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...efore the commencement of an audit, the tax administrator shall provide to the taxpayer a written description of the roles of the tax administrator and of the taxpayer during an audit and a statement of the taxpayer's rights, including any right to obtain a refund of an overpayment of a tax. At or before the commencement of an audit, the tax administrator shall inform the taxpayer when the audit is considered to have...

...(A) A taxpayer aggrieved by an action or omission of a tax administrator, a tax administrator's employee, or an employee of the municipal corporation may bring an action against the municipal corporation for damages in the court of common pleas of the county in which the municipal corporation is located, if all of the following apply: (1) In the action or omission the tax administrator, the tax administrator's emplo...

...(A) An "opinion of the tax administrator" means an opinion issued under this section with respect to prospective municipal income tax liability. It does not include ordinary correspondence of the tax administrator. (B) A taxpayer may submit a written request for an opinion of the tax administrator as to whether or how certain income, source of income, or a certain activity or transaction will be taxed. The written r...

...If the municipal corporation imposing a tax in accordance with this chapter has a population greater than thirty thousand according to the most recent decennial census or if the tax administrator charged with the administration of the tax is described in either division (U)(1)(b) or (c) of section 718.01 of the Revised Code, all of the tax administrator's written correspondence to a taxpayer or other person shall inc...

...(A) A taxpayer shall file an amended return with the tax administrator in such form as the tax administrator requires if any of the facts, figures, computations, or attachments required in the taxpayer's annual return to determine the tax due levied by the municipal corporation in accordance with this chapter must be altered as the result of an adjustment to the taxpayer's federal income tax return, whether initiated...

...l corporation of residence shall levy a tax on the income of any member or employee of the Ohio general assembly including the lieutenant governor which income is received as a result of services rendered as such member or employee and is paid from appropriated funds of this state. (B) No municipal corporation other than the municipal corporation of residence and the city of Columbus shall levy a tax on the income o...

...ial election on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month after the beginning of the taxpayer's taxable year by providing to the tax commissioner a list of all municipal corporations in which the taxpayer conducted business during the previous taxable year, on a form prescribed by the tax commissioner. (2) At least quarterly, the tax commissioner shall notify each municipal corporation that a taxpayer lists ...

...nited States relating to federal income tax and in Title LVII of the Revised Code and the use is not consistent, then the use of the term in the laws of the United States relating to federal income tax shall have control over the use of the term in Title LVII of the Revised Code, unless the term is defined in Chapter 5703. of the Revised Code, in which case the definition in that chapter shall control. Any reference ...

...This section applies to any taxpayer that is engaged in a business or profession in a municipal corporation and that has made the election under section 718.80 of the Revised Code. (A) Except as otherwise provided in section 718.821 of the Revised Code and division (B) of this section, net profit from a business or profession conducted both within and without the boundaries of a municipal corporation shall be cons...

...n 718.021 of the Revised Code. (B) A taxpayer may elect to apply the provisions of this section to the apportionment of its net profit from a business or profession. For taxpayers that make this election, the provisions of section 718.82 of the Revised Code apply to such apportionment except as otherwise provided in this section. A taxpayer shall make the election allowed under this section by notifying the tax...

... before the last day of each month, the tax commissioner shall certify to the director of budget and management the amount to be paid to each municipal corporation, based on amounts reported on annual returns and declarations of estimated tax under sections 718.85 and 718.88 of the Revised Code, less any amounts previously distributed and net of any audit adjustments made or refunds granted by the commissioner, for t...

...ised Code. (C) Not later than thirty days after each distribution made to municipal corporations under section 718.83 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner shall provide to each municipal corporation a report stating the name and federal identification number of every taxpayer that made estimated payments that are attributable to the municipal corporation and the amount of each such taxpayer's estimated paymen...

...be provided by not more than forty-five days. If the commissioner extends the time within which information must be provided, any event attaching a penalty for failure to provide such information shall be extended accordingly. (D) The tax commissioner may modify the web portal created pursuant to division (A) of this section to enable the exchange of information between the commissioner and municipal corporations u...

...ommissioner, on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month following the end of the taxpayer's taxable year. (2) The remittance shall be made payable to the treasurer of state and in the form prescribed by the tax commissioner. If the amount payable with the tax return is ten dollars or less, no remittance is required. (B) The tax commissioner shall immediately forward to the treasurer of state all amounts...

...(A) All taxpayers that have made the election allowed under section 718.80 of the Revised Code shall file any tax return or extension for filing a tax return, and shall make payment of amounts shown to be due on such returns, electronically, either through the Ohio business gateway or in another manner as prescribed by the tax commissioner. (B) A taxpayer may apply to the commissioner, on a form prescribed by the co...

...must be made on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month of the year following the last year of a five-year consolidated tax return election period in effect under division (B)(1) of this section. The election to discontinue filing a consolidated tax return is binding for a five-year period beginning with the first taxable year of the election. (3) An election made under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section...

...If a taxpayer that has made the election allowed under section 718.80 of the Revised Code fails to pay any tax as required under sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code, or any portion of that tax, on or before the date prescribed for its payment, interest shall be assessed, collected, and paid, in the same manner as the tax, upon such unpaid amount at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Rev...

...all be filed on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month after the beginning of the taxable year or on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month after the taxpayer becomes subject to tax for the first time. (4) The tax commissioner may waive the requirement for filing a declaration of estimated taxes for any class of taxpayers after finding that the waiver is reasonable and proper in view of administrat...

...wing penalties shall apply: (1) If a taxpayer required to file a tax return under sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code fails to make and file the return within the time prescribed, including any extensions of time granted by the tax commissioner, the commissioner may impose a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, except that the commissioner shall abate or refund the penalty assessed on a taxpayer's ...

... 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 signed by the authorized agent of the taxpayer assessed having knowledge of the facts, the assessment becomes final, and the amount of the assessment is due and payable from the taxpayer to the treasurer of state. The petition shall indicate the taxpayer's...

...ection that is not issued within ninety days after such determination shall bear interest at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code from the ninety-first day after such determination until the day the refund is paid or credited. On an illegal or erroneous assessment, interest shall be paid at that rate from the date of payment on the illegal or erroneous assessment until the day the refu...

...urn shall be filed not later than sixty days after the adjustment is agreed upon or finally determined for federal income tax purposes or after any federal income tax deficiency or refund, or the abatement or credit resulting therefrom, has been assessed or paid, whichever occurs first. If a taxpayer intends to file an amended consolidated municipal income tax return, or to amend its type of return from a separate re...

...(A) The tax commissioner, or any authorized agent or employee thereof, may examine the books, papers, records, and federal and state income tax returns of any taxpayer or other person that is subject to sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of any return made or, if no return was filed, to ascertain the tax due as required under those sections. Upon written request by...

...f January 31, 2018, or the thirty-first day of January of the first year in which the taxpayer is eligible to receive the credit: (1) A copy of the agreement entered into by the municipal corporation and taxpayer under section 718.15 or 718.151 of the Revised Code; (2) A copy of the municipal ordinance or resolution authorizing the agreement entered into between the municipal corporation and the taxpayer. (B)(1) E...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, whoever recklessly violates division (A) of section 718.84 of the Revised Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for a term of up to six months, or both. (B) Any person who recklessly discloses information received from the internal revenue service in violati...