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Section 5735.01 | Motor fuel tax definitions.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly
As used in this chapter: (A) "Motor vehicles" includes all vehicles, vessels, watercraft, engines, machines, or mechanical contrivances which are powered by internal combustion engines or motors. (B) "Motor fuel" means gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene, compressed natural gas, or any other liquid motor fuel, including, but not limited to, liquid petroleum gas or liquid natural gas, but excluding substances prepackaged and sold in containers of five gallons or less. (C) "Kerosene" means all grades of kerosene, including, but not limited to, the two grades of kerosene, no. 1-K and no. 2-K, commonly known as K-1 kerosene and K-2 kerosene, respectively, described in the American Society for Testing Materials Standard D-3699, in effect on January 1, 1999, and aviation grade kerosene. (D) "Diesel fuel" means any liquid fuel capable of use in discrete form or as a blend component in the operation of engines of the diesel type, including transmix when mixed with diesel fuel. (E) "Gasoline" means any of the following: (1) All products, commonly or commercially known or sold as gasoline; (2) Any blend stocks or additives, including alcohol, that are sold for blending with gasoline, other than products typically sold in containers of five gallons or less; (3) Transmix when mixed with gasoline, unless certified, as required by the tax commissioner, for withdrawal from terminals for reprocessing at refineries; (4) Alcohol that is offered for sale or sold for use as, or commonly and commercially used as, a fuel for internal combustion engines. Gasoline does not include diesel fuel, commercial or industrial napthas or solvents manufactured, imported, received, stored, distributed, sold, or used exclusively for purposes other than as a motor fuel for a motor vehicle or vessel. The blending of any of the products listed in the preceding sentence, regardless of name or characteristics, is conclusively presumed to have been done to produce gasoline, unless the product obtained by the blending is entirely incapable for use as fuel to operate a motor vehicle. An additive, blend stock, or alcohol is presumed to be sold for blending unless a certification is obtained as required by the tax commissioner. (F) "Public highways" means lands and lots over which the public, either as user or owner, generally has a right to pass, even though the same are closed temporarily by the authorities for the purpose of construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or repair. (G) "Waters within the boundaries of this state" means all streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, water courses, and all other bodies of surface water, natural or artificial, which are situated wholly or partially within this state or within its jurisdiction, except private impounded bodies of water. (H) "Person" includes individuals, partnerships, firms, associations, corporations, receivers, trustees in bankruptcy, estates, joint-stock companies, joint ventures, the state and its political subdivisions, and any combination of persons of any form. (I)(1) "Motor fuel dealer" means any person who satisfies any of the following: (a) The person imports from another state or foreign country or acquires motor fuel by any means into a terminal in this state; (b) The person imports motor fuel from another state or foreign country in bulk lot vehicles for subsequent sale and distribution in this state from bulk lot vehicles; (c) The person refines motor fuel in this state; (d) The person acquires motor fuel from a motor fuel dealer for subsequent sale and distribution by that person in this state from bulk lot vehicles; (e) The person possesses an unrevoked permissive motor fuel dealer's license. (2) Any person who obtains dyed diesel fuel for use other than the operation of motor vehicles upon the public highways or upon waters within the boundaries of this state, but later uses that motor fuel for the operation of motor vehicles upon the public highways or upon waters within the boundaries of this state, is deemed a motor fuel dealer as regards any unpaid motor fuel taxes levied on the motor fuel so used. (J) As used in section 5735.05 of the Revised Code only: (1) With respect to gasoline, "received" or "receipt" shall be construed as follows: (a) Gasoline produced at a refinery in this state or delivered to a terminal in this state is deemed received when it is disbursed through a loading rack at that refinery or terminal; (b) Except as provided in division (J)(1)(a) of this section, gasoline imported into this state or purchased or otherwise acquired in this state by any person is deemed received within this state by that person when the gasoline is withdrawn from the container in which it was transported; (c) Gasoline delivered or disbursed by any means from a terminal directly to another terminal is not deemed received. (2) With respect to motor fuel other than gasoline, "received" or "receipt" means distributed or sold for use or used to generate power for the operation of motor vehicles upon the public highways or upon waters within the boundaries of this state. All diesel fuel that is not dyed diesel fuel, regardless of its use, shall be considered as used to generate power for the operation of motor vehicles upon the public highways or upon waters within the boundaries of this state when the fuel is sold or distributed to a person other than a licensed motor fuel dealer or to a person licensed under section 5735.026 of the Revised Code. (K) Motor fuel used for the operation of licensed motor vehicles employed in the maintenance, construction, or repair of public highways is deemed to be used for the operation of motor vehicles upon the public highways. (L) "Licensed motor fuel dealer" means any dealer possessing an unrevoked motor fuel dealer's license issued by the tax commissioner as provided in section 5735.02 of the Revised Code. (M) "Licensed retail dealer" means any retail dealer possessing an unrevoked retail dealer's license issued by the tax commissioner as provided in section 5735.022 of the Revised Code. (N) "Refinery" means a facility used to produce motor fuel and from which motor fuel may be removed by pipeline, by vessel, or at a rack. (O) "Retail dealer" means any person that sells or distributes motor fuel at a retail service station located in this state. (P) "Retail service station" means a location from which motor fuel is sold to the general public and is dispensed or pumped directly into motor vehicle fuel tanks for consumption. (Q) "Transit bus" means a motor vehicle that is operated for public transit or paratransit service on a regular and continuing basis within the state by or for a county, a municipal corporation, a county transit board pursuant to sections 306.01 to 306.13 of the Revised Code, a regional transit authority pursuant to sections 306.30 to 306.54 of the Revised Code, or a regional transit commission pursuant to sections 306.80 to 306.90 of the Revised Code. Public transit or paratransit service may include fixed route, demand-responsive, or subscription bus service transportation, but does not include shared-ride taxi service, carpools, vanpools, jitney service, school bus transportation, or charter or sightseeing services. (R) "Export" means to obtain motor fuel in this state for sale or other distribution outside this state. For the purposes of this division, motor fuel delivered outside this state by or for the seller constitutes an export by the seller, and motor fuel delivered outside this state by or for the purchaser constitutes an export by the purchaser. (S) "Import" means motor fuel delivered into this state from outside this state. Motor fuel delivered into this state from outside this state by or for the seller constitutes an import by the seller. Motor fuel delivered into this state from outside this state by or for the purchaser constitutes an import by the purchaser. (T) "Terminal" means a motor fuel storage or distribution facility that is supplied by pipeline or marine vessel. (U) "Consumer" means a buyer of motor fuel for purposes other than resale in any form. (V) "Bulk lot vehicle" means railroad tank cars, transport tank trucks, and tank wagons with a capacity of at least 1,400 gallons. (W) "Licensed permissive motor fuel dealer" means any person possessing an unrevoked permissive motor fuel dealer's license issued by the tax commissioner under section 5735.021 of the Revised Code. (X) "Licensed terminal operator" means any person possessing an unrevoked terminal operator's license issued by the tax commissioner under section 5735.027 of the Revised Code. (Y) "Licensed exporter" means any person possessing an unrevoked exporter's license issued by the tax commissioner under section 5735.026 of the Revised Code. (Z) "Dyed diesel fuel" means diesel fuel satisfying the requirements of 26 U.S.C. 4082. (AA) "Gross gallons" means U.S. gallons without temperature or barometric adjustments. (BB) "Bulk plant" means a motor fuel storage and distribution facility, other than a terminal, from which motor fuel may be withdrawn by railroad car, transport trucks, tank wagons, or marine vessels. (CC) "Transporter" means either of the following: (1) A railroad company, street, suburban, or interurban railroad company, a pipeline company, or water transportation company that transports motor fuel, either in interstate or intrastate commerce, to points in this state; (2) A person that transports motor fuel by any manner to a point in this state. (DD) "Exporter" means either of the following: (1) A person that is licensed to collect and remit motor fuel taxes in a specified state of destination; (2) A person that is statutorily prohibited from obtaining a license to collect and remit motor fuel taxes in a specified state of destination, and is licensed to sell or distribute tax-paid motor fuel in the specified state of destination. (EE) "Report" means a report or return required to be filed under this chapter and may be used interchangeably with, and for all purposes has the same meaning as, "return." (FF) "Aviation fuel" means aviation gasoline or aviation grade kerosene or any other fuel that is used in aircraft. (GG) "Aviation gasoline" means fuel specifically compounded for use in reciprocating aircraft engines. (HH) "Aviation grade kerosene" means any kerosene type jet fuel covered by ASTM Specification D1655 or meeting specification MIL-DTL-5624T (Grade JP-5) or MTL-DTL-83133E (Grade JP-8). (II) "Aviation fuel dealer" means a person that acquires aviation fuel from a supplier or from another aviation fuel dealer for subsequent sale to a person other than an end user. (JJ) "Compressed natural gas" means natural gas compressed to a level at or above two thousand nine hundred pounds per square inch and stored in high pressure containers.
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Section 5735.011 | Measurement of liquid natural gas.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly
For the purposes of this chapter, amounts of liquid natural gas and compressed natural gas shall be measured in gallon equivalents as follows: (A) The diesel gallon equivalent standard for liquid natural gas shall be the equivalent of one gallon of motor fuel; (B) The diesel gallon equivalent standard for compressed natural gas is one hundred thirty-nine and thirty one-hundredths cubic feet, which equals six and thirty-eight one-hundredths pounds.
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Section 5735.02 | Dealer's license - application - right to refuse license - fee.
Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) A motor fuel dealer shall not receive, use, sell, or distribute any motor fuel or engage in business within this state unless the motor fuel dealer holds an unrevoked license issued by the tax commissioner to engage in such business. (B) To procure a motor fuel dealer's license, every motor fuel dealer shall file with the commissioner an application verified under oath by the applicant and in such form as the commissioner prescribes, setting forth, in addition to such other information required by the commissioner, the following: (1) The name under which the motor fuel dealer will transact business within the state; (2) The location, including street number address, of its principal office or place of business within this state; (3) The name and address of the owner, or the names and addresses of the partners if such motor fuel dealer is a partnership, or the names and addresses of the principal officers if such motor fuel dealer is a corporation or an association; (4) If such motor fuel dealer is a corporation organized under the laws of another state, territory, or country, a certified copy of the certificate or license issued by the Ohio secretary of state showing that such corporation is authorized to transact business in this state; (5) An agreement that the motor fuel dealer will assume the liability and will pay the tax on any shipment of motor fuel made into the state from any other state or foreign country and sold or caused to be sold by such motor fuel dealer for delivery to a person in this state who is not the holder of an unrevoked motor fuel dealer's license. (C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, an application for a license shall be accompanied by a bond, of the character stipulated and in the amount provided for in section 5735.03 of the Revised Code, which shall be filed with the commissioner. (2) The commissioner may exempt a motor fuel dealer from the requirements set forth in division (C)(1) of this section and section 5735.03 of the Revised Code if the motor fuel dealer only sells or distributes motor fuel upon which the motor fuel taxes imposed under this chapter have been paid or are not required to be paid by the motor fuel dealer. (D) If any application for a license to transact business as a motor fuel dealer in the state is filed by any person who has had any license previously canceled for cause by the tax commissioner; if the commissioner believes that such application is not filed in good faith or that such application is filed as a subterfuge by some person for the real person in interest who has previously had any license canceled for cause by the tax commissioner; if the person has violated any provision of this chapter; or if the person has failed to file any returns, submit any information, or pay any outstanding taxes, charges, or fees as required for any tax, charge, or fee administered by the commissioner, to the extent the commissioner is aware of such failure at the time of the application, then the tax commissioner, after a hearing, of which the applicant shall be given five days' notice in writing and at which said applicant shall have the right to appear in person or by counsel and present testimony, may refuse to issue to such person a license to transact business as a motor fuel dealer in the state. (E) When the application in proper form has been accepted for filing, and the bond accepted and approved, the commissioner shall issue to such motor fuel dealer a license to transact business as a motor fuel dealer in the state, subject to cancellation of such license as provided by law. (F) No person shall make a false or fraudulent statement on the application required by this section.
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Section 5735.021 | Application for permissive motor fuel dealer's license.
Effective:
October 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 305 - 121st General Assembly
(A) Each person who would qualify for a motor fuel dealer's license under any division in divisions (I)(1)(a) through (d) of section 5735.01 of the Revised Code if that person's business activity were conducted in this state, who makes a sale for export to this state to a person who is not a licensed motor fuel dealer, and who wishes to collect the tax imposed by this chapter on behalf of any person who is not a licensed motor fuel dealer may obtain a permissive motor fuel dealer's license. Application for and possession of a permissive motor fuel dealer's license shall not in itself subject the applicant or licensee to the jurisdiction of this state for any purpose other than administration and enforcement of this chapter. To obtain a permissive motor fuel dealer's license, a person shall file with the tax commissioner an application verified under oath by that person, and shall include the following in the application: (1) The name under which the permissive motor fuel dealer will transact business; (2) The location, including street number address of its principal place of business outside this state; (3) The names and addresses of the owner, or the names and addresses of the partners if the permissive motor fuel dealer is a partnership, or the names and addresses of the principal officers if the permissive motor fuel dealer is a corporation or an association; (4) Any other information the commissioner deems necessary. An application for a license shall be accompanied by a bond of the character stipulated and in the amount provided for in section 5735.03 of the Revised Code. The application for the license shall be filed with the commissioner. (B)(1) After a hearing as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, the tax commissioner may refuse to issue a license to transact business as a permissive motor fuel dealer in the following circumstances: (a) The applicant has previously had a license issued pursuant to this chapter canceled for cause by the tax commissioner; (b) The tax commissioner believes that the application is not filed in good faith; (c) The applicant has previously violated any provision of this chapter; (d) The application is filed as a subterfuge by the applicant for the real person in interest who has previously had a license issued pursuant to this chapter canceled for cause by the tax commissioner or who has violated any provision of this chapter. (2) The tax commissioner shall conduct a hearing before refusing to issue a license to transact business as a permissive motor fuel dealer in the state in any of the circumstances described in division (B)(1) of this section. The applicant shall be given five days' notice, in writing, of the hearing. The applicant may appear in person or be represented by counsel, and may present testimony at the hearing. (C) When an application in proper form has been accepted for filing, and the bond accepted and approved, the commissioner shall issue to the applicant a license to transact business as a permissive motor fuel dealer, subject to cancellation of the permissive motor fuel dealer license as provided by law. (D) No person shall make a false or fraudulent statement on the application required by this section.
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Section 5735.022 | Application for retail dealer's license.
Effective:
October 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 305 - 121st General Assembly
(A) A retail dealer shall not receive, use, sell, or distribute any motor fuel or engage in business within this state unless the retail dealer holds an unrevoked license, for each retail location, issued by the tax commissioner to engage in such business. To obtain a retail dealer's license, a person shall file with the tax commissioner an application sworn to under oath by that person. The application shall include the following: (1) The name under which the retail dealer will transact business within the state; (2) The location, including street number address, of the retail dealer's business within this state; (3) The name, address, and social security number of the owner, or the names, addresses, and social security numbers of the partners if such retail dealer is a partnership, or the names, addresses, and social security numbers of the principal officers if such retail dealer is a corporation or association; (4) Any other information the tax commissioner shall require. (B)(1) After a hearing as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, the tax commissioner may refuse to issue a license to transact business as a retail dealer in the state in the following circumstances: (a) The applicant has previously had a license issued pursuant to this chapter canceled for cause by the tax commissioner; (b) The tax commissioner believes that an application is not filed in good faith; (c) The applicant has previously violated any provision of this chapter; (d) The application is filed as a subterfuge by the applicant for the real person in interest who has previously had a license issued pursuant to this chapter canceled for cause by the tax commissioner or who has violated any provision of this chapter. (2) The tax commissioner shall conduct a hearing before refusing to issue a license to transact business as a retail dealer in the state in any of the circumstances described in division (B)(1) of this section. The applicant shall be given five days' notice, in writing, of the hearing. The applicant may appear in person or be represented by counsel, and may present testimony at the hearing. (C) When an application in proper form has been accepted for filing, the commissioner shall issue a license to transact business as a retail dealer in this state, subject to cancellation of such license as provided by law. (D) No person shall make a false or fraudulent statement on the application required by this section.
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Section 5735.023 | Retail service station - prohibited acts.
Effective:
September 29, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 612 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) No person operating a retail service station shall store, sell, or attempt to sell or distribute any untaxed motor fuel, except K-1 kerosene, at a retail service station. (B) A licensed motor fuel dealer that operates a bulk storage plant and also maintains at the same location a retail pump that is connected to a bulk storage tank is not subject to division (A) of this section, except that the licensed motor fuel dealer shall pay the tax on all motor fuel dispensed through the retail pump. (C) Each day, or part thereof, that a person is in violation of division (A) or (B) of this section constitutes a separate offense for purposes of section 5735.99 of the Revised Code.
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Section 5735.024 | Sale and distribution exceptions.
Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) No aviation fuel dealer shall purchase aviation fuel for resale in this state without first being licensed as an aviation fuel dealer by the tax commissioner to engage in such activities. (B) The failure to register with the commissioner as an aviation fuel dealer does not relieve a person from the requirement to file returns under this title. (C) No person shall make a false or fraudulent statement on the application required by this section. (D) Each aviation fuel dealer shall file a report with the commissioner on or before the last day of each month for the preceding month. The commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying the information that shall be required to be included in the report. (E) If an aviation fuel dealer files a false monthly report of the information required by the commissioner or fails to file a monthly report as required by this section, the commissioner may revoke the license of the aviation fuel dealer and notify the aviation fuel dealer in writing of such revocation in the manner provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 2, 2023 at 10:54 AM
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Section 5735.025 | Prohibited acts generally.
Effective:
October 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 305 - 121st General Assembly
(A) No person shall recklessly import, sell, use, deliver, transport, distribute, or store motor fuel within this state upon which the taxes imposed by this chapter are owed but have not first been paid to or reported by the holder of an unrevoked motor fuel dealer's license, or for which liability for those taxes has not accrued to the holder of an unrevoked motor fuel dealer's license. (B) No person shall evade or attempt to evade in any manner a motor fuel tax imposed by this chapter. No person shall aid or abet any person to evade or attempt to evade in any manner a motor fuel tax imposed by this chapter. Each day, or part thereof, that a person evades or attempts to evade a motor fuel tax imposed by this chapter, or aids or abets any person to evade or attempt to evade a motor fuel tax imposed by this chapter, constitutes a separate offense for purposes of section 5735.99 of the Revised Code.
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Section 5735.026 | Application for exporter license.
Effective:
March 27, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 197 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) The tax commissioner, for the purposes of administering this chapter, shall issue an exporter license to a person that receives motor fuel in this state and exports that fuel out of this state and that demonstrates to the tax commissioner's satisfaction that the person is an exporter. (B) To obtain an exporter license, a person shall file, under oath, an application with the commissioner in such form as the commissioner prescribes. The application shall set forth the following information: (1) The name under which the exporter will transact business within the state; (2) The location, including street number address, of the exporter's principal office or place of business; (3) The name and address of the owner, or the names and addresses of the partners if such exporter is a partnership, or the names and addresses of the principal officers if the exporter is a corporation or an association; (4) A certified copy of the certificate or license issued by the secretary of state showing that the corporation is authorized to transact business in this state if the exporter is a corporation organized under the laws of another state, territory, or country; (5) For an exporter described in division (DD)(1) of section 5735.01 of the Revised Code, a copy of the applicant's license or certificate to collect and remit motor fuel taxes or sell or distribute motor fuel in the specified destination state or states for which the license or certificate is to be issued; (6) Any other information the commissioner may require. (C)(1) After a hearing as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, the commissioner may refuse to issue a license to transact business as an exporter of motor fuel in the following circumstances: (a) The applicant has previously had a license issued under this chapter canceled for cause by the commissioner; (b) The commissioner believes that an application is not filed in good faith; (c) The applicant has previously violated any provision of this chapter; (d) The application is filed as a subterfuge by the applicant for the real person in interest who has previously had a license issued under this chapter canceled for cause by the commissioner or who has violated any provision of this chapter. (2) The commissioner shall conduct a hearing before refusing to issue a license to transact business as an exporter in any of the circumstances described in division (C)(1) of this section. The applicant shall be given five days' notice, in writing, of the hearing. The applicant may appear in person or be represented by counsel, and may present testimony at the hearing. (D) When an application in proper form has been accepted for filing, the commissioner shall issue to such exporter a license to transact business as an exporter of motor fuel in this state, subject to cancellation of such license as provided by law. (E) No person shall make a false or fraudulent statement on the application required by this section.
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Section 5735.027 | Application for terminal operator's license.
Effective:
October 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 305 - 121st General Assembly
(A) No person shall act in the capacity of a terminal operator within this state unless the person holds an unrevoked license issued by the tax commissioner to engage as a terminal operator. A person desiring to be a terminal operator shall file with the commissioner an application sworn to under oath. The application shall include the following: (1) The name under which the terminal operator will transact business in this state; (2) The location, including street number address, of the terminal operator's principal office or place of business within this state; (3) The location, including street number address, of each terminal operated in this state by the applicant; (4) The name and address of the owner, or the names and addresses of the partners if such terminal operator is a partnership, or the names and addresses of the principal officers if such terminal operator is a corporation or association; (5) If such terminal operator is a corporation organized under the laws of another state, territory, or country, a certified copy of the certificate or license issued by the Secretary of State showing that the corporation is authorized to transact business in this state; (6) Any other information the commissioner deems necessary. (B) The tax commissioner may require a bond adequate to ensure compliance with this chapter as a condition of issuance of any license under this section. The commissioner shall prescribe the form and content of the bond. (C)(1) After a hearing as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, the tax commissioner may refuse to issue a license to transact business as a terminal operator in the state in the following circumstances: (a) The applicant has previously had a license issued under this chapter canceled for cause by the tax commissioner; (b) The tax commissioner believes that the application is not filed in good faith; (c) The applicant has previously violated any provision of this chapter; (d) The application is filed as a subterfuge by the applicant for the real person in interest who has previously had a license issued under this chapter canceled for cause by the tax commissioner, or who has violated any provision of this chapter. (2) The tax commissioner shall conduct a hearing before refusing to issue a license to transact business as a terminal operator in any of the circumstances described in division (C)(1) of this section. The applicant shall be given five days' notice, in writing, of the hearing. The applicant may appear in person or be represented by counsel, and may present testimony at the hearing. (D) When an application in proper form has been accepted for filing, and any required bond accepted and approved, the commissioner shall issue to such terminal operator a license to transact business as a terminal operator in the state, subject to cancellation of such license as provided by law. (E) No person shall make a false or fraudulent statement on the application required by this section.
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Section 5735.03 | Dealer's surety bond - release - lien on property.
Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
Except as provided in division (C)(2) of section 5735.02 of the Revised Code, every motor fuel dealer shall file with the tax commissioner a surety bond of not less than five thousand dollars, but may be required by the tax commissioner to submit a surety bond equal to three months' average tax liability, on a form approved by and with a surety satisfactory to the commissioner, upon which the motor fuel dealer shall be the principal obligor and the state shall be the obligee, conditioned upon the prompt filing of true reports and the payment by the motor fuel dealer to the commissioner of all motor fuel excise taxes levied by the state, provided that after notice is received from the state by the surety of the delinquency of any taxes, if the surety pays the taxes within thirty days after the receipt of the notice no penalties or interest shall be charged against the surety. If the surety does not pay the taxes within thirty days, but does pay within ninety days from the date of the receipt of notice from the state by the surety, no penalty shall be assessed against the surety but the surety shall pay interest at the rate of six per cent per annum on the unpaid taxes from the date the taxes are due and payable. If the surety does not pay within ninety days then the surety shall be liable for interest and penalties, and the tax commissioner may cancel all bonds issued by the surety. The commissioner may increase or reduce the amount of the bond required to be filed by any licensed motor fuel dealer. If the commissioner finds that it is necessary to increase the bond to assure payment of the tax, the bond may be increased to an amount equal to three months/average liability or fifty thousand dollars, whichever is greater. If liability upon the bond thus filed by the motor fuel dealer with the commissioner is discharged or reduced, whether by judgment rendered, payment made, or otherwise, or if, in the opinion of the commissioner any surety on the bond theretofore given has become unsatisfactory or unacceptable, the commissioner may require the motor fuel dealer to file a new bond with satisfactory sureties in the same amount, and if a new bond is not filed the commissioner shall forthwith cancel the license of the motor fuel dealer. If a new bond is furnished by the motor fuel dealer, the commissioner shall cancel and surrender the bond of the motor fuel dealer for which the new bond is substituted. A surety on a bond furnished by a motor fuel dealer shall be released from all liability to the state accruing on the bond after the expiration of sixty days from the date upon which the surety lodges with the commissioner a written request to be released. The request shall not operate to release the surety from any liability already accrued, or which accrues before the expiration of the sixty-day period. The commissioner shall promptly on receipt of notice of the request notify the motor fuel dealer who furnished the bond and, unless the motor fuel dealer on or before the expiration of the sixty-day period files with the commissioner a new bond with a surety satisfactory to the commissioner in the amount and form provided in this section, the commissioner shall forthwith cancel the license of the motor fuel dealer. If the new bond is furnished by said motor fuel dealer, the commissioner shall cancel and surrender the bond of the motor fuel dealer for which the new bond is substituted. The commissioner, in lieu of any surety bond required by this section, may accept a deposit by a motor fuel dealer of cash. Any cash thus accepted shall be deposited with the commissioner to be held for the account of such motor fuel dealer and subject to any lawful claim of the state for any excise tax upon motor fuel, and penalties and interest thereon levied by the laws of this state. The state shall have a lien upon cash thus deposited for the amount of any motor fuel excise taxes and penalty and interest due to the state from the motor fuel dealer in whose behalf they were deposited. The amount of cash to be thus accepted shall in all respects be determined in the same manner as provided in this section for the amount of surety bonds. Any cash deposited shall be subject to levy upon execution to satisfy any judgment secured in any action by the state to recover any motor fuel excise taxes, and penalties and interest found to be due to the state from such motor fuel dealer. The cash shall be released by the commissioner upon a determination that the license of the motor fuel dealer in whose behalf they have been deposited has been canceled or that other security has been accepted in lieu thereof, and that the state asserts no claim thereto.
Last updated September 6, 2023 at 3:50 PM
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Section 5735.04 | Revocation or cancellation of dealer's license - cancellation of bond.
Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
If a motor fuel dealer files a false monthly report of the information required under section 5735.06 of the Revised Code, fails to file a monthly report as required by that section or section 5735.024 of the Revised Code, or fails to pay the full amount of the tax as required by the motor fuel laws of the state or as may be agreed upon by the tax commissioner and the motor fuel dealer, the commissioner may revoke the license of the motor fuel dealer, and notify the motor fuel dealer in writing of such revocation in the manner provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code. The commissioner may cancel any license issued to any motor fuel dealer, and the cancellation shall become effective at the time that may be determined by the commissioner. The commissioner also may cancel the license of any motor fuel dealer upon sixty days' notice mailed to the last known address of the motor fuel dealer if the commissioner, upon investigation, finds that the person to whom the license has been issued is no longer engaged in the receipt, use, or sale of motor fuel as a motor fuel dealer, and has not been so engaged for the period of six months prior to the cancellation. No license shall be canceled upon the request of any motor fuel dealer unless the motor fuel dealer, prior to the date of cancellation, has paid to the state all motor fuel taxes payable or assumed by the motor fuel dealer under the laws of the state, together with all penalties and fines accruing by reason of any failure of the motor fuel dealer to make accurate reports of receipts of motor fuel or to pay the taxes and penalties. If the license of any motor fuel dealer is canceled by the commissioner as provided in this section, and if the motor fuel dealer has paid to the state all motor fuel taxes due and payable by the motor fuel dealer under the laws of the state, or assumed by the motor fuel dealer upon the receipt, sale, or use of motor fuel, together with all penalties accruing by reason of any failure on the part of the motor fuel dealer to make accurate reports or to pay the tax and penalties, then the commissioner shall cancel and surrender the bond theretofore filed by the motor fuel dealer.
Last updated August 2, 2023 at 10:55 AM
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Section 5735.041 | Revocation of license of retail dealer.
Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The tax commissioner may revoke the license of a retail dealer in the following circumstances: (1) The retail dealer sells or attempts to sell any motor fuel upon which any motor fuel tax imposed by this chapter has not been paid; (2) The retail dealer attempts to evade any motor fuel tax imposed by this chapter; (3) The retail dealer violates any provision of this chapter. (B) The commissioner shall notify the retail dealer in writing of the revocation in the manner provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code.
Last updated August 2, 2023 at 10:56 AM
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Section 5735.042 | Revocation of license of exporter.
Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) The tax commissioner may revoke an exporter's license in the following circumstances: (1) An exporter licensed under section 5735.026 of the Revised Code purchases, for export, motor fuel in this state exclusive of the motor fuel tax, and subsequently diverts or causes the motor fuel to be diverted to a destination in this state or any state other than the originally designated state; (2) The exporter is no longer the holder of a valid license to purchase motor fuel tax free in the specified destination state or states for which the license is issued. (B) The commissioner shall notify the exporter in writing of such revocation in the manner provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:28 PM
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Section 5735.043 | Revocation or cancellation of license of terminal operator.
Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
If a terminal operator files a false monthly report of the information required under section 5735.063 of the Revised Code, or fails to file the monthly report required by section 5735.063 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner may revoke the license of the terminal operator. The commissioner shall notify the terminal operator in writing of such revocation in the manner provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code. The commissioner also may cancel the license of any terminal operator upon sixty days' notice mailed to the last known address of the terminal operator if the commissioner finds that the person to whom the license has been issued is no longer engaged as a terminal operator in this state, and has not been so engaged for at least six months prior to cancellation.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:31 PM
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Section 5735.044 | Revocation or cancellation of license of permissive motor fuel dealer.
Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
If a permissive motor fuel dealer files a false monthly report of the information required under section 5735.06 of the Revised Code, fails to file the monthly report as required by section 5735.06 of the Revised Code, or fails to pay the full amount of the tax as required by this chapter or as may be agreed upon by the tax commissioner and the permissive motor fuel dealer, the commissioner may revoke the license of the permissive motor fuel dealer. The commissioner shall notify the permissive motor fuel dealer in writing of the revocation in the manner provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code. The commissioner may cancel any license issued to any permissive motor fuel dealer and the cancellation shall become effective at the time that the commissioner determines. No license shall be canceled upon the request of any permissive motor fuel dealer unless the permissive motor fuel dealer, prior to the date of cancellation, has paid to the state all motor fuel taxes payable or assumed by the dealer under the laws of the state, together with all penalties, fines, and interest accruing by reason of any failure of the permissive motor fuel dealer to make accurate reports of sales of motor fuel or to pay the taxes, penalties, and interest. If the license of any permissive motor fuel dealer is canceled by the commissioner under this section, and the permissive motor fuel dealer has paid to the state all motor fuel taxes due and payable by the permissive motor fuel dealer under the laws of this state or assumed by the permissive motor fuel dealer upon the sale of motor fuel, together with all penalties and interest accruing by reason of any failure on the part of the permissive motor fuel dealer to make accurate reports or to pay the tax, penalties, and interest, then the commissioner shall cancel and surrender the bond previously filed by the permissive motor fuel dealer.
Last updated July 31, 2023 at 4:34 PM
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Section 5735.05 | Levy of motor fuel excise tax - exceptions.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) There is hereby levied a motor fuel excise tax on each motor fuel dealer, measured by gross gallons, upon the receipt of motor fuel within this state. The tax is levied at the rates prescribed by divisions (E) and (F) of this section. The revenue derived from twenty-eight cents per gallon of such tax rates shall be distributed under divisions (A), (B), (C), and (D) of section 5735.051 of the Revised Code to fund the following purposes in the following amounts: (1) Seventeen twenty-eighths of the revenue shall be used solely to provide revenue for maintaining the state highway system; to widen existing surfaces on such highways; to resurface such highways; to pay that portion of the construction cost of a highway project which a county, township, or municipal corporation normally would be required to pay, but which the director of transportation, pursuant to division (B) of section 5531.08 of the Revised Code, determines instead will be paid from moneys in the highway operating fund; to enable the counties of the state properly to plan, maintain, and repair their roads and to pay principal, interest, and charges on bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or incurred pursuant to section 5531.09 of the Revised Code for highway improvements; to enable the municipal corporations to plan, construct, reconstruct, repave, widen, maintain, repair, clear, and clean public highways, roads, and streets, and to pay the principal, interest, and charges on bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or incurred pursuant to section 5531.09 of the Revised Code for highway improvements; to enable the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission to construct, reconstruct, maintain, and repair turnpike projects; to maintain and repair bridges and viaducts; to purchase, erect, and maintain street and traffic signs and markers; to purchase, erect, and maintain traffic lights and signals; to pay the costs apportioned to the public under sections 4907.47 and 4907.471 of the Revised Code and to supplement revenue already available for such purposes; to pay the costs incurred by the public utilities commission in administering sections 4907.47 to 4907.476 of the Revised Code; to distribute equitably among those persons using the privilege of driving motor vehicles upon such highways and streets the cost of maintaining and repairing them; to pay the interest, principal, and charges on highway capital improvements bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Section 2m of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and section 151.06 of the Revised Code; to pay the interest, principal, and charges on highway obligations issued pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code; to pay the interest, principal, and charges on major new state infrastructure bonds and other obligations of the state issued pursuant to Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and section 5531.10 of the Revised Code; to provide revenue for the purposes of sections 1547.71 to 1547.77 of the Revised Code; and to pay the expenses of the department of taxation incident to the administration of the motor fuel laws. (2) Two twenty-eighths of the revenue shall be used solely to pay the expenses of administering and enforcing the state law relating to the registration and operation of motor vehicles; to supply the state's share of the cost of planning, constructing, widening, and reconstructing the state highways; to supply the state's share of the cost of eliminating railway grade crossings upon such highways; to pay that portion of the construction cost of a highway project that a county, township, or municipal corporation normally would be required to pay, but that the director of transportation, pursuant to division (B) of section 5531.08 of the Revised Code, determines instead will be paid from moneys in the highway operating fund; to enable counties and townships to properly plan, construct, widen, reconstruct, and maintain their public highways, roads, and streets; to enable counties to pay principal, interest, and charges on bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or incurred pursuant to section 5531.09 of the Revised Code for highway improvements; to enable municipal corporations to plan, construct, reconstruct, repave, widen, maintain, repair, clear, and clean public highways, roads, and streets; to enable municipal corporations to pay the principal, interest, and charges on bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or incurred pursuant to section 5531.09 of the Revised Code for highway improvements; to maintain and repair bridges and viaducts; to purchase, erect, and maintain street and traffic signs and markers; to purchase, erect, and maintain traffic lights and signals; to pay the costs apportioned to the public under section 4907.47 of the Revised Code; to provide revenue for the purposes of sections 1547.71 to 1547.77 of the Revised Code and to supplement revenue already available for such purposes; to pay the expenses of the department of taxation incident to the administration of the motor fuel laws and to supplement revenue already available for such purposes; to pay the interest, principal, and charges on bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised Code; and to pay the interest, principal, and charges on highway obligations issued pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code. (3) Eight twenty-eighths of the revenue shall be used solely to supply the state's share of the cost of constructing, widening, maintaining, and reconstructing the state highways; to maintain and repair bridges and viaducts; to purchase, erect, and maintain street and traffic signs and markers; to purchase, erect, and maintain traffic lights and signals; to pay the expense of administering and enforcing the state law relative to the registration and operation of motor vehicles; to make road improvements associated with retaining or attracting business for this state; to pay that portion of the construction cost of a highway project that a county, township, or municipal corporation normally would be required to pay, but that the director of transportation, pursuant to division (B) of section 5531.08 of the Revised Code, determines instead will be paid from moneys in the highway operating fund; to provide revenue for the purposes of sections 1547.71 to 1547.77 of the Revised Code and to supplement revenue already available for such purposes; to pay the expenses of the department of taxation incident to the administration of the motor fuel laws and to supplement revenue already available for such purposes; to pay the interest, principal, and charges on highway obligations issued pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code; to enable counties and townships to properly plan, construct, widen, reconstruct, and maintain their public highways, roads, and streets; to enable counties to pay principal, interest, and charges on bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or incurred pursuant to section 5531.09 of the Revised Code for highway improvements; to enable municipal corporations to plan, construct, reconstruct, repave, widen, maintain, repair, clear, and clean public highways, roads, and streets; to enable municipal corporations to pay the principal, interest, and charges on bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or incurred pursuant to section 5531.09 of the Revised Code for highway improvements; and to pay the costs apportioned to the public under section 4907.47 of the Revised Code. (4) One twenty-eighth of the revenue shall be used solely to pay the state's share of the cost of constructing and reconstructing highways and eliminating railway grade crossings on the major thoroughfares of the state highway system and urban extensions thereof; to pay that portion of the construction cost of a highway project that a county, township, or municipal corporation normally would be required to pay, but that the director of transportation, pursuant to division (B) of section 5531.08 of the Revised Code, determines instead will be paid from moneys in the highway operating fund; to pay the interest, principal, and charges on bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised Code; to pay the interest, principal, and charges on highway obligations issued pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code; to provide revenues for the purposes of sections 1547.71 to 1547.77 of the Revised Code; and to pay the expenses of the department of taxation incident to the administration of the motor fuel laws. (B) The revenue derived from any portion of the tax rates that exceeds twenty-eight cents per gallon of motor fuel shall be distributed under division (E) of section 5735.051 of the Revised Code to fund the purposes described in divisions (A) and (D) of this section, as provided in divisions (A) and (B) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code. (C) The tax imposed by this section does not apply to the following transactions: (1) The sale of dyed diesel fuel by a licensed motor fuel dealer from a location other than a retail service station provided the licensed motor fuel dealer places on the face of the delivery document or invoice, or both if both are used, a conspicuous notice stating that the fuel is dyed and is not for taxable use, and that taxable use of that fuel is subject to a penalty. The tax commissioner, by rule, may provide that any notice conforming to rules or regulations issued by the United States department of the treasury or the Internal Revenue Service is sufficient notice for the purposes of division (C)(1) of this section. (2) The sale of K-1 kerosene to a retail service station, except when placed directly in the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle. Such sale shall be rebuttably presumed to not be distributed or sold for use or used to generate power for the operation of motor vehicles upon the public highways or upon the waters within the boundaries of this state. (3) The sale of motor fuel by a licensed motor fuel dealer to another licensed motor fuel dealer; (4) The exportation of motor fuel by a licensed motor fuel dealer from this state to any other state or foreign country; (5) The sale of motor fuel to the United States government or any of its agencies, except such tax as is permitted by it, where such sale is evidenced by an exemption certificate, in a form approved by the tax commissioner, executed by the United States government or an agency thereof certifying that the motor fuel therein identified has been purchased for the exclusive use of the United States government or its agency; (6) The sale of motor fuel that is in the process of transportation in foreign or interstate commerce, except insofar as it may be taxable under the Constitution and statutes of the United States, and except as may be agreed upon in writing by the dealer and the commissioner; (7) The sale of motor fuel when sold exclusively for use in the operation of aircraft, where such sale is evidenced by an exemption certificate prescribed by the commissioner and executed by the purchaser certifying that the motor fuel purchased has been purchased for exclusive use in the operation of aircraft; (8) The sale for exportation of motor fuel by a licensed motor fuel dealer to a licensed exporter described in division (DD)(1) of section 5735.01 of the Revised Code; (9) The sale for exportation of motor fuel by a licensed motor fuel dealer to a licensed exporter described in division (DD)(2) of section 5735.01 of the Revised Code, provided that the destination state motor fuel tax has been paid or will be accrued and paid by the licensed motor fuel dealer. (10) The sale to a consumer of diesel fuel, by a motor fuel dealer for delivery from a bulk lot vehicle, for consumption in operating a vessel when the use of such fuel in a vessel would otherwise qualify for a refund under section 5735.14 of the Revised Code. Division (C)(1) of this section does not apply to the sale or distribution of dyed diesel fuel used to operate a motor vehicle on the public highways or upon water within the boundaries of this state by persons permitted under regulations of the United States department of the treasury or of the Internal Revenue Service to so use dyed diesel fuel. (D) The use of any revenue from the tax levied under this section shall be used for construction, maintenance, and repair of roads and bridges, the operational costs of applicable state agencies, or used to match other revenue for these purposes. (E) Except as otherwise provided by division (F) of this section, the rates of tax imposed by this section on each gallon of motor fuel on and after July 1, 2019, shall be as follows: (1) Thirty-eight and one-half cents on each gallon of gasoline; (2) Forty-seven cents on each gallon of motor fuel other than gasoline. (F) The tax on each gallon equivalent of compressed natural gas shall be: (1) Ten cents on and after July 1, 2019, and before July 1, 2020; (2) Twenty cents on and after July 1, 2020, and before July 1, 2021; (3) Thirty cents on and after July 1, 2021, and before July 1, 2022; (4) Forty cents on and after July 1, 2022, and before July 1, 2023; (5) Forty-seven cents on and after July 1, 2023. (G) The tax commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to administer this section.
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Section 5735.051 | Levy of motor fuel excise tax; dispostion of revenue.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly
Out of revenue from the tax levied by section 5735.05 of the Revised Code, the treasurer of state shall place to the credit of the tax refund fund established by section 5703.052 of the Revised Code amounts equal to the refunds certified by the tax commissioner pursuant to sections 5735.13, 5735.14, and 5735.142 of the Revised Code. The treasurer of state shall then transfer seven-eighths per cent of the revenue to the waterways safety fund to be used for the purposes of sections 1547.71 to 1547.77 of the Revised Code, one-eighth per cent to the wildlife boater angler fund to be used for the purposes specified by section 1531.35 of the Revised Code, and the amount described in section 5735.053 of the Revised Code to the motor fuel tax administration fund. Revenue remaining after such crediting and transfers shall be distributed each month as provided in divisions (A) to (E) of this section. (A) The portion of revenue described in division (A)(1) of section 5735.05 of the Revised Code shall be credited as follows: (1) One hundred thousand dollars to the grade crossing protection fund for the purposes specified by section 4907.472 of the Revised Code; (2) Of such revenue remaining after crediting under division (A)(1) of this section, five and two thousand nine hundred forty-two ten thousandths per cent shall be credited to the highway operating fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury, and ninety-four and seven thousand fifty-eight ten thousandths per cent to the gasoline excise tax fund. (a) Of the amount credited to the gasoline excise tax fund under division (A)(2) of this section, ninety-three and one thousand six hundred seventy-seven ten thousandths per cent shall be transferred as follows: (i) Six and seven-tenths per cent of the amount to be transferred under division (A)(2)(a) of this section to the local transportation improvement program fund created by section 164.14 of the Revised Code; (ii) An amount equal to five cents multiplied by the number of gallons of motor fuel sold at stations operated by the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission, such gallonage to be certified by the commission to the treasurer of state not later than the last day of the month following. Such money shall be expended for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of turnpike projects, except that the funds may not be expended for the construction of new interchanges. The funds also may be expended for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of those portions of connecting public roads that serve existing interchanges and are determined by the commission and the director of transportation to be necessary for the safe merging of traffic between the turnpike and those public roads. (iii) The remainder of the amount to be transferred under division (A)(2)(a) of this section after the transfers under divisions (A)(2)(a)(i) and (ii) of this section shall be distributed on the fifteenth day of the following month as follows: (I) Ten and seven-tenths per cent for distribution among municipal corporations under division (A)(1) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code, except that the sum of seven hundred forty-five thousand eight hundred seventy-five dollars shall be subtracted each month from the amount so computed and credited to the highway operating fund; (II) Nine and three-tenths per cent for distribution among counties under division (A)(2) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code, except that the sum of seven hundred forty-five thousand eight hundred seventy-five dollars shall be subtracted each month from the amount so computed and credited to the highway operating fund; (III) Five per cent for distribution among townships under division (A)(3)(a) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code, except that the sum of two hundred sixty-three thousand two hundred fifty dollars shall be subtracted each month from the amount so computed and credited to the highway operating fund; (IV) Except as provided in division (A)(3) of this section, the balance shall be transferred to the highway operating fund and used for the purposes set forth in division (B) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code. (b) Of the amount credited to the gasoline excise tax fund under division (A)(2) of this section, six and eight thousand three hundred twenty-three ten thousandths per cent shall be distributed on the fifteenth day of the following month as follows: (i) Forty-two and eighty-six hundredths per cent shall be distributed among municipal corporations in accordance with division (A)(1) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code; (ii) Thirty-seven and fourteen hundredths per cent shall be distributed among counties in accordance with division (A)(2) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code; (iii) Twenty per cent shall be combined with twenty per cent of any amounts transferred from the highway operating fund to the gasoline excise tax fund through biennial appropriations acts of the general assembly pursuant to the planned phase-in of a new source of funding for the state highway patrol, and shall be distributed among townships in accordance with division (A)(3)(b) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code. (3) Monthly from September to February of each fiscal year, an amount equal to one-sixth of the amount certified in July of that year by the treasurer of state pursuant to division (Q) of section 151.01 of the Revised Code shall, from amounts required to be credited or transferred to the highway operating fund pursuant to division (A)(2)(a)(iii)(IV) of this section, be credited or transferred to the highway capital improvement bond service fund created in section 151.06 of the Revised Code. If, in any of those months, the amount available to be credited or transferred to the bond service fund is less than one-sixth of the amount so certified, the shortfall shall be added to the amount due the next succeeding month. Any amount still due at the end of the six-month period shall be credited or transferred as the money becomes available, until such time as the office of budget and management receives certification from the treasurer of state or the treasurer of state's designee that sufficient money has been credited or transferred to the bond service fund to meet in full all payments of debt service and financing costs due during the fiscal year from that fund. (B) The portion of revenue described in division (A)(2) of section 5735.05 of the Revised Code shall be credited each month as follows: (1) Sixty-seven and one-half per cent to the highway operating fund for distribution pursuant to division (B) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code; (2) Thirty-two and one-half per cent to the gasoline excise tax fund for distribution under division (A) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code in the same manner as money from that fund is distributed under division (A)(2)(b) of this section. (C)(1) The portion of revenue described in division (A)(3) of section 5735.05 of the Revised Code shall be credited each month as follows: (a) Three-sixteenths to the gasoline excise tax fund for distribution under division (C)(2) of this section; (b) Thirteen-sixteenths to the highway operating fund, subject to the deduction under division (C)(3) of this section. (2) The revenue credited to the gasoline excise tax fund under division (C)(1)(a) of this section shall be distributed in the same manner as in division (A)(2)(b) of this section, subject to the deductions under division (C)(3) of this section. Each municipal corporation, county, or township shall use at least ninety per cent of the revenue distributed to it under division (C)(2) of this section to supplement, rather than supplant, other local funds used for highway-related purposes. (3)(a) Before the distribution from the gasoline excise tax fund to municipal corporations as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, the department of taxation shall deduct thirty-three and one-third per cent of the amount specified in division (A)(3)(c) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code and use it for distribution to townships pursuant to division (A)(3)(b) of that section. (b) Before the distribution from the gasoline excise tax fund to counties as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, the department of taxation shall deduct thirty-three and one-third per cent of the amount specified in division (A)(3)(c) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code and use it for distribution to townships pursuant to division (A)(3)(b) of that section. (c) Before crediting the portion of revenue described in division (A)(3) of section 5735.05 of the Revised Code to the highway operating fund under division (C)(1)(b) of this section, the department of taxation shall deduct thirty-three and one-third per cent of the amount specified in division (A)(3)(c) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code and use it for distribution to townships pursuant to division (A)(3)(b) of that section. (D) The portion of revenue described in division (A)(4) of section 5735.05 of the Revised Code shall be credited each month to the highway operating fund. (E) The portion of revenue described in division (B) of section 5735.05 of the Revised Code shall be credited each month as follows: (1) Fifty-five per cent of that revenue to the highway operating fund for distribution pursuant to division (B) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code; (2) Forty-five per cent of that revenue to the gasoline excise tax fund to be divided each month as follows: (a) Forty-two and eighty-six hundredths per cent for distribution among municipal corporations under division (A)(1) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code; (b) Thirty-seven and fourteen hundredths per cent for distribution among counties under division (A)(2) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code; (c) Twenty per cent for distribution among townships as provided under division (A)(3)(b) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code.
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Section 5735.052 | Credits to waterways safety fund and wildlife boater angler fund.
Effective:
January 1, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
The general assembly finds as a fact that, of the revenue from the tax imposed by section 5735.05 of the Revised Code, one per cent is attributable to the operation of motor vehicles upon waters within the boundaries of this state. Of this amount, seven-eighths shall be credited to the waterways safety fund and shall be used for the purposes of sections 1547.71 to 1547.77 of the Revised Code, and one-eighth shall be credited to the wildlife boater angler fund and shall be used for the purposes specified in section 1531.35 of the Revised Code.
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Section 5735.053 | Motor fuel tax administration fund.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the motor fuel tax administration fund for the purpose of paying the expenses of the department of taxation incident to the administration of the motor fuel laws. After the treasurer of state credits the tax refund fund out of tax receipts as required by section 5735.051 of the Revised Code, the treasurer of state shall transfer to the motor fuel tax administration fund each month an amount not to exceed one twenty-fourth of the approved appropriation assigned to the fund for the biennium.
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Section 5735.06 | Motor fuel dealer to file monthly report - contents of report.
Effective:
March 27, 2020
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 197 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) On or before the last day of each month, each motor fuel dealer shall file with the tax commissioner a report for the preceding calendar month on a form prescribed by the commissioner for that purpose. The report shall include the following information: (1) An itemized statement of the number of gallons of all motor fuel received during the preceding calendar month by such motor fuel dealer, which has been produced, refined, prepared, distilled, manufactured, blended, or compounded by such motor fuel dealer in the state; (2) An itemized statement of the number of gallons of all motor fuel received by such motor fuel dealer in the state from any source during the preceding calendar month, other than motor fuel included in division (A)(1) of this section, together with a statement showing the date of receipt of such motor fuel; the name of the person from whom purchased or received; the date of receipt of each shipment of motor fuel; the point of origin and the point of destination of each shipment; the quantity of each of said purchases or shipments; the name of the carrier; the number of gallons contained in each car if shipped by rail; the point of origin, destination, and shipper if shipped by pipe line; or the name and owner of the boat, barge, or vessel if shipped by water; (3) An itemized statement of the number of gallons of motor fuel which such motor fuel dealer has during the preceding calendar month: (a) For motor fuel other than gasoline sold for use other than for operating motor vehicles on the public highways or on waters within the boundaries of this state; (b) Exported from this state to any other state or foreign country as provided in division (A)(4) of section 5735.05 of the Revised Code; (c) Sold to the United States government or any of its agencies; (d) Sold for delivery to motor fuel dealers; (e) Sold exclusively for use in the operation of aircraft ; (4) Such other information incidental to the enforcement of the motor fuel laws of the state as the commissioner requires. (B) The report shall show the tax due, computed as follows: (1) The following deductions shall be made from the total number of gallons of motor fuel received by the motor fuel dealer within the state during the preceding calendar month: (a) The total number of gallons of motor fuel received by the motor fuel dealer within the state and sold or otherwise disposed of during the preceding calendar month as set forth in section 5735.05 of the Revised Code; (b) The total number of gallons received during the preceding calendar month and sold or otherwise disposed of to another licensed motor fuel dealer pursuant to section 5735.05 of the Revised Code; (c) To cover the costs of the motor fuel dealer in compiling the report, and evaporation, shrinkage, or other unaccounted-for losses: (i) If the report is timely filed and the tax is timely paid, three per cent of the total number of gallons of motor fuel received by the motor fuel dealer within the state during the preceding calendar month less the total number of gallons deducted under divisions (B)(1)(a) and (b) of this section, less one per cent of the total number of gallons of motor fuel that were sold to a retail dealer during the preceding calendar month; (ii) If the report required by division (A) of this section is not timely filed and the tax is not timely paid, no deduction shall be allowed; (iii) If the report is incomplete, no deduction shall be allowed for any fuel on which the tax is not timely reported and paid ; (2) The number of gallons remaining after the deductions have been made shall be multiplied by the cents per gallon rate prescribed by section 5735.05 of the Revised Code. The product obtained shall be the amount of motor fuel tax for the preceding calendar month. (C) The report shall be filed together with payment of the tax shown on the report to be due. The commissioner may extend the time for filing reports and may remit all or part of penalties which may become due under sections 5735.01 to 5735.99 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this section and sections 5735.062 and 5735.12 of the Revised Code, a report required to be filed under this section and payment of the tax due under this chapter are considered filed when received by the tax commissioner. (D) The tax commissioner may require a motor fuel dealer to file a report for a period other than one month. Such a report, together with payment of the tax, shall be filed not later than thirty days after the last day of the prescribed reporting period. (E) No person required by this section to file a tax report shall file a false or fraudulent tax report or supporting schedule.
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Section 5735.062 | Electronic remittance of tax payments.
Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) If the tax commissioner so requires, the dealer shall remit each monthly tax payment electronically as prescribed by division (B) of this section. The commissioner shall notify each dealer required to remit taxes electronically of the dealer's obligation to do so. Failure by the commissioner to notify a dealer subject to this section to remit taxes electronically does not relieve the dealer of its obligation to remit taxes electronically. (B) Dealers required by division (A) of this section to remit payments electronically shall remit such payments through the Ohio business gateway, as defined in section 718.01 of the Revised Code, or in another manner as prescribed by the commissioner. Required payments shall be remitted on or before the dates specified under section 5735.06 of the Revised Code. The payment of taxes electronically does not affect a dealer's obligation to file the monthly return as required under section 5735.06 of the Revised Code. A dealer required by this section to remit taxes electronically may apply to the commissioner to be excused from that requirement. The commissioner may excuse the dealer from the electronic remittance requirement for good cause shown for the period of time requested by the dealer or for a portion of that period. (C) If a dealer required by this section to remit taxes electronically fails to do so, the commissioner may impose a penalty on the dealer not to exceed one of the following: (1) For the first return period the dealer fails to remit taxes electronically, the greater of twenty-five dollars or five per cent of the amount of the payment required to be remitted; (2) For the second or any subsequent return period the dealer fails to remit taxes electronically, the greater of fifty dollars or ten per cent of the amount of the payment required to be remitted. The penalty imposed under division (C) of this section is in addition to any other penalty imposed under this chapter and shall be considered as revenue arising from the taxes imposed under this chapter. A penalty may be collected by assessment in the manner prescribed by section 5735.12 of the Revised Code. The commissioner may abate all or a portion of a penalty. (D) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to administer this section.
Last updated September 6, 2023 at 3:29 PM
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Section 5735.063 | Terminal operator to file monthly report - contents of report.
Effective:
October 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 305 - 121st General Assembly
(A) On or before the last day of each month, each terminal operator shall file with the tax commissioner a report for the preceding calendar month on forms prescribed by or in a form acceptable to the tax commissioner. The report shall include the following information: (1) The physical inventory of all motor fuel on hand in each terminal in this state on the first and last day of the preceding calendar month; (2) An itemized statement of the number of gallons of all motor fuel received during the preceding calendar month by such terminal operator into each terminal in this state; (3) An itemized statement of the number of gallons of all motor fuel dispensed during the preceding calendar month by such terminal operator from each terminal in this state; (4) Any other information the commissioner considers necessary. (B) No person required by this section to file a report shall file a false or fraudulent report or supporting schedule.
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Section 5735.064 | Exporter's report.
Effective:
October 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 305 - 121st General Assembly
(A) On or before the last day of each month, each exporter of motor fuel, licensed under section 5735.026 of the Revised Code, shall file with the tax commissioner a report for the preceding calendar month on forms prescribed by or in a form acceptable to the tax commissioner. The report shall include the following: (1) An itemized statement of the number of gallons of all motor fuel received during the preceding calendar month for export by the licensed exporter; (2) An itemized statement of the number of gallons of all motor fuel exported from the state; (3) Any other information the commissioner deems necessary. (B) No person required by this section to file a report shall file a false or fraudulent report or supporting schedule. (C) Any person who obtains untaxed motor fuel for export from this state, but later diverts or causes to be diverted motor fuel to a destination in this state, is deemed a motor fuel dealer as regards any unpaid motor fuel taxes levied thereon. Taxes levied against such person may be collected by assessment as provided in section 5735.12 or 5735.121 of the Revised Code.
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Section 5735.07 | List of dealers that have valid licenses or registrations.
Effective:
January 1, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
The tax commissioner shall publish on the department's web site a list of all motor fuel dealers, aviation fuel dealers, and retail dealers that have valid licenses or registrations issued under this chapter. The list shall contain the name, address, and federal identification number or other motor fuel tax account number of each such person and, for motor fuel dealers, the number of gallons of motor fuel upon which those dealers were required to pay the tax as reported on the report or as determined by investigation of the commissioner.
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Section 5735.09 | Registration of transporters; reports.
Effective:
September 17, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 492 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Every transporter shall register with the tax commissioner on a form prescribed by the commissioner. Each transporter shall report all deliveries of motor fuel made to points in this state to the commissioner on forms prescribed by the commissioner. Such reports shall cover monthly periods, shall be submitted within thirty days after the close of the month covered by the report, shall show the name and address of the person to whom the deliveries of motor fuel were actually made, the name and address of the person that assumes ownership of the motor fuel, the point of origin, the point of delivery, the date of delivery, and the number and initials of each car if shipped by rail, the quantity of each shipment and delivery in gallons, the date delivered, the name of the person to whom delivered, the point of shipment, the point of delivery, the name of the boat or barge if delivered by water, and if delivered by other means, the manner in which such delivery is made. (B) No person required by this section to file a report shall file a false or fraudulent report or supporting schedule.
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Section 5735.10 | Dealers to retain records - inspection by tax commissioner.
Effective:
October 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 305 - 121st General Assembly
(A) Each motor fuel dealer and each retail dealer shall maintain complete and accurate records of purchases and sales of motor fuel and shall procure and retain all invoices, bills of lading, and other documents relating thereto, except that no retail dealer shall be required to issue or maintain invoices relating to that retail dealer's sales of motor fuel. (B) Every retail dealer shall take meter readings or totalizer readings and tank stick readings at a retail service station daily. (C) Every retail dealer shall maintain accurate records each time a retail pump meter or totalizer is serviced, repaired, or replaced. The repair and replacement records must indicate, at a minimum, the date of the repair or replacement, the meter or pump number, and all ascending and descending numbers. (D) Such records and documents shall be open during business hours to the inspection of the tax commissioner, and shall be preserved for a period of four years, unless the commissioner, in writing, consents to their destruction within that period, or by order requires that they be kept for a longer period. No person shall refuse to provide such records and documents to the tax commissioner or any person employed by the commissioner for the purpose of inspecting such records and documents. (E) No person required by this section to maintain accurate records shall maintain or provide false or fraudulent records.
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Section 5735.101 | Prior permission for sale of untaxed fuel by non-dealer.
Effective:
October 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 305 - 121st General Assembly
No person, other than a motor fuel dealer, shall sell or dispose of any untaxed motor fuel without the prior written permission of the tax commissioner. Upon investigation, the commissioner shall determine whether any tax shall be imposed on the transaction. Full and complete documentation shall be submitted by the seller to the commissioner upon the commissioner's request. Failure to obtain prior approval from the commissioner regarding the sale or disposal may subject the person to all motor fuel taxes levied by this chapter.
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Section 5735.102 | Seizure and sale of fuel and transporting vehicle when taxes not paid.
Effective:
October 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 305 - 121st General Assembly
Whenever the tax commissioner discovers any motor fuel subject to the taxes levied under Chapter 5735. of the Revised Code and upon which the taxes have not been paid, the commissioner may seize and take possession of the motor fuel. The motor fuel shall be forfeited to the state, and the commissioner, within a reasonable time thereafter, may sell the forfeited motor fuel. The commissioner shall collect the taxes due on the forfeited motor fuel from the proceeds of the sale. Proceeds of the sale shall be paid into the state treasury pursuant to this chapter. The seizure and sale shall not relieve any person from fine or imprisonment resulting from a violation of section 5735.022 or 5735.20 of the Revised Code. The sale shall be made in the county in which it is most convenient and economical. Any motor vehicle used to transport motor fuel seized pursuant to this section also is subject to seizure by the tax commissioner. The tax commissioner may dispose of the seized vehicle in the manner prescribed by this section for disposing of seized motor fuel.
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Section 5735.103 | Padlocking pumps of retail service station.
Effective:
October 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 305 - 121st General Assembly
Whenever the tax commissioner discovers any motor fuel at a retail service station subject to the taxes levied under this chapter and upon which the taxes have not been paid, the commissioner may padlock the pumps of the retail service station until the taxes are paid.
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Section 5735.11 | Interest on late payment of tax or refund.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 134th General Assembly
(A) If the tax or any portion of the tax imposed by this chapter, whether determined by the tax commissioner or the motor fuel dealer, is not paid on or before the date prescribed in section 5735.06 of the Revised Code, interest shall be collected and paid in the same manner as the tax upon the unpaid amount, computed at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code, from the date prescribed for payment of the tax to the date of payment or to the date an assessment is issued under section 5735.12 or 5735.121 of the Revised Code, whichever occurs first. Interest may be collected by assessment in the manner provided in section 5735.12 or 5735.121 of the Revised Code. All interest shall be paid in the same manner as the tax and shall be considered as revenue arising from the portion of the tax described in division (A) of section 5735.05 of the Revised Code. (B) Interest shall be allowed and paid upon any refund granted in respect to the payment of an illegal or erroneous assessment imposed under this chapter from the date of the overpayment. The interest shall be computed at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code.
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Section 5735.12 | Liability for additional charge or assessment for noncompliance.
Effective:
September 17, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 492 - 130th General Assembly
(A) Any person required by this chapter to file reports or pay the tax levied by this chapter who fails to do so within the time prescribed may be liable for an additional charge not exceeding the greater of ten per cent of the person's tax liability for that month or fifty dollars. The tax commissioner may remit all or a portion of the additional charge and may adopt rules relating to the remission of all or a portion of the charge. If any person required by this chapter to file reports or pay the taxes, interest, or additional charge levied by this chapter fails to file the report, files an incomplete or incorrect report, or fails to remit the full amount of the tax, interest, or additional charge due for the period covered by the report, the commissioner may make an assessment against the person based upon any information in the commissioner's possession. No assessment shall be made against any motor fuel dealer for taxes imposed by this chapter more than four years after the date on which the report on which the assessment was based was due or was filed, whichever is later. This section does not bar an assessment against any motor fuel dealer who fails to file a report required by section 5735.06 of the Revised Code, or who files a fraudulent motor fuel tax report. A penalty of up to fifteen per cent may be added to the amount of every assessment made under this section. The commissioner may adopt rules providing for the imposition and remission of penalties added to assessments made under this section. The commissioner shall give the party assessed written notice of the assessment in the manner provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code. With the notice, the commissioner shall provide instructions on how to petition for reassessment and request a hearing on the petition. (B) Unless the party assessed files with the tax commissioner within sixty days after service of the notice of assessment, either personally or by certified mail, a written petition for reassessment in writing, signed by the party assessed or that party's authorized agent having knowledge of the facts, the assessment becomes final and the amount of the assessment is due and payable from the party assessed to the treasurer of state. The petition shall indicate the objections of the party assessed, but additional objections may be raised in writing if received by the commissioner prior to the date shown on the final determination. If the petition has been properly filed, the commissioner shall proceed under section 5703.60 of the Revised Code. (C) After an assessment becomes final, if any portion of the assessment remains unpaid, including accrued interest, a certified copy of the tax commissioner's entry making the assessment final may be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas in the county in which the party assessed resides or in which the business of the party assessed is conducted. If the party assessed maintains no place of business in this state and is not a resident of this state, the certified copy of the entry may be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of Franklin county. Immediately upon the filing of the entry, the clerk shall enter a judgment for the state against the party assessed in the amount shown on the entry. The judgment may be filed by the clerk in a loose-leaf book entitled "special judgments for state motor fuel tax," and shall have the same effect as other judgments. Execution shall issue upon the judgment upon the request of the tax commissioner, and all laws applicable to sales on execution shall apply to sales made under the judgment. If the assessment is not paid in its entirety within sixty days after the day the assessment was issued, the portion of the assessment consisting of tax due shall bear interest at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code from the day the commissioner issues the assessment until it is paid or until it is certified to the attorney general for collection under section 131.02 of the Revised Code, whichever comes first. If the unpaid portion of the assessment is certified to the attorney general for collection, the entire unpaid portion of the assessment shall bear interest at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code from the date of certification until the date it is paid in its entirety. Interest shall be paid in the same manner as the tax and may be collected by the issuance of an assessment under this section. (D) All money collected by the tax commissioner under this section shall be paid to the treasurer of state, and when paid shall be considered as revenue arising from the tax imposed by this chapter. (E) If the tax commissioner determines that the commissioner has erroneously refunded motor fuel tax to any person, the commissioner may make an assessment against the person for recovery of the erroneously refunded tax.
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Section 5735.121 | Jeopardy assessment.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 241 - 126th General Assembly
(A) If the tax commissioner finds that any person liable for tax under this chapter is about to depart from the state, remove property from the state, conceal self, or conceal the person's property, or do any other act tending to prejudice, obstruct, or render wholly or partly ineffectual proceedings to collect the tax, unless proceedings are commenced without delay, or if the commissioner believes that the collection of the amount due from any person will be jeopardized by delay, the commissioner may issue a jeopardy assessment against the person for the amount of the tax, plus a penalty of up to fifteen per cent. Upon issuance of a jeopardy assessment under this division, the total amount assessed shall immediately be due and payable unless security is provided pursuant to division (C) of this section. Any assessment issued under this section shall bear interest in the manner prescribed in section 5735.12 of the Revised Code. (B) The commissioner immediately shall file an entry with the clerk of the court of common pleas in the same manner and with the same effect as provided in section 5735.12 of the Revised Code. Notice of the jeopardy assessment shall be served on the person assessed or the legal representative of the person assessed, as provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code, within five days of the filing of the entry. The person assessed may petition for reassessment within sixty days of receipt of the notice of jeopardy assessment in the same manner as provided in section 5735.12 of the Revised Code. Full or partial payment of the assessment shall not prejudice the commissioner's consideration of the merits of the assessment as contested by the petition for reassessment. Upon notification of the existence of the judgment filed pursuant to this division, any public official having control or custody of any funds or property of the person assessed immediately shall pay or deliver the funds or property to the commissioner as full or partial satisfaction of the jeopardy assessment. However, funds or property needed as evidence in criminal proceedings or that is expected to be forfeited pursuant to Chapter 2981. of the Revised Code, need not be relinquished by the public official. Upon disposition of criminal and forfeiture proceedings, funds and property not needed as evidence and not forfeited shall be delivered to the commissioner. (C) If the person subject to a jeopardy assessment files a petition for reassessment and posts security satisfactory to the commissioner in an amount sufficient to satisfy the unpaid balance of the assessment, execution on the judgment shall be stayed pending disposition of the petition for reassessment and all appeals resulting from the petition. If the security is sufficient to satisfy the full amount of the assessment, the commissioner shall return any funds or property of the person that previously were seized. Upon satisfaction of the assessment, the commissioner shall order the security released and the judgment vacated. (D) The commissioner may adopt rules providing for the imposition and remission of penalties added to assessments made under this section.
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Section 5735.122 | Applying for refund of illegal or erroneous payment.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 134th General Assembly
The tax commissioner shall refund to dealers or to any person assessed motor fuel tax amounts paid illegally or erroneously or paid on an illegal or erroneous assessment. Applications for refund shall be filed with the tax commissioner, on the form prescribed by the commissioner, within four years from the date of the illegal or erroneous payment. No person shall file a claim for the tax on fewer than one hundred gallons of motor fuel. On the filing of the application, the commissioner shall determine the amount of refund to which the applicant is entitled. If the amount is not less than that claimed, the commissioner shall certify the amount to the director of budget and management and treasurer of state for payment from the tax refund fund created by section 5703.052 of the Revised Code, except that no refund shall be authorized or paid on a claim for the tax on fewer than one hundred gallons of motor fuel. If the amount is less than that claimed, the commissioner shall proceed in accordance with section 5703.70 of the Revised Code. The refund authorized by this section or section 5703.70 of the Revised Code shall be reduced by the cents per gallon amount of any qualified fuel credit received under section 5735.145 of the Revised Code, as determined by the commissioner, for each gallon of qualified fuel included in the total gallonage of motor fuel upon which the refund is computed.
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Section 5735.123 | Assessment where tax not paid or liability accrued to dealer.
Effective:
October 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 305 - 121st General Assembly
If any person imports, sells, uses, delivers, or stores, within this state, motor fuel upon which the tax imposed by this chapter has not first been paid or liability for the tax imposed by this chapter on the motor fuel has not accrued to the holder of an unrevoked motor fuel dealer's license, the commissioner may make an assessment against the person under section 5735.12 or 5735.121 of the Revised Code for the motor fuel taxes imposed by this chapter. The assessment may be based upon any information in the commissioner's possession.
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Section 5735.124 | Selling or distributing dyed diesel fuel.
Effective:
January 1, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
(A)(1) Any person that sells or distributes dyed diesel fuel when that person knows or has reason to know that the dyed diesel fuel will be used in the operation of a motor vehicle on the public highways or upon waters within the boundaries of this state is subject to one or both of the following: (a) A penalty of one thousand dollars or ten dollars per gallon of dyed diesel fuel so sold or distributed, whichever is greater; (b) Revocation of any license or cancellation of any registration issued under this chapter. (2) Any person that consumes dyed diesel fuel in the operation of a motor vehicle on the public highways or waters within the boundaries of this state is subject to a penalty of one thousand dollars or ten dollars per gallon of the vehicle's fuel supply tank capacity, whichever is greater. Division (A)(2) of this section does not apply to consumption by persons permitted under regulations of the United States department of the treasury or of the Internal Revenue Service to consume dyed diesel fuel in operating a motor vehicle on the public highways or waters within the boundaries of this state. (B) Any penalty imposed under this section may be assessed under section 5735.12 or 5735.121 of the Revised Code. (C) If a prior penalty has been issued against a person under this section, the amount of the penalty shall be multiplied by the number of prior penalties imposed on such person under this section, and the resulting amount shall be the total penalty assessed. (D) The tax commissioner may reduce or remit a penalty assessed under this section. (E) In addition to the penalties prescribed by division (A) of this section, the commissioner may provide to the internal revenue service any information the commissioner obtains or creates in conjunction with this section.
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Section 5735.13 | Refund of tax when motor fuel lost or destroyed.
Effective:
January 1, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
A refund shall be made to any person for the motor fuel tax paid on any motor fuel that is lost or destroyed through leakage, fire, explosion, lightning, flood, tornado, windstorm, or any other cause, except theft, evaporation, shrinkage, and unaccounted-for losses. No refund shall be authorized or ordered under this section for any single loss of less than one hundred gallons, nor except upon notice to the tax commissioner within thirty days from the date of such loss or destruction or the discovery thereof, and upon filing with the tax commissioner within sixty days thereafter an application in the form of an affidavit sworn to by the claimant setting forth in full the circumstances of the loss, and upon presentation of supporting evidence satisfactory to the commissioner. On the filing of an application for refund under this section, the commissioner shall determine the amount of the refund to which the applicant is entitled. If the amount is not less than that claimed, the commissioner shall certify the amount to the director of budget and management and treasurer of state for payment from the tax refund fund created by section 5703.052 of the Revised Code. If the amount is less than that claimed, the commissioner shall proceed in accordance with section 5703.70 of the Revised Code.
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Section 5735.14 | Reimbursement when fuel not used for in-state operation of motor vehicle on highway or waters.
Effective:
January 1, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) Any person who uses any motor fuel, on which the tax imposed by this chapter has been paid, for the purpose of operating stationary gas engines, tractors not used on public highways, unlicensed motor vehicles used exclusively in intraplant operations, vessels when used in trade, including vessels when used in connection with an activity that constitutes a person's chief business or means of livelihood or any other vessel used entirely for commercial purposes, vessels used for commercial fishing, vessels used by the sea scout department of the boy scouts of America chiefly for training scouts in seamanship, vessels used or owned by any railroad company, railroad car ferry company, the United States, this state, or any political subdivision of this state, or aircraft, or who uses any such fuel upon which such tax has been paid, for cleaning or for dyeing, or any purpose other than the operation of motor vehicles upon highways or upon waters within the boundaries of this state, shall be reimbursed in the amount of the tax so paid on such motor fuel as provided in this section; provided, that any person purchasing motor fuel in this state on which taxes levied under Title LVII of the Revised Code have been paid shall be reimbursed for such taxes paid in this state on such fuel used by that person in another state on which a tax is paid for such usage, except such tax used as a credit against the tax levied by section 5728.06 of the Revised Code. A person shall not be reimbursed for taxes paid on fuel that is used while a motor vehicle is idling or used to provide comfort or safety in the operation of a motor vehicle. Sales of motor fuel, on which the tax imposed by this chapter has been paid, from one person to another do not constitute use of the fuel and are not subject to a refund under this section. (B) Any person who uses in this state any motor fuel with water intentionally added to the fuel, on which the taxes imposed by this chapter or Chapter 5728. of the Revised Code have been paid, shall be reimbursed in the amount of the taxes so paid on ninety-five per cent of the water. This division applies only to motor fuel that contains at least nine per cent water, by volume. (C) A person claiming reimbursement under this section shall file with the tax commissioner an application for refund within one year from the date of purchase, stating the quantity of fuel used for the refundable purposes in division (A) or (B) of this section, except that no person shall file a claim for the tax on fewer than one hundred gallons of motor fuel. An application for refund filed for the purpose of division (B) of this section also shall state the quantity of water intentionally added to the motor fuel. No person shall claim reimbursement under that division on fewer than one hundred gallons of water. The application shall be accompanied by the statement described in section 5735.15 of the Revised Code showing such purchase, together with evidence of payment of the tax. (D) After consideration of the application and statement, the commissioner shall determine the amount of refund to which the applicant is entitled. If the amount is not less than that claimed, the commissioner shall certify the amount to the director of budget and management and treasurer of state for payment from the tax refund fund created by section 5703.052 of the Revised Code. If the amount is less than that claimed, the commissioner shall proceed in accordance with section 5703.70 of the Revised Code. No refund shall be authorized or paid under this section on a single claim for tax on fewer than one hundred gallons of motor fuel. And, when water has been intentionally added to fuel, no refund shall be authorized or paid under this section on a single claim for tax on fewer than one hundred gallons of water. The commissioner may require that the application be supported by the affidavit of the claimant. (E) The right to receive any refund under this section or section 5703.70 of the Revised Code is not assignable. The payment of this refund shall not be made to any person other than the person originally entitled thereto who used the motor fuel upon which the claim for refund is based, except that such refunds, when allowed and certified as provided in this section, may be paid to the executor, administrator, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or assignee in insolvency proceedings of such person.
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Section 5735.141 | Refunds for shrinkage and evaporation.
Effective:
September 17, 2014
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 492 - 130th General Assembly
Any retail dealer of motor fuel shall receive a refund for Ohio motor fuel taxes paid on fuel lost by a retail dealer through shrinkage and evaporation. This refund shall be one per cent of the Ohio motor fuel taxes paid on fuel purchased during any semiannual period ending the thirtieth day of June or the thirty-first day of December. In order to receive a refund, the retail dealer shall file with the tax commissioner, within one hundred twenty days after the thirtieth day of June and the thirty-first day of December of each year, an application for a refund stating the quantity of motor fuel that was purchased for resale by the applicant during the preceding semiannual period ending the thirtieth day of June or the thirty-first day of December and upon which the motor fuel tax has been paid. No person shall file a claim for the tax on fewer than one hundred gallons of motor fuel. The form and contents of the application shall be prescribed by the commissioner, and the application shall be signed in accordance with section 5703.25 of the Revised Code. On the filing of the application, the commissioner shall determine the amount of refund to which the applicant is entitled. If the amount is not less than that claimed, the commissioner shall certify the amount to the director of budget and management and treasurer of state for payment from the tax refund fund created by section 5703.052 of the Revised Code. If the amount is less than that claimed, the commissioner shall proceed in accordance with section 5703.70 of the Revised Code. No refund shall be authorized or ordered under this section for any single claim for the tax on fewer than one hundred gallons of motor fuel. The refund authorized by this section or section 5703.70 of the Revised Code shall be reduced by the cents per gallon amount of any qualified fuel credit received under section 5735.145 of the Revised Code, as determined by the commissioner, for each gallon of qualified fuel included in the total gallonage of motor fuel upon which the refund is computed. The right to receive any refund under this section or section 5703.70 of the Revised Code is not assignable. The payment of the refund shall not be made to any person other than the retail dealer originally entitled thereto, except that the refund may be paid to the executor, administrator, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or assignee in insolvency proceedings of such retailer. A motor fuel dealer shall be deemed to be a retail dealer when acting in a retail capacity. For the purpose of administering this section, the commissioner may provide a retail dealer with information related to a wholesale dealer, including the wholesale dealer's federal identification number or other motor fuel tax account number.
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Section 5735.142 | Refunds for local transit system operation and school districts.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly
(A)(1) Any person who uses any motor fuel, on which the tax imposed by section 5735.05 of the Revised Code has been paid, for the purpose of operating a transit bus shall be reimbursed in the amount of the total tax paid on motor fuel so used by public transportation systems providing transit or paratransit service on a regular and continuing basis within the state, or by a person contracting with such a system and providing such services, less one cent per gallon of such fuel; (2) A city, exempted village, joint vocational, or local school district or educational service center that purchases any motor fuel for school district or service center operations, on which any tax imposed by section 5735.05 of the Revised Code has been paid, may, if an application is filed under this section, be reimbursed in the amount of the total tax imposed by that section and paid on motor fuel less twenty-two cents per gallon of such fuel. The reimbursement under division (A)(2) of this section also may be obtained, upon application under this section, by a person that purchases motor fuel on which the tax has been paid and uses that fuel to perform school district or service center operations pursuant to a contract with a city, exempted village, joint vocational, or local school district or an educational service center. (3) A county board of developmental disabilities that purchases any motor fuel for county board operations, on which any tax imposed by section 5735.05 of the Revised Code has been paid may, if an application is filed under this section, be reimbursed in the amount of the total tax imposed by that section and paid on motor fuel less twenty-two cents per gallon of such fuel. The reimbursement under division (A)(3) of this section also may be obtained, upon application under this section, by a person that purchases motor fuel on which the tax has been paid and uses that fuel to perform county board operations pursuant to a contract with a county board of developmental disabilities. (B) Such person, school district, educational service center, or county board shall file with the tax commissioner an application for refund within one year from the date of purchase, stating the quantity of fuel used for operating transit buses used by local transit systems, or a contractor thereof, in furnishing scheduled common carrier, public passenger land transportation service along regular routes primarily in one or more municipal corporations, or for operating vehicles used for school district, service center, or county board operations. However, no claim shall be made for the tax on fewer than one hundred gallons of motor fuel. A school district, educational service center, or county board shall not apply for a refund for any tax paid on motor fuel that is sold by the district, service center, or county board. The application shall be accompanied by the statement described in section 5735.15 of the Revised Code showing the purchase, together with evidence of payment thereof. (C) After consideration of the application and statement, the commissioner shall determine the amount of refund to which the applicant is entitled. If the amount is not less than that claimed, the commissioner shall certify the amount to the director of budget and management and treasurer of state for payment from the tax refund fund created by section 5703.052 of the Revised Code. If the amount is less than that claimed, the commissioner shall proceed in accordance with section 5703.70 of the Revised Code. The commissioner may require that the application be supported by the affidavit of the claimant. No refund shall be authorized or ordered for any single claim for the tax on fewer than one hundred gallons of motor fuel. No refund shall be authorized or ordered on motor fuel that is sold by a school district, educational service center, or county board. (D) The right to receive any refund under this section or section 5703.70 of the Revised Code is not assignable. The payment of this refund shall not be made to any person or entity other than the person or entity originally entitled thereto who used the motor fuel upon which the claim for refund is based, except that the refund when allowed and certified, as provided in this section, may be paid to the executor, the administrator, the receiver, the trustee in bankruptcy, or the assignee in insolvency proceedings of the person.
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Section 5735.143 | Applying refund in satisfaction of debt to state.
Effective:
September 29, 1997
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly
If a person entitled to a refund under this chapter is indebted to the state for any tax or fee administered by the tax commissioner that is paid to the state or to the clerk of courts pursuant to section 4505.06 of the Revised Code, or any charge, penalty, or interest arising from such a tax or fee, the amount refundable may be applied in satisfaction of the debt. If the amount refundable is less than the amount of the debt, it may be applied in partial satisfaction of the debt. If the amount refundable is greater than the amount of the debt, the amount remaining after satisfaction of the debt shall be refunded. If the person has more than one such debt, any debt subject to section 5739.33 or division (G) of section 5747.07 of the Revised Code shall be satisfied first. This section applies only to debts that have become final.
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Section 5735.15 | Seller's statement required when purchaser claims right to refund.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
When motor fuel is sold to a person who claims to be entitled to a refund under section 5735.14 or 5735.142 of the Revised Code, the seller of such motor fuel shall provide to the person documentation that indicates that the liability to the state for the excise tax imposed under the motor fuel laws of this state on such motor fuel has been assumed by the seller, and that said excise tax has already been paid or will be paid by the seller when the same becomes payable. The documentation also shall set forth the name and address of the purchaser, the number of gallons of motor fuel sold, the price paid for or the price per gallon of the motor fuel sold, the proposed use for which such motor fuel is purchased, and such other information as the commissioner requires. When motor fuel is sold to a person who claims to be entitled to reimbursement under division (B) of section 5735.14 of the Revised Code, the documentation also shall state the number of gallons of water intentionally added to the motor fuel. The documentation shall be given to the purchaser, and a copy shall be retained by the seller.
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Section 5735.18 | Reimbursement for non-dealer sales for export outside state or to United States.
Effective:
January 1, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
Any person other than a motor fuel dealer who purchases motor fuel upon which the tax has been paid to this state and who sells the same outside this state for use outside this state or who uses the same on highways or waters outside this state and pays a tax on such use or sells the same to the United States government or any of its agencies may be reimbursed in the amount of such tax as provided in this chapter. All applications for refund of the tax paid on motor fuel sold for export from the state or sold to the United States government or any of its agencies shall be made in such form and shall set forth such information as the tax commissioner prescribes, and the applicant shall satisfy the commissioner that the motor fuel has been sold as stated and that the tax thereon has been paid. Applications for refund of the tax paid on motor fuel sold to the United States government or any of its agencies shall be supported by an affidavit of the claimant and by a tax exemption certificate executed by the vendee in such form as is prescribed by the commissioner. If the United States government or any of its agencies purchases motor fuel upon which the tax has been paid to this state, the United States government or agency may be reimbursed in the amount of such tax as provided in this chapter, provided that the seller of the motor fuel has not applied for a refund on behalf of the United States government or agency. Applications filed by the United States government or any of its agencies for refund of the tax paid on motor fuel purchases shall be supported by an invoice or similar fuel purchase document issued by the seller of the fuel. On the filing of an application under this section, the commissioner shall determine the amount of refund to which the applicant is entitled. If the amount is not less than that claimed, the commissioner shall certify and pay that amount in the same manner as provided in section 5735.14 of the Revised Code. If the amount is less than that claimed, the commissioner shall proceed in accordance with section 5703.70 of the Revised Code. The person shall file with the tax commissioner an application for refund within one year from the date of sale or purchase.
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Section 5735.19 | Records open to inspection by tax commissioner - investigations - forms.
Effective:
January 1, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The tax commissioner may examine, during the usual business hours of the day, the records, books, invoices, storage tanks, and any other equipment of any motor fuel dealer, retail dealer, exporter, terminal operator, purchaser, aviation fuel dealer, or transporter pertaining to motor fuel received, sold, shipped, or delivered, to determine whether the taxes imposed by this chapter have been paid and to verify the truth and accuracy of any statement, report, or return. (B) The tax commissioner may, in the enforcement of the motor fuel laws of this state, hold hearings, take the testimony of any person, issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses, and conduct such investigations as the commissioner deems necessary. Such information or evidence is not privileged when used by the state or any officer thereof in any proceeding for the collection of the tax, or any prosecution for violation of the motor fuel laws. (C) The commissioner may prescribe all forms upon which reports shall be made to the commissioner, forms for claims for refund presented to the commissioner, or forms of records to be used by motor fuel dealers. (D)(1) As used in this division, "designated inspection site" means any state highway inspection station, weigh station, mobile station, or other similar location designated by the tax commissioner to be used as a fuel inspection site. (2) An employee of the department of taxation that is so authorized by the tax commissioner may physically inspect, examine, or otherwise search any tank, reservoir, or other container that can or may be used for the production, storage, or transportation of fuel, fuel dyes, or fuel markers, and books and records, if any, that are maintained at the place of inspection and are kept to determine tax liability under this chapter. Inspections may be performed at any place at which motor fuel is or may be produced or stored, or at any designated inspection site. (3) An employee of the department of taxation who is a duly authorized enforcement agent may detain any motor vehicle, train, barge, ship, or vessel for the purpose of inspecting its fuel tanks and storage tanks. Detainment shall be on the premises under inspection or at a designated inspection site. Detainment may continue for a reasonable period of time as is necessary to determine the amount and composition of the fuel. (4) Any employee described in division (D)(2) or (3) of this section who has been properly trained may take and remove samples of fuel in quantities as are reasonably necessary to determine the composition of the fuel. (5) No person shall refuse to allow an inspection under division (D) of this section. Any person who refuses to allow an inspection shall be subject to revocation or cancellation of any license or permit issued under Chapter 5728. or 5735. of the Revised Code.
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Section 5735.20 | Prohibited acts regarding refunds or engaging in business without license.
Effective:
January 1, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) No person shall do any of the following: (1) Knowingly collect or attempt to collect or cause to be repaid to the taxpayer or to any other person, either directly or indirectly, any refund of such tax without being entitled to the same; (2) Engage in business in the state as a motor fuel dealer without holding an unrevoked license to engage in such business; (3) Engage in business in the state as a retail dealer without holding an unrevoked license to engage in such business; (4) Engage in business in the state as a permissive motor fuel dealer without holding an unrevoked license to engage in such business; (5) Engage in business in the state as an exporter without holding an unrevoked license to engage in such business; (6) Engage in business as a terminal operator without holding an unrevoked license to engage in such business; (7) Engage in business as an aviation fuel dealer without holding an unrevoked license to engage in such business. (B) Each day, or part thereof, during which any person engages in business as a motor fuel dealer, retail dealer, permissive motor fuel dealer, exporter, terminal operator, or aviation fuel dealer without being the holder of an unrevoked license constitutes a separate offense.
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Section 5735.21 | Shipping document requirements.
Effective:
October 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 305 - 121st General Assembly
(A) No person shall transport motor fuel in a bulk lot vehicle from or to a destination in this state unless the person possesses a shipping document created by a terminal or a bulk plant where the bulk lot vehicle received the fuel. The terminal or bulk plant shall provide the shipping document to the operator of the bulk lot vehicle and the document must contain all of the following: (1) The name and address of the terminal or bulk plant from which the motor fuel was received; (2) The name of the carrier; (3) The date the motor fuel was loaded; (4) The type of motor fuel and the number of gallons; (5)(a) If delivery is to only one state, the destination state of the motor fuel as represented by the purchaser of the motor fuel and the number of gallons of the fuel to be delivered. (b) If delivery is to more than one state, the split loads delivered to each state from the bulk lot vehicle shall be documented by the terminal or bulk plant by issuing shipping documents that list the destination state of each portion of the motor fuel. (6) Any other information that, in the opinion of the tax commissioner, is necessary for the proper administration of this chapter. (B) A terminal or bulk plant, the carrier, and the person that received the motor fuel shall retain a copy of the shipping document for a period of four years after the date of receipt of the fuel and shall provide a copy of the document to the tax commissioner upon request. (C) While transporting motor fuel in this state, each operator of a bulk lot vehicle shall have in its possession the shipping document issued by the terminal or bulk plant. The operator shall show the document to the tax commissioner upon request. The tax commissioner may delegate authority to inspect the document to other governmental agencies. The operator shall provide a copy of the shipping document to the person that receives the fuel when it is delivered. (D) The operator of the bulk lot vehicle shall deliver the motor fuel only to the destination state as indicated on the shipping document. If the operator has a legitimate need to deliver the motor fuel to a state other than the destination state as listed on the shipping document, the operator may do so only after doing all of the following: (1) Notifying the tax commissioner prior to delivering the motor fuel into a state other than the designated state; (2) Receiving a diversion number authorizing the diversion to another state; (3) Writing on the shipping document the diversion number authorizing the diversion and the new state of destination. (E) Except as otherwise provided in division (L) of this section, no person located in this state shall accept a shipment of motor fuel from a bulk lot vehicle unless a properly executed shipping document listing this state as the destination state is received from the operator of the bulk lot vehicle. A shipping document listing another state may be accepted if a diversion number is written upon it and the state of destination is corrected. The person receiving the motor fuel shall confirm the diversion by calling a telephone number provided by the tax commissioner. The person receiving the motor fuel shall retain the shipping document for thirty days at the delivery location, and retain the shipping document for four years thereafter at any location normally used to store records by the person receiving the fuel. (F) Each terminal or bulk plant shall post a notice describing the duties of operators of bulk lot vehicles under this section. The notice shall be posted in a conspicuous location proximate to the point of receipt of shipping papers by operators of bulk lot vehicles. The tax commissioner may prescribe the language, type, style, and format of the notice. (G)(1) Any operator of a bulk lot vehicle that violates any requirement of this section is subject to a penalty of one thousand dollars for each violation. (2) Any person receiving motor fuel who accepts a shipping document that does not conform with division (E) of this section is subject to a penalty of one thousand dollars or five times the amount of the unpaid tax, whichever is greater, for each occurrence. (3) Any person operating a terminal or bulk plant who issues a shipping document that does not conform with division (a) of this section is subject to a penalty of one thousand dollars for each occurrence. (4) Any person operating a terminal or bulk plant who does not post notice as required under division (f) of this section is subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each day the notice is not posted as required by that division. (H) The tax commissioner may impose the penalties prescribed under division (G) of this section by assessment under section 5735.12 or 5735.121 of the Revised Code. (I) The tax commissioner may reduce or remit a penalty prescribed under division (g) of this section. (J) No person shall provide false or fraudulent shipping documents. No person shall alter a shipping document without first having obtained a diversion number as required by this section. (K) For the purposes of this section only, "bulk lot vehicles" does not include railroad tank cars. (L) This section does not apply to the sale or distribution at bulk plants of dyed diesel fuel into straight trucks having designed motor fuel capacity of four thousand two hundred gallons or less.
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Section 5735.27 | Distribution of amount credited to gasoline excise tax fund and highway operating fund.
Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the gasoline excise tax fund. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Revenue credited to the fund under section 5735.051 from the tax levied under section 5735.05 of the Revised Code shall be distributed to municipal corporations, counties, and townships as provided in divisions (A)(1), (2), and (3) of this section. (1) The amount distributed to each municipal corporation shall be that proportion of the amount to be distributed among municipal corporations that the number of motor vehicles registered within the municipal corporation bears to the total number of motor vehicles registered within all the municipal corporations of this state during the preceding motor vehicle registration year. When a new village is incorporated, the registrar of motor vehicles shall determine from the applications on file in the bureau of motor vehicles the number of motor vehicles located within the territory comprising the village during the entire registration year in which the municipal corporation was incorporated. The registrar shall forthwith certify the number of motor vehicles so determined to the tax commissioner for use in distributing motor vehicle fuel tax funds to the village until the village is qualified to participate in the distribution of the funds pursuant to this division. The number of motor vehicle registrations shall be determined by the official records of the bureau of motor vehicles. The amount received by each municipal corporation shall be used to plan, construct, reconstruct, repave, widen, maintain, repair, clear, and clean public highways, roads, and streets; to maintain and repair bridges and viaducts; to purchase, erect, and maintain street and traffic signs and markers; to pay the costs apportioned to the municipal corporation under section 4907.47 of the Revised Code; to purchase, erect, and maintain traffic lights and signals; to pay the principal, interest, and charges on bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or incurred pursuant to section 5531.09 of the Revised Code for the purpose of acquiring or constructing roads, highways, bridges, or viaducts or acquiring or making other highway improvements for which the municipal corporation may issue bonds; and to supplement revenue already available for these purposes. (2) The amount distributed to counties shall be paid in equal proportions to the county treasurer of each county within the state and shall be used only for the purposes of planning, maintaining, and repairing the county system of public roads and highways within the county; the planning, construction, and repair of walks or paths along county roads in congested areas; the planning, construction, purchase, lease, and maintenance of suitable buildings for the housing and repair of county road machinery, housing of supplies, and housing of personnel associated with the machinery and supplies; the payment of costs apportioned to the county under section 4907.47 of the Revised Code; the payment of principal, interest, and charges on bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or incurred pursuant to section 5531.09 of the Revised Code for the purpose of acquiring or constructing roads, highways, bridges, or viaducts or acquiring or making other highway improvements for which the board of county commissioners may issue bonds under that chapter; and the purchase, installation, and maintenance of traffic signal lights. (3)(a) The amounts described under divisions (A)(2)(a)(iii)(III) and (B)(2) of section 5735.051 of the Revised Code to be distributed among townships shall be divided in equal proportions among the townships. (b) As used in division (A)(3)(b) of this section, the "formula amount" for any township is the amount that would be allocated to that township if fifty per cent of the total amount credited to townships pursuant to divisions (A)(2)(b)(iii), (C)(2), and (E)(2)(c) of section 5735.051 of the Revised Code were allocated among townships in the state proportionate to the number of centerline miles within the boundaries of the respective townships, as determined annually by the department of transportation, and the other fifty per cent of that amount were allocated among townships in the state proportionate to the number of motor vehicles registered within the respective townships, as determined annually by the records of the bureau of motor vehicles. The number of centerline miles within the boundaries of a township shall not include any centerline miles of township roads that have been placed on nonmaintained status by a board of township trustees pursuant to section 5571.20 of the Revised Code. The portion of the revenue of the tax levied by section 5735.05 of the Revised Code that is described under divisions (A)(3) and (B) of that section shall be partially allocated to provide funding for townships. Each township shall receive the greater of the following two calculations: (i) The total statewide amount credited to townships under divisions (A)(2)(b)(iii), (C)(2), and (E)(2)(c) of section 5735.051 of the Revised Code divided by the number of townships in the state at the time of the calculation; (ii) Seventy per cent of the formula amount for that township. (c) The total difference between the amount of money credited to townships under divisions (A)(2)(b)(iii), (C)(2), and (E)(2)(c) of section 5735.051 of the Revised Code and the total amount of money required to make all the payments specified in division (A)(3)(b) of this section shall be deducted, in accordance with division (C)(3) of section 5735.051 of the Revised Code, from the revenues resulting from the portion of the revenue described in division (A)(3) of section 5735.05 of the Revised Code prior to crediting portions of such revenues to counties, municipal corporations, and the highway operating fund. (d) All amounts credited pursuant to divisions (A)(3)(a) and (b) of this section shall be paid to the county treasurer of each county for the total amount payable to the townships within each of the counties. The county treasurer shall pay to each township within the county its proportional share of the funds, which shall be expended by each township only for the purposes of planning, constructing, maintaining, widening, and reconstructing the public roads and highways within the township, paying principal, interest, and charges on bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 133. or 505. of the Revised Code or incurred pursuant to section 5531.09 of the Revised Code for the purpose of acquiring or constructing roads, highways, bridges, or viaducts or acquiring or making other highway improvements for which the board of township trustees may issue bonds under those chapters, and paying costs apportioned to the township under section 4907.47 of the Revised Code. No part of the funds designated for road and highway purposes shall be used for any purpose except to pay in whole or part the contract price of any such work done by contract, or to pay the cost of labor in planning, constructing, widening, and reconstructing such roads and highways, and the cost of materials forming a part of the improvement; provided that the funds may be used for the purchase of road machinery and equipment, the planning, construction, purchase, and maintenance of suitable buildings for housing road machinery and equipment, and the payment of principal, interest, and charges on bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 133. or 505. of the Revised Code for the purpose of purchasing road machinery and equipment or planning, constructing, purchasing, and maintaining suitable buildings for housing road machinery and equipment; and provided that all such improvement of roads shall be under supervision and direction of the county engineer as provided in section 5575.07 of the Revised Code. No obligation against the funds shall be incurred unless plans and specifications for the improvement, approved by the county engineer, are on file in the office of the township fiscal officer, and all contracts for material and for work done by contract shall be approved by the county engineer before being signed by the board of township trustees. The board of township trustees of any township may pass a resolution permitting the board of county commissioners to expend the township's share of the funds, or any portion of it, for the improvement of the roads within the township as may be designated in the resolution. (B) Amounts credited to the highway operating fund under section 5735.051 and other sections of the Revised Code are subject to transfer to the sinking fund upon receipt by the treasurer of state of the certification by the commissioners of the sinking fund, as required by section 5528.15 of the Revised Code, that there are sufficient moneys to the credit of the highway improvement bond retirement fund to meet in full all payments of principal, interest, and charges for the retirement of bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised Code due and payable during the current calendar year. All remaining amounts credited to the highway operating fund shall be expended for the purposes of planning, maintaining, repairing, and keeping in passable condition for travel the roads and highways of the state required by law to be maintained by the department; paying the costs apportioned to the state under section 4907.47 of the Revised Code; paying that portion of the construction cost of a highway project which a county, township, or municipal corporation normally would be required to pay, but which the director of transportation, pursuant to division (B) of section 5531.08 of the Revised Code, determines instead will be paid from moneys in the highway operating fund; paying the costs of the department of public safety in administering and enforcing the state law relating to the registration and operation of motor vehicles; paying the state's share of the cost of planning, constructing, widening, maintaining, and reconstructing the state highways; paying that portion of the construction cost of a highway project which a county, township, or municipal corporation normally would be required to pay, but which the director of transportation, pursuant to division (B) of section 5531.08 of the Revised Code, determines instead will be paid from moneys in the highway operating fund; and also for supplying the state's share of the cost of eliminating railway grade crossings upon such highways and costs apportioned to the state under section 4907.47 of the Revised Code. The director of transportation may expend portions of such amount upon extensions of state highways within municipal corporations or upon portions of state highways within municipal corporations, as is provided by law. All investment earnings of the highway operating fund shall be credited to the fund.
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Section 5735.28 | Funds for maintaining state highways within municipal corporations.
Effective:
January 1, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
Wherever a municipal corporation is on the line of the state highway system as designated by the director of transportation as an extension or continuance of the state highway system, seven and one-half per cent of the amount paid to any municipal corporation pursuant to sections 4501.04 and 5735.27 of the Revised Code shall be used by it only to construct, reconstruct, repave, widen, maintain, and repair such highways, to purchase, erect, and maintain traffic lights and signals, and to erect and maintain street and traffic signs and markers on such highways, or to pay principal, interest, and charges on bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or incurred pursuant to section 5531.09 of the Revised Code for such purposes.
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Section 5735.33 | Delegation of investigation powers.
Effective:
December 2, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly
For purposes of enforcing this chapter, the tax commissioner, in accordance with section 5743.45 of the Revised Code, may delegate any investigation powers of the commissioner to any employee of the department of taxation who has been certified by the Ohio peace officer training commission and who is engaged in the enforcement of this chapter. Upon such a delegation in accordance with that section, the provisions of that section relative to the powers and authority of the employee and the suspension or revocation of the delegation apply. No employee of the department shall divulge any information acquired as a result of any investigation pursuant to this chapter, except as may be required by the commissioner or a court. The department shall cooperate with the attorney general, local law enforcement officials, and the appropriate agencies of the federal government and other states in the investigation and prosecution of violations of this chapter.
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Section 5735.34 | Sale or discontinuing business.
Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) If any motor fuel dealer sells that motor fuel dealer's entire business or discontinues operating that business, the taxes and any interest and penalties imposed under this chapter that arose prior to the date of sale or discontinuation become due and payable immediately. Within fifteen days after the date of the sale or discontinuation of the business, the motor fuel dealer shall make a final return and provide written notification to the tax commissioner of the sale or discontinuation and the name and contact information of the purchaser, if applicable. The purchaser of the business shall withhold a sufficient amount of the purchase money to cover the amount of such taxes, interest, and penalties due and unpaid until the seller produces a receipt from the tax commissioner showing that the taxes, interest, and penalties have been paid, or until the seller produces a certificate indicating that no taxes, interest, and penalties are due. (B) If the purchaser of the business fails to withhold the purchase money required to be withheld under this section, the purchaser of the business is personally liable for the payment of the taxes, interest, and penalties accrued and unpaid during the operation of the business by the seller, but only to the extent of the consideration offered for the entire business. (C) For purposes of this section, "entire business" means substantially all of the seller's assets determined without regard to any then existing mortgages, liens, security interests or other encumbrances attaching to those assets. A person is considered to have sold the entire business only if the person ceases to qualify as a motor fuel dealer and has relinquished or the tax commissioner has canceled the person's motor fuel dealer's license.
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Section 5735.35 | Personal liability for unpaid taxes.
Effective:
September 6, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 508 - 129th General Assembly
(A)(1) If any person, regardless of organizational form, required to file reports and to remit taxes imposed under this chapter fails for any reason to file such reports or pay such taxes, any employees of the person having control or supervision of, or charged with the responsibility of, filing reports and making payments, or any officers or trustees of the person responsible for the execution of the person's fiscal responsibilities, are personally liable for the failure. (2) The dissolution, termination, or bankruptcy of a person shall not discharge a responsible officer's, shareholder's, member's, manager's, employee's, or trustee's liability for failure of the person to file reports or remit taxes. The sum due for the liability may be collected by assessment in the manner provided in sections 5735.12 and 5735.121 of the Revised Code. (B) If more than one individual is personally liable under this section for the unpaid tax of a person, then the liability of all such individuals shall be joint and several.
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Section 5735.40 | No tax to be imposed on alternative fuels - exceptions.
Effective:
October 12, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 245 - 126th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section: (1) "Alternative fuel" has the same meaning as in section 125.831 of the Revised Code. (2) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other body corporate and politic responsible for governmental activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state. (B) Except as provided in division (B)(6) of section 5739.02 of the Revised Code when levying the tax imposed by that section in conjunction with sections 5739.021, 5739.023, 5739.026, 5741.021, 5741.022, and 5741.023 of the Revised Code, or as provided in section 5739.101 of the Revised Code, no political subdivision shall levy or collect any excise, license, privilege, or occupational tax on alternative fuel or on the buying, selling, handling, or consuming of alternative fuel.
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Section 5735.43 | Funding from motor fuel taxes; disclosure of use.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly
Any agency or entity, including a local government entity, that receives funding derived from the motor fuel tax levied under Chapter 5735. of the Revised Code, and either expends the funds on a project that takes more than seven business days to complete, or expends $500,000 or more of the funds, shall include on that agency or entity's web site annual status updates on how the funds are being used. Such information may include how much money is spent, when the money is spent, on what projects the money is spent, and similar information demonstrating to the public the use of funds received.
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Section 5735.50 | Notice of federal and state motor fuel tax rates.
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section: (1) "Rate of federal motor fuel tax" means the rate of tax levied under section 4081 of the Internal Revenue Code on one gallon of gasoline other than aviation gasoline or one gallon of diesel fuel, as those terms are defined in section 4083 of the Internal Revenue Code. (2) "Rate of state motor fuel tax" means the rate of tax levied under section 5735.05 of the Revised Code on one gallon of gasoline or one gallon of diesel fuel. (3) "Adjustment date" means a date on which a change in the rate of federal or state motor fuel tax takes effect or, if such a change occurs within six months after an adjustment date, the first day of the seventh month following that adjustment date. (4) "Fuel tax notice" means a notice described in division (B)(1) of this section. (5) "Retail pump" means a pump situated at a retail service station through which gasoline or diesel fuel is pumped directly into motor vehicle fuel tanks for consumption. (6) "Municipal sealer" means a sealer of weights and measures appointed under section 733.63 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The director of agriculture shall, within ninety days after an adjustment date, design and cause to be produced a notice that displays, in readable font, the following information, which the director may obtain in consultation with the tax commissioner: (a) The rate of federal and state motor fuel tax as of the adjustment date. The information required by division (B)(1)(a) of this section shall be categorized and arranged on the notice as such information is categorized and arranged on the following table: | | GASOLINE | DIESEL FUEL | | FEDERAL TAX | [Rate of federal motor fuel tax on gasoline other than aviation gasoline] | [Rate of federal motor fuel tax on diesel fuel] | | STATE TAX | [Rate of state motor fuel tax on gasoline] | [Rate of state motor fuel tax on diesel fuel] | | TOTAL TAX | [sum of the rate of federal motor fuel tax on gasoline other than aviation gasoline plus the rate of state motor fuel tax on gasoline] | [sum of the rate of motor fuel tax on diesel fuel plus the rate of state motor fuel tax on diesel fuel] |
Each of the three columns in the table described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section shall be separated by a vertical line and each of the four rows shall be separated by a horizontal line. The table shall be enclosed within lines forming a box such that "federal tax," "state tax," "total tax," and the corresponding gasoline and diesel rates appear as individual cells within a grid pattern. (b) A representation of the great seal of the state as described in section 5.10 of the Revised Code without regard to the minimum dimensions prescribed by that section; (c) At the bottom of the notice and in a font smaller than that used to display the information described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section, a statement that reads as follows: "THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE OHIO FUEL TAX TRANSPARENCY ACT, O.R.C. 5735.50." (2) A fuel tax notice shall not display any information other than the information required under divisions (B)(1)(a) to (c) of this section, and shall not display the name of any public official, state employee, or state agency. No color shall be displayed on the notice other than red, white, or blue. The width and length of a fuel tax notice shall not be less than four inches and shall not exceed four and one-half inches. (3) The director shall, within ninety days after an adjustment date, distribute fuel tax notices to each county auditor or municipal sealer in the number requested by the auditor or sealer under division (C)(1) of this section. The director shall not charge a county auditor, municipal sealer, or any person for the creation or delivery of a fuel tax notice under this section. (C)(1) Within fifteen days after an adjustment date, the director of agriculture shall notify each county auditor and municipal sealer that the director is designing and causing to be produced fuel tax notices as required under division (B)(1) of this section. Within fifteen days after receipt of such a notice, a county auditor or municipal sealer shall notify the director of the number of fuel tax notices the auditor or sealer requires to perform the auditor's or sealer's duties under division (C)(2) of this section. (2) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(3) of this section, each county auditor or municipal sealer or an employee thereof shall affix fuel tax notices received from the director of agriculture on each retail pump the auditor or sealer is required to inspect under the authority of section 1327.52 of the Revised Code. Each notice shall be affixed on or before the earlier of fourteen months following the most recent adjustment date or the date the auditor or sealer or an employee thereof arrives on the premises of a retail service station for the purposes of carrying out a required inspection or other official business, including the performance of the auditor's or sealer's duties under section 1327.52 of the Revised Code. A fuel tax notice shall be displayed in a clear and prominent manner and shall be affixed on each face of a retail pump on which a meter measuring the volume of gasoline or diesel fuel dispensed is located. A notice shall not be affixed in a manner that obstructs or obscures any other notice or sticker required to be displayed pursuant to federal, state, or local law. A county auditor or municipal sealer or employee thereof shall replace any fuel tax notice that is no longer readable or is no longer affixed as required under division (C)(2) of this section or that has been affixed on a retail pump for more than three consecutive years. (3) In lieu of fuel tax notices being affixed on each retail pump as required by division (C)(2) of this section, the owner or operator of a retail service station may provide the information required to be displayed on the notice by any of the following means: (a) Displaying video messages via video displays visible to users of the retail pump; (b) Printing the information on customer receipts; (c) Posting the information conspicuously at the public entrance to the premises of the service station. (D) A county auditor or municipal sealer may notify the director of agriculture at any time if the auditor or sealer requires additional fuel tax notices to perform the auditor's or sealer's duties under this section. Upon receiving such a request, the director shall distribute the number of fuel tax notices so requested to the auditor or sealer. (E) Nothing in this section makes the owner or operator of a retail service station liable for affixing or maintaining a fuel tax notice.
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Section 5735.99 | Penalty.
Effective:
January 1, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates division (F) of section 5735.02, division (D) of section 5735.021, division (B) of section 5735.063, division (B) of section 5735.064, or division (A)(2) of section 5735.20 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) Whoever violates division (C) of section 5735.06 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. (C) Whoever violates section 5735.025 or division (A)(1) of section 5735.20 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, if the tax owed or the fraudulent refund received is not greater than five hundred dollars. If the tax owed or the fraudulent refund received is greater than five hundred dollars but not greater than ten thousand dollars, the offender is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree; for each subsequent offense when the tax owed or the fraudulent refund received is greater than five hundred dollars but not greater than ten thousand dollars, the offender is guilty of a felony of the third degree. If the tax owed or the fraudulent refund received is greater than ten thousand dollars, the offender is guilty of a felony of the second degree. (D) Whoever violates a provision of this chapter for which a penalty is not otherwise prescribed under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (E) Whoever violates division (D)(5) of section 5735.19 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
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