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...No officer, employee, or agent of a person subject to this chapter shall refuse to attend before the department of taxation when required to do so, or refuse to bring with the officer, employee, or agent and submit for inspection any books or papers of such person in the officer's, employee's, or agent's possession, custody, or control, or refuse to answer any questions put to the officer, employee, or agent concerni...

...ed against any class of corporations or public utilities is declared invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the law, as applicable to any other class of corporations or public utilities.

...-time equivalent employees domiciled in Ohio, who are employed in the construction or installation of the energy facility; (4) For energy projects with a nameplate capacity of twenty megawatts or greater, repair all roads, bridges, and culverts affected by construction as reasonably required to restore them to their preconstruction condition, as determined by the county engineer in consultation with the local juri...

...(A) As used in this section, "qualifying property" means tangible personal property that is dedicated to transporting or transmitting electricity or natural gas and that is placed into service in a priority investment area designated under section 122.161 of the Revised Code during a time when that designation is in effect. (B) Qualifying property shall be exempt from taxation for the tax year following the year in...

...subject to review and regulation by the public utilities commission under section 4905.31 of the Revised Code; (2) A special arrangement with a natural gas distribution company pursuant to a municipal ordinance; (3) A variable rate schedule that permits rates to vary between defined amounts, provided that the schedule is on file with the public utilities commission. An end user that meets this definition on Jan...

...of tax due. In the event a meter is not actually read for a measurement period, the estimated kilowatt hours distributed by an electric distribution company to bill for its distribution charges shall be used. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, each electric distribution company shall pay the tax imposed by this section in all of the following circumstances: (1) The electricity is distribute...

...(A) For the purpose of raising revenue to fund the needs of this state and its local governments, an excise tax is hereby levied on every natural gas distribution company for all natural gas volumes billed by, or on behalf of, the company. Except as provided in divisions (C) or (D) of this section, the tax shall be levied at the following rates per MCF of natural gas distributed by the company through a meter of an e...

...qualified end user in a qualifying manufacturing process for the prior month and the number of days, if any, on which the end user was not a qualified end user. For each calendar day during that month, a qualified end user shall report the kilowatt hours that were not used in a qualifying manufacturing process. For each calendar day the end user was not a qualified end user, the end user shall report in writing to th...

...commissioner's decision as soon as is practicable. (D) If a natural gas distribution company, an electric distribution company, or a self-assessing purchaser required by this section to remit taxes electronically remits those taxes by some means other than electronically as prescribed by this section , and the tax commissioner determines that such failure was not due to reasonable cause or was due to willful negle...

...rporation, school district, or township public library that receives the proceeds of a tax levied under section 5705.23 of the Revised Code, the sum of the payments received by the public library in calendar year 2010 pursuant to section 5727.86 of the Revised Code for fixed-rate levy losses attributable to a tax levied under section 5705.23 of the Revised Code. If a fixed-rate levy authorized under section 5705.23 o...

...ion, is the difference obtained by subtracting the amount described in division (A)(1)(b) of this section from the amount described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section: (a) The state education aid computed for the school district or joint vocational school district for the current fiscal year as of the thirty-first day of July; (b) The state education aid that would be computed for the school district or joint vo...

...perty taxes and rollbacks based on 1997 actual revenues as presented in its 1999 tax budget, and in which electric companies and rural electric companies comprise over twenty per cent of its property valuation, shall receive one hundred per cent of its fixed-rate levy losses from electric company tax value losses certified under division (A) of this section in years 2002 to 2010. Beginning in 2011, payments for such ...

...on request of the tax commissioner, the public utilities commission shall assist the tax commissioner by providing information regarding any natural gas distribution company or electric distribution company that is subject to regulation by the commission.

...thorized 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 f...

...No assessment of the tax imposed by section 5727.81 or 5727.811 of the Revised Code shall be made by the tax commissioner more than four years after the date on which the return for the period assessed was due or filed, whichever date is later. This section does not bar an assessment when any of the following occur: (A) The party assessed failed to file a return as required by section 5727.82 of the Revised Code; (...

...ount 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 natural gas distribution company or electric distribution company has more than one such debt, any d...

...d Code shall keep complete and accurate records of all electric and natural gas distributions and other records as required by the tax commissioner. The records shall be preserved for four years after the return for the taxes to which the records pertain is due or filed, whichever is later. The records shall be available for inspection by the tax commissioner or the commissioner's authorized agent, upon request of t...

...bsequent updates of it shall be open to public inspection.

...Each electric distribution company required to pay the tax imposed by section 5727.81 of the Revised Code and each natural gas distribution company required to pay the tax imposed by section 5727.811 of the Revised Code shall provide to its customers in this state the statement required by section 4933.33 of the Revised Code.

...(A) No natural gas distribution company, electric distribution company, or self-assessing purchaser shall fail to file any return or report required to be filed pursuant to section 5727.82 of the Revised Code, or file or cause to be filed any incomplete, false, or fraudulent return, report, or statement, or aid or abet another in the filing of any false or fraudulent return, report, or statement. (B) No person shall...

...(A) Whoever violates section 5727.55 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 5727.71 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned not more than thirty days. (C) Whoever violates section 5727.72 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than ...

... imposed by each jurisdiction on a transaction, determine the amount of tax to remit to the appropriate state, and maintain a record of the transaction. (C) "Certified service provider" means an agent certified jointly by the member states to perform all of the seller's sales and use tax functions. (D) "Member state" means any state that is a signatory to the agreement. (E) "Person" means an individual, trust, est...

...alize the agreement because they have enacted legislation based on the uniform sales and use tax administration act, approved January 24, 2001, or the simplified sales and use tax administration act, approved January 27, 2001. (2) "Governing board" means the board that, under the terms of the agreement, is responsible for the administration and operation of the agreement.

... of the agreement, the commissioner may act jointly with other member states to establish standards for certification of service providers and automated systems, establish performance standards for multi-state sellers, and procure goods and services. The commissioner may take other actions reasonably required to implement this chapter, including adopting rules.

... state in the agreement, must be by the action of this state. (B) The agreement is an accord among individual cooperating sovereigns in furtherance of their governmental functions. The agreement provides a mechanism among the member states to establish and maintain a cooperative, simplified system for the application and administration of sales and use taxes under the duly adopted laws of each member state.