax bill to the taxpayer electronically through the department of insurance's web site.

The treasurer of state shall refund taxes as provided in this section, but no refund shall be made to a taxpayer having a delinquent claim certified pursuant to this section that remains unpaid. The treasurer of state may consult the attorney general regarding such claims. Refunds shall be paid from the tax refund fund created by section 5703.052 of the Revised Code.

(D)(1) Unless an exigency exists, the treasurer of state shall issue a tax bill within twenty days after receipt of an assessment certified by the superintendent of insurance under section 5725.20 of the Revised Code, but if such assessment reflects a late filed tax return, the treasurer of state shall add interest as provided in division (A) of section 5725.221 of the Revised Code and issue a tax bill. In the case of an exigency, the treasurer of state shall issue the tax bill as soon as possible and may extend the due date for payment of the tax prescribed by division (C) of this section.

(2) After receipt of any amended or final assessment of taxes received from the superintendent of insurance pursuant to section 5725.20 of the Revised Code, the treasurer of state shall ascertain the difference between the total taxes computed on such assessment and the total taxes computed on the most recent assessment certified for the same tax year. If the difference is a deficiency, the treasurer of state shall add interest as provided in division (B)(1) of section 5725.221 of the Revised Code and issue a tax bill, with payment due thirty days after the date of the bill is issued. If the difference is an excess, the treasurer of state shall add interest as provided in division (B)(2) of section 5725.221 of the Revised Code and certify the name of the taxpayer and the amount to be refunded to the director of budget and management for payment to the taxpayer. If the taxpayer has a deficiency for one tax year and an excess for another tax year, or any combination thereof for more than two tax years, the treasurer of state may determine the net result after adding interest, if applicable, and, depending on such result, proceed to issue a tax bill or certify a refund.

(E) If a taxpayer fails to pay all taxes and interest, if any, on or before the due date shown on the tax bill issued by the treasurer of state, the treasurer of state shall add a penalty equal to five hundred dollars for each month the taxpayer fails to pay all taxes and interest due. The treasurer of state may add an additional penalty, not to exceed ten per cent of the taxes and interest due, if the taxpayer fails to demonstrate that the taxpayer made a good faith effort to pay all taxes and interest on or before the due date shown on the tax bill. The treasurer of state shall prepare a delinquent claim for each tax bill on which penalties were added and certify such claims to the attorney general for collection. The attorney general shall transmit a copy of each claim certified by the treasurer of state to the superintendent of insurance. For each claim certified by the treasurer of state, the attorney general shall proceed to collect the delinquent taxes, penalties, and interest thereon in the manner prescribed by law.

Last updated September 6, 2023 at 3:07 PM

Section 5725.221 | Interest charged for late filing.
 

For the purposes of this section, interest shall be computed at a rate per calendar month, rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of one per cent, equal to one-twelfth of the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code for the calendar year that includes the month for which the interest accrues.

(A) When taxes levied by section 3737.71, 5707.03, or 5725.18 of the Revised Code are assessed as the result of a tax return being filed late, the treasurer of state or tax commissioner, as appropriate, shall add interest to the taxes due. The interest shall accrue from the first day of the month following the last day on which such taxes were required to be paid, had the assessment been certified by the date prescribed, to the last day of the month preceding the date on which the assessment was certified, and shall be computed on the taxes due.

(B) If an assessment has been certified pursuant to section 5711.13, 5725.08, 5725.16, 5725.20, or 5725.222 of the Revised Code and an amended or final assessment is certified for the same taxpayer and the same tax year, the treasurer of state or tax commissioner, as appropriate, shall add interest to the deficiency or excess. The interest shall be computed on the excess or deficiency, and shall be accrued in the following manner:

(1) On a deficiency, interest shall accrue from the first day of the month following the last day on which the previous assessment was required to be paid, to the last day of the month preceding the date on which the amended or final assessment is certified;

(2) On an excess, interest shall be allowed from the first day of the month following the date of payment of the previous assessment, to the last day of the month preceding the date on which the amended or final assessment is certified.

Section 5725.222 | Application for tax refund by domestic insurance company.
 

(A) An application to refund to a domestic insurance company any taxes imposed by section 3737.71 of the Revised Code or amounts imposed under this chapter that are overpaid, paid illegally or erroneously, or paid on any illegal, erroneous, or excessive assessment, with interest thereon as provided by section 5725.221 of the Revised Code, shall be filed with the superintendent of insurance, on the form prescribed by the superintendent, within three years after the date of the illegal, erroneous, or excessive payment. No refund shall be allowed unless an application has been filed in accordance with this section. The time limit imposed under this division may be extended if both the domestic insurance company and the superintendent of insurance agree in writing to the extension.

(B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the superintendent may make an assessment against a domestic insurance company for any deficiency for the period for which a report, tax return, or tax payment is due for any taxes imposed by section 3737.71 of the Revised Code or this chapter, based on any information in the superintendent's possession. No assessment shall be made against a domestic insurance company more than three years after the later of the final date the report, tax return, or tax payment subject to the assessment was required to be filed or paid, or the date the report or tax return was filed, provided that there shall be no bar if the domestic insurance company failed to file the required report or tax return or if the deficiency results from fraud or any felonious act. The time limit may be extended if both the domestic insurance company and the superintendent agree in writing to the extension. For the purposes of this division, an assessment is made on the date the notification of the assessment is sent by the department of insurance or the date of an invoice for the assessment from the treasurer of state, whichever is earlier.

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Section 5725.23 | Action to recover delinquent taxes.
 

Taxes, interest, and penalties may be recovered from a delinquent domestic insurance company or person in an action brought in the name of the state in the court of common pleas of Franklin county or any county in which such company or person has an office or place of business, and such court shall have jurisdiction of such action regardless of the amount involved. The attorney general, on request of the superintendent of insurance or tax commissioner, shall institute such action in the court of common pleas of Franklin county or any other county the superintendent or commissioner directs. In any such action, it shall be sufficient to allege that the tax, interest, and penalty sought to be recovered stand charged on the tax list of domestic insurance company franchise taxes or intangible property taxes in the office of the treasurer of state and have been unpaid for a period of forty-five days after having been placed thereon. Sums recovered in any such action shall be paid into the state treasury and distributed as provided in section 5725.24 of the Revised Code.

Section 5725.24 | Distribution of taxes collected.
 

(A) The taxes levied by section 5725.18 of the Revised Code and collected pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.

(B) The taxes levied by section 5707.03 of the Revised Code on the value of shares in and capital employed by all dealers in intangibles shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.

Section 5725.25 | Tax on real estate of domestic insurance company.
 

(A) The real estate of a domestic insurance company shall be taxed in the place where it is located, the same as the real estate of other persons is taxed, but the tax provided for by sections 5725.01 to 5725.26 of the Revised Code, shall be in lieu of all other taxes on the other property and assets of such domestic insurance company, except as provided in division (B) of this section, and of all other taxes, charges, and excises on such domestic insurance companies, and all other taxes on the stockholders, members, or policyholders of such company by reason of their stock or other interest in such insurance company, except as to annuities or the right to receive the proceeds of a policy payable after its maturity in installments, or left with the company at interest. Sections 5725.01 to 5725.26 of the Revised Code do not assess any tax on any foreign insurance company or affect any tax on a foreign insurance company under any laws of this state.

(B) Tangible personal property taxable under Chapter 5711. of the Revised Code shall be subject to taxation if it is owned by a domestic insurance company and leased or held for the purpose of leasing to a person other than an insurance company for use in business.

(C) For reports required to be filed under section 5725.14 of the Revised Code in 2003 and thereafter, nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt the property of any dealer in intangibles under section 5725.13 of the Revised Code from the tax imposed under section 5707.03 of the Revised Code.

Section 5725.26 | Tax on real estate of financial institutions and dealers in intangibles.
 

The real estate of a financial institution or dealer in intangibles shall be taxed in the place where it is located, the same as the real estate of persons is taxed, but the taxes provided for in Chapters 5725., 5726., 5733., and 5751. of the Revised Code shall be in lieu of all other taxes on the other property and assets of such institution or dealer, except personal property taxable under Chapter 5711. of the Revised Code and leased, or held for the purpose of leasing, to others if the owner or lessor of the property acquired it for the sole purpose of leasing it to others.

For reports required to be filed under section 5725.14 of the Revised Code in 2003 and thereafter, nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt the property of any dealer in intangibles under section 5725.13 of the Revised Code from the tax imposed under section 5707.03 of the Revised Code.

Section 5725.31 | Eligible employee training costs tax credit.
 

(A) As used in this section:

(1) "Eligible employee" and "eligible training costs" have the same meanings as in section 5733.42 of the Revised Code.

(2) "Tax assessed under this chapter" means, in the case of a dealer in intangibles, the tax assessed under sections 5725.13 to 5725.17 of the Revised Code and, in the case of a domestic insurance company, the taxes assessed under sections 5725.18 to 5725.26 of the Revised Code.

(3) "Taxpayer" means a dealer in intangibles or a domestic insurance company subject to a tax assessed under this chapter.

(4) "Credit period" means, in the case of a dealer in intangibles, the calendar year ending on the thirty-first day of December next preceding the day the report is required to be returned under section 5725.14 of the Revised Code and, in the case of a domestic insurance company, the calendar year ending on the thirty-first day of December next preceding the day the annual statement is required to be returned under section 5725.18 or 5725.181 of the Revised Code.

(B) There is hereby allowed a nonrefundable credit against the tax imposed under this chapter for a taxpayer for which a tax credit certificate is issued under section 5733.42 of the Revised Code. The credit may be claimed for credit periods beginning on or after January 1, 2003, and ending on or before December 31, 2007. The amount of the credit for the credit period beginning on January 1, 2003, shall equal one-half of the average of the eligible training costs paid or incurred by the taxpayer during calendar years 1998, 1999, and 2000, not to exceed one thousand dollars for each eligible employee on account of whom eligible training costs were paid or incurred by the taxpayer. The amount of the credit for the credit period beginning on January 1, 2004, shall equal one-half of the average of the eligible training costs paid or incurred by the taxpayer during calendar years 2002, 2003, and 2004, not to exceed one thousand dollars for each eligible employee on account of whom eligible training costs were paid or incurred by the taxpayer. The amount of the credit for the credit period beginning on January 1, 2005, shall equal one-half of the average of the eligible training costs paid or incurred by the taxpayer during calendar years 2003, 2004, and 2005, not to exceed one thousand dollars for each eligible employee on account of whom eligible training costs were paid or incurred by the taxpayer. The amount of the credit for the credit period beginning on January 1, 2006, shall equal one-half of the average of the eligible training costs paid or incurred by the taxpayer during calendar years 2004, 2005, and 2006, not to exceed one thousand dollars for each eligible employee on account of whom eligible training costs were paid or incurred by the taxpayer. The amount of the credit for the credit period beginning on January 1, 2007, shall equal one-half of the average of the eligible training costs paid or incurred by the taxpayer during calendar years 2005, 2006, and 2007, not to exceed one thousand dollars for each eligible employee on account of whom eligible training costs were paid or incurred by the taxpayer.

The credit claimed by a taxpayer each credit period shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars.

A taxpayer shall apply to the director of job and family services for a tax credit certificate in the manner prescribed by division (C) of section 5733.42 of the Revised Code. Divisions (C) to (H) of that section govern the tax credit allowed by this section, except that "credit period" shall be substituted for "tax year with respect to a calendar year" wherever that phrase appears in those divisions and that a taxpayer under this section shall be considered a taxpayer for the purposes of that section.

A taxpayer may carry forward the credit allowed under this section to the extent that the credit exceeds the taxpayer's tax due for the credit period. The taxpayer may carry the excess credit forward for three credit periods following the credit period for which the credit is first claimed under this section. The credit allowed by this section is in addition to any credit allowed under section 5729.031 of the Revised Code.

Section 5725.32 | Refundable credit against tax on domestic insurance company.
 

Upon the issuance of a tax credit certificate by the director of development, a refundable credit granted by the tax credit authority under section 122.17 of the Revised Code may be claimed against the tax imposed by section 5725.18 of the Revised Code. The credit shall be claimed in the calendar year specified in the certificate issued by the director of development.

Section 5725.33 | New markets tax credit.
 

(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, terms used in this section have the same meaning as section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code, any related proposed, temporary, or final regulations promulgated under the Internal Revenue Code, any rules or guidance of the internal revenue service or the United States department of the treasury, and any related rules or guidance issued by the community development financial institutions fund of the United States department of the treasury, as such law, regulations, rules, and guidance exist on October 16, 2009.

As used in this section:

(1) "Adjusted purchase price" means the amount paid for the portion of a qualified equity investment approved or certified by the director of development services for a qualified community development entity in accordance with rules adopted under division (E) of this section.

(2) "Applicable percentage" means zero per cent for each of the first two credit allowance dates, seven per cent for the third credit allowance date, and eight per cent for the four following credit allowance dates.

(3) "Credit allowance date" means the date, on or after January 1, 2010, a qualified equity investment is made and each of the six anniversary dates thereafter. For qualified equity investments made after October 16, 2009, but before January 1, 2010, the initial credit allowance date is January 1, 2010, and each of the six anniversary dates thereafter is on the first day of January of each year.

(4) "Qualified community development entity" includes only entities:

(a) That have entered into an allocation agreement with the community development financial institutions fund of the United States department of the treasury with respect to credits authorized by section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code;

(b) Whose service area includes any portion of this state; and

(c) That will designate an equity investment in such entities as a qualified equity investment for purposes of both section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code and this section.

(5) "Qualified equity investment" is limited to an equity investment in a qualified community development entity that:

(a) Is acquired after October 16, 2009, at its original issuance solely in exchange for cash;

(b) Has at least eighty-five per cent of its cash purchase price used by the qualified community development entity to make qualified low-income community investments in qualified active low-income community businesses in this state, provided that in the seventh year after a qualified equity investment is made, only seventy-five per cent of such cash purchase price must be used by the qualified community development entity to make qualified low-income community investments in those businesses; and

(c) Is designated by the issuer as a qualified equity investment.

"Qualified equity investment" includes any equity investment that would, but for division (A)(5)(a) of this section, be a qualified equity investment in the hands of the taxpayer if such investment was a qualified equity investment in the hands of a prior holder.

(B) There is hereby allowed a nonrefundable credit against the tax imposed by section 5725.18 of the Revised Code for an insurance company holding a qualified equity investment on the credit allowance date occurring in the calendar year for which the tax is due. The credit shall equal the applicable percentage of the adjusted purchase price, subject to divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section:

(1) For the purpose of calculating the amount of qualified low-income community investments held by a qualified community development entity, an investment shall be considered held by a qualified community development entity even if the investment has been sold or repaid, provided that, at any time before the seventh anniversary of the issuance of the qualified equity investment, the qualified community development entity reinvests an amount equal to the capital returned to or received or recovered by the qualified community development entity from the original investment, exclusive of any profits realized and costs incurred in the sale or repayment, in another qualified low-income community investment in this state within twelve months of the receipt of such capital. If the qualified low-income community investment is sold or repaid after the sixth anniversary of the issuance of the qualified equity investment, the qualified low-income community investment shall be considered held by the qualified community development entity through the seventh anniversary of the qualified equity investment's issuance.

(2) The qualified low-income community investment made in this state shall equal the sum of the qualified low-income community investments in each qualified active low-income community business in this state, not to exceed two million five hundred sixty-four thousand dollars, in which the qualified community development entity invests, including such investments in any such businesses in this state related to that qualified active low-income community business through majority ownership or control.

The credit shall be claimed in the order prescribed by section 5725.98 of the Revised Code. If the amount of the credit exceeds the amount of tax otherwise due after deducting all other credits in that order, the excess may be carried forward and applied to the tax due for not more than four ensuing years.

By claiming a tax credit under this section, an insurance company waives its rights under section 5725.222 of the Revised Code with respect to the time limitation for the assessment of taxes as it relates to credits claimed that later become subject to recapture under division (E) of this section.

(C) The aggregate amount of credit allocations made by the director of development services under this section and sections 5726.54, 5729.16, and 5733.58 of the Revised Code each fiscal year shall not exceed ten million dollars.

(D) If any amount of the federal tax credit allowed for a qualified equity investment for which a credit was received under this section is recaptured under section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code, or if the director of development services determines that an investment for which a tax credit is claimed under this section is not a qualified equity investment or that the proceeds of an investment for which a tax credit is claimed under this section are used to make qualified low-income community investments other than in a qualified active low-income community business in this state, all or a portion of the credit received on account of that investment shall be paid by the insurance company that received the credit to the superintendent of insurance. The amount to be recovered shall be determined by the director of development services pursuant to rules adopted under division (E) of this section. The director shall certify any amount due under this division to the superintendent of insurance, and the superintendent shall notify the treasurer of state of the amount due. Upon notification, the treasurer shall invoice the insurance company for the amount due. The amount due is payable not later than thirty days after the date the treasurer invoices the insurance company. The amount due shall be considered to be tax due under section 5725.18 of the Revised Code, and may be collected by assessment without regard to the time limitations imposed under section 5725.222 of the Revised Code for the assessment of taxes by the superintendent. All amounts collected under this division shall be credited as revenue from the tax levied under section 5725.18 of the Revised Code.

(E) The tax credits authorized under this section and sections 5726.54, 5729.16, and 5733.58 of the Revised Code shall be administered by the development services agency. The director of development services, in consultation with the tax commissioner and the superintendent of insurance, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules for the administration of this section and sections 5726.54, 5729.16, and 5733.58 of the Revised Code. The rules shall provide for determining the recovery of credits under division (D) of this section and under sections 5726.54, 5729.16, and 5733.58 of the Revised Code, including prorating the amount of the credit to be recovered on any reasonable basis, the manner in which credits may be allocated among claimants, and the amount of any application or other fees to be charged in connection with a recovery.

(F) The director of development services is authorized to charge reasonable application and other fees in connection with the administration of tax credits authorized by this section and sections 5726.54, 5729.16, and 5733.58 of the Revised Code. Any such fees collected shall be credited to the tax incentives operating fund created in section 122.174 of the Revised Code.

(G) Tax credits earned or allocated to a pass-through entity, as that term is defined in section 5733.04 of the Revised Code, under section 5725.33, 5726.54, 5729.16, or 5733.58 of the Revised Code may be allocated to persons having a direct or indirect ownership interest in the pass-through entity for such persons' direct use in accordance with the provisions of any mutual agreement between such persons.

Section 5725.34 | Tax credit for insurance companies holding rehabilitation tax credit certificate.
 

(A) As used in this section, "certificate owner" has the same meaning as in section 149.311 of the Revised Code.

(B) There is allowed a credit against the tax imposed by section 5725.18 of the Revised Code for an insurance company subject to that tax that is a certificate owner of a rehabilitation tax credit certificate issued under section 149.311 of the Revised Code. The credit shall equal twenty-five per cent of the dollar amount indicated on the certificate, but the amount of the credit allowed for any company for any year shall not exceed five million dollars. The credit shall be claimed in the calendar year specified in the certificate and in the order required under section 5725.98 of the Revised Code. If the credit exceeds the amount of tax otherwise due in that year, the excess shall be refunded to the company but, if any amount of the credit is refunded, the sum of the amount refunded and the amount applied to reduce the tax otherwise due in that year shall not exceed three million dollars. The company may carry forward any balance of the credit in excess of the amount claimed in that year for not more than five ensuing years, and shall deduct any amount claimed in any such year from the amount claimed in an ensuing year.

(C) An insurance company claiming a credit under this section shall retain the rehabilitation tax credit certificate for four years following the end of the year in which the credit was claimed, and shall make the certificate available for inspection by the tax commissioner upon the request of the tax commissioner during that period.

Section 5725.35 | Transformational mixed use development tax credit.
 

There is allowed a credit against the tax imposed by section 5725.18 of the Revised Code for an insurance company subject to that tax that holds the rights to a tax credit certificate issued under section 122.09 of the Revised Code. The credit shall equal the dollar amount indicated on the certificate. The credit shall be claimed in the calendar year specified in the certificate and in the order required under section 5725.98 of the Revised Code. If the credit exceeds the amount of tax otherwise due in that year, the company may carry forward the excess for not more than five ensuing years, but the amount of the excess credit claimed against the tax for any year shall be deducted from the balance carried forward to the next year.

Section 5725.36 | State low-income housing tax credit.
 

(A) Terms used in this section have the same meanings as in section 175.16 of the Revised Code.

(B) There is allowed a nonrefundable tax credit against the tax imposed by section 5725.18 of the Revised Code for a domestic insurance company that is allocated a credit issued by the executive director of the Ohio housing finance agency under section 175.16 of the Revised Code. The credit equals the amount allocated to such company for the calendar year and reported by the designated reporter on the form prescribed by division (I) of section 175.16 of the Revised Code.

The credit authorized in this section shall be claimed in the order required under section 5725.98 of the Revised Code. If the amount of a credit exceeds the tax otherwise due under section 5725.18 of the Revised Code after deducting all other credits preceding the credit in the order prescribed in section 5725.98 of the Revised Code, the excess may be carried forward for not more than five ensuing calendar years. The amount of the excess credit claimed in any such year shall be deducted from the balance carried forward to the next calendar year.

No credit shall be claimed under this section to the extent the credit was claimed under section 5726.58, 5729.19, or 5747.83 of the Revised Code.

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Section 5725.37 | Tax credit for single-family housing development.
 

(A) Terms used in this section have the same meanings as in section 175.17 of the Revised Code.

(B) There is allowed a nonrefundable tax credit against the tax imposed by section 5725.18 of the Revised Code for a domestic insurance company that is allocated a credit issued by the executive director of the Ohio housing finance agency under section 175.17 of the Revised Code. The credit shall equal the amount allocated to such company for the calendar year and reported by the designated reporter on the form prescribed by division (H) of section 175.17 of the Revised Code.

The credit authorized in this section shall be claimed in the order required under section 5725.98 of the Revised Code. If the amount of a credit exceeds the tax otherwise due under section 5725.18 of the Revised Code after deducting all other credits preceding the credit in the order prescribed in section 5725.98 of the Revised Code, the excess may be carried forward for not more than five ensuing calendar years. The amount of the excess credit claimed in any such year shall be deducted from the balance carried forward to the next calendar year.

No credit shall be claimed under this section to the extent the credit was claimed under section 5726.60, 5729.20, or 5747.84 of the Revised Code.

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Section 5725.98 | Order of claims for tax credits and offsets.
 

(A) To provide a uniform procedure for calculating the amount of tax imposed by section 5725.18 of the Revised Code that is due under this chapter, a taxpayer shall claim any credits and offsets against tax liability to which it is entitled in the following order:

The credit for an insurance company or insurance company group under section 5729.031 of the Revised Code;

The credit for eligible employee training costs under section 5725.31 of the Revised Code;

The credit for purchasers of qualified low-income community investments under section 5725.33 of the Revised Code;

The nonrefundable job retention credit under division (B) of section 122.171 of the Revised Code;

The nonrefundable credit for investments in rural business growth funds under section 122.152 of the Revised Code;

The nonrefundable Ohio low-income housing tax credit under section 5725.36 of the Revised Code;

The nonrefundable affordable single-family home credit under section 5725.37 of the Revised Code;

The nonrefundable credit for contributing capital to a transformational mixed use development project under section 5725.35 of the Revised Code;

The offset of assessments by the Ohio life and health insurance guaranty association permitted by section 3956.20 of the Revised Code;

The refundable credit for rehabilitating a historic building under section 5725.34 of the Revised Code;

The refundable credit for Ohio job retention under former division (B)(2) or (3) of section 122.171 of the Revised Code as those divisions existed before September 29, 2015, the effective date of the amendment of this section by H.B. 64 of the 131st general assembly;

The refundable credit for Ohio job creation under section 5725.32 of the Revised Code;

The refundable credit under section 5725.19 of the Revised Code for losses on loans made under the Ohio venture capital program under sections 150.01 to 150.10 of the Revised Code.

(B) For any credit except the refundable credits enumerated in this section, the amount of the credit for a taxable year shall not exceed the tax due after allowing for any other credit that precedes it in the order required under this section. Any excess amount of a particular credit may be carried forward if authorized under the section creating that credit. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to allow a taxpayer to claim, directly or indirectly, a credit more than once for a taxable year.

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