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...(A) A municipal corporation or township may levy an excise tax for any lawful purpose not to exceed three per cent on transactions by which lodging by a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests in addition to the tax levied by section 5739.02 of the Revised Code. If a municipal corporation or township repeals a tax imposed under division (A) of this section, and a county in which the municipal corporation o...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Convention center" has the same meaning as in section 307.695 of the Revised Code. (2) "Convention center headquarters hotel" means a hotel designated as such in authorizing legislation. (3) "Convention center headquarters hotel facilities" means a convention center headquarters hotel, the convention center associated with the convention center headquarters hotel, and any im...

...(A) Whoever violates section 5739.26 or 5739.29 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person shall, if a corporation, be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, or if an individual, or a member of a partnership, firm, or association, be fined not less than twenty-five nor more tha...

...Except as otherwise provided in section 5741.11 of the Revised Code, a marketplace facilitator that is treated as a seller pursuant to division (E) of section 5741.01 of the Revised Code has the same rights and obligations under this chapter as other sellers. Such obligations include registering with the tax commissioner under section 5741.17 of the Revised Code and collecting and remitting the taxes levied under thi...

...(A) For the purposes of section 307.696 of the Revised Code, to pay the expenses of administering the tax, and to pay any or all of the charge the board of elections makes against the county to hold the election on the question of levying the tax, or for such purposes and to provide revenues to the county for permanent improvements, the board of county commissioners may levy a tax on sales of cigarettes sold for resa...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this division, no person shall engage in this state in the wholesale or retail business of trafficking in cigarettes or in the business of a manufacturer or importer of cigarettes without having a license to conduct each such activity issued by a county auditor under division (B) of this section or the tax commissioner under divisions (C) and (F) of this section. On dissolution of ...

...(A) Any person required to pay the tax imposed by section 5743.51, 5743.511, 5743.62, 5743.621, 5743.63, or 5743.631 of the Revised Code is personally liable for the tax. The tax commissioner may make an assessment, based upon any information in the commissioner's possession, against any person who fails to file a return or pay any tax, interest, or additional charge as required by this chapter. The commissioner shal...

...(A)(1) No distributor or vapor distributor shall engage in the business of distributing tobacco products, vapor products, or both within this state without having a license issued by the department of taxation to engage in that business. (2) On the dissolution of a partnership by death, the surviving partner may operate under the license of the partnership until the expiration of the license, and the heirs or lega...

...(A) The annual report filed under section 5745.03 of the Revised Code determines a taxpayer's Ohio net income and the portion of Ohio net income to be apportioned to a municipal corporation. (B) A taxpayer's Ohio net income is determined by multiplying the taxpayer's adjusted federal taxable income by the sum of the property factor multiplied by one-third, the payroll factor multiplied by one-third, and the sale...

...As used in this section, "income tax" includes both a tax on net income and a tax measured by net income. The following credits shall be allowed against the aggregate income tax liability imposed by section 5747.02 of the Revised Code on individuals and estates: (A)(1) The amount of tax otherwise due under section 5747.02 of the Revised Code on such portion of the combined adjusted gross income and taxable busi...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Bulk filer" means a payroll service provider or similar entity that is registered with the tax commissioner to submit employer withholding tax returns in accordance with this section. (2) "Payroll service provider" means a third party that assists an employer with payroll administration and state employer withholding tax obligations. A payroll service provider may include a prof...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Estimated taxes" means the amount that the taxpayer estimates to be the taxpayer's combined tax liability under this chapter and Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code for the current taxable year. (2) "Tax liability" means the total taxes due for the taxable year, after allowing any credit to which the taxpayer is entitled, but prior to applying any estimated tax payment, withholding...

...This section is to be applied solely for the purposes of Chapters 5747. and 5748. of the Revised Code. (A) As used in this section: (1) An individual "has one contact period in this state" if the individual is away overnight from the individual's abode located outside this state and while away overnight from that abode spends at least some portion, however minimal, of each of two consecutive days in this state. (2...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Traffic law photo-monitoring device" has the same meaning as in section 4511.092 of the Revised Code. (2) "School zone" has the same meaning as in section 4511.21 of the Revised Code. (3) "Transportation district" means a territorial district established by the director of transportation under section 5501.14 of the Revised Code. (4) "District deputy director" means the perso...

...(A) To provide a uniform procedure for calculating a taxpayer's aggregate tax liability under section 5747.02 of the Revised Code, a taxpayer shall claim any credits to which the taxpayer is entitled in the following order: Either the retirement income credit under division (B) of section 5747.055 of the Revised Code or the lump sum retirement income credits under divisions (C), (D), and (E) of that section; Ei...

...(A) The question of the repeal of a school district income tax levied for more than five years may be initiated not more than once in any five-year period by filing with the board of elections of the appropriate counties not later than ninety days before the general election in any year after the year in which it is approved by the electors a petition requesting that an election be held on the question. The petition ...

...(A) A group of two or more persons may elect to be a consolidated elected taxpayer for the purposes of this chapter if the group satisfies all of the following requirements: (1) The group elects to include all persons, including persons enumerated in divisions (E)(2) to (5) of section 5751.01 of the Revised Code, having at least eighty per cent, or having at least fifty per cent, of the value of their ownershi...

...For the purposes of this chapter, gross receipts shall be sitused to this state as follows: (A) Gross rents and royalties from real property located in this state shall be sitused to this state. (B) Gross rents and royalties from tangible personal property shall be sitused to this state to the extent the tangible personal property is located or used in this state. (C) Gross receipts from the sale of electricit...

...(A) Subject to division (E) of this section, any of the following actions pertaining to a revocable trust that is made irrevocable by the death of the settlor of the trust shall be commenced by the earlier of the date that is two years after the date of the death of the settlor of the trust or that is six months from the date on which the trustee sends the person bringing the action a copy of the trust instrument and...

...(A) If there are three or more cotrustees serving, the cotrustees may act by majority decision. (B) If a vacancy occurs in a cotrusteeship, the remaining cotrustees may act for the trust. (C) A cotrustee must participate in the performance of a trustee's function unless the cotrustee is unavailable to perform the function because of absence, illness, disqualification under other law, or other temporary incapacity o...

...(A) A trustee shall administer the trust solely in the interests of the beneficiaries. (B) Subject to the rights of persons dealing with or assisting the trustee as provided in section 5810.12 of the Revised Code, a sale, encumbrance, or other transaction involving the investment or management of trust property entered into by the trustee for the trustee's own personal account or that is otherwise affected by...

...(A) The judicial standard of review for discretionary trusts is that the trustee shall exercise a discretionary power reasonably, in good faith, and in accordance with the terms and purposes of the trust and the interests of the beneficiaries, except that with respect to distribution decisions a reasonableness standard shall not be applied to the exercise of discretion by the trustee of a wholly discretionary t...

...(A) Personal property may be transferred to a trustee as authorized by section 5804.01 of the Revised Code by executing the necessary written instrument that identifies the personal property transferred and identifies the trustee by name followed by the designation "trustee." (B) The future transfer of personal property to a trustee as a designated beneficiary, including, but not limited to, a transfer on dea...

...After a decedent dies, in the case of an estate, or after an income interest in a trust ends, all of the following apply: (A) The fiduciary of the estate or of the terminating income interest shall determine, under the provisions of sections 5812.12 to 5812.47 of the Revised Code that apply to trustees and under division (E) of this section, the amount of net income and net principal receipts received from property ...

...(A) The custodian shall collect, hold, manage, invest, and reinvest the custodial property. (B) The custodian shall pay over to the minor for expenditure by the minor, or expend for the use or benefit of the minor, as much of or all the custodial property as the custodian considers advisable for the use and benefit of the minor in the manner, at the time or times, and to the extent that the custodian in the custodia...