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...The tax commissioner may require any employee employed by him to furnish bond to the state in such amount as he prescribes, with surety to the satisfaction of the treasurer of state, conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties of the employee and compliance to all the laws of the state and rules, regulations, and orders of the commissioner. Bonds authorized under this section shall be filed with the treas...

...The tax commissioner may discipline or dismiss any employee of the department of taxation who fails to timely file an annual return required under section 5747.08 of the Revised Code for any taxable year during which the employee is employed by the department. The commissioner may condition employment or continued employment with the department upon timely compliance with any other requirement of the laws, rules, or ...

...Each member of the board of tax appeals shall receive a salary fixed pursuant to division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code for each day spent in the discharge of his official duties and shall be reimbursed for his actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of such duties.

...The department of taxation shall keep its office in Columbus and shall provide suitable rooms, necessary office furniture, supplies, books, periodicals, and maps. All necessary expenses shall be audited and paid as are other expenses. The department may hold sessions at any place within the state. The department may establish as many branch offices in different parts of the state as are convenient for the purpose of...

...The department of taxation shall be open for the transaction of business during the business hours of every day, except Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays.

...(A) The tax commissioner shall adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of the international registration plan as defined under section 4501.01 of the Revised Code for the periodic audit of persons with vehicles registered under the international registration plan to determine the authenticity of mileage figures derived from operational records and registrations. The tax commissioner may exchange with the prope...

...A majority of the board of tax appeals shall constitute a quorum to transact business, and any vacancy does not impair the right of the remaining members to exercise all the powers of the board so long as a majority remains. Any investigation, inquiry, or hearing which the board is authorized to hold or undertake may be held or undertaken by or before any one member of the board. All investigations, inquiries, heari...

...ny rule adopted and promulgated by the tax commissioner may be filed with the board of tax appeals by any person who has been or may be injured by the operation of the rule. The appeal may be taken at any time after the rule is filed with the secretary of the state, the director of the legislative service commission, and, if applicable, the joint committee on agency rule review. Failure to file an appeal does ...

...All actions of the tax commissioner or of the privileges, powers, duties, obligations, immunities, and liabilities of other persons or officers shall be in the name of the department of taxation.

...The department of taxation shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations to govern its proceedings and to regulate the manner of all valuations of real or personal property, apportionments, investigations, inspections, and hearings not specifically provided for.

...t manager, whose duties shall be prescribed in the order. In the discharge of such an agent's duties, the agent shall have every power of an inquisitorial nature granted by law to the commissioner and the same powers as a notary public as to the taking of depositions. All powers given by law to a notary public relative to depositions are hereby given to such an agent. (B) No person shall be appointed as a tax au...

...The tax commissioner and every agent provided for in section 5703.17 of the Revised Code may, for the purposes of the laws relating to taxation, administer oaths, certify to official acts, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production of books, accounts, papers, records, documents, and testimony.

...y out the purposes of the laws that the tax commissioner is required to administer, the commissioner or any person employed by the commissioner for that purpose, upon demand, may inspect books, accounts, records, and memoranda of any person or public utility subject to those laws, and may examine under oath any officer, agent, or employee of that person or public utility. Any person other than the commissioner who ma...

...The tax commissioner may require, by order or subpoena served on any company, firm, corporation, person, association, partnership, limited liability company, or public utility in the same manner that a summons is served in a civil action in the court of common pleas, the production within this state, at the time and place the commissioner designates, of any books, accounts, papers, or records kept by that company, fi...

... section, no agent of the department of taxation, except in the agent's report to the department or when called on to testify in any court or proceeding, shall divulge any information acquired by the agent as to the transactions, property, or business of any person while acting or claiming to act under orders of the department. Whoever violates this provision shall thereafter be disqualified from acting as an officer...

...(A) The tax commissioner shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that, except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, require that any search of any of the databases of the department of taxation be tracked so that administrators of the database or investigators can identify each account holder who conducted a search of the database. (B) The rules adopted under division (A) of this s...

...The department of taxation may conduct any number of investigations contemporaneously through different agents, and may delegate to any such agent the taking of all testimony bearing upon any investigation or hearing. The decision of the department shall be based upon its examination of all testimony and records. The recommendations made by an agent shall be advisory only, and do not preclude the taking of further te...

...Upon the request of the department of taxation, the attorney general shall aid in any investigation, hearing, or trial had under the laws which the department is required to administer, shall institute and prosecute all necessary actions for the enforcement of such laws, and for the punishment of all violations thereof. The prosecuting attorney of any county shall, upon the request of the department and under the dir...

... tax commissioner in the returns prescribed by him all information required by law and all other facts and information which the commissioner requires to enable him to carry into effect the laws which he is required to administer, and shall make specific answers to all questions submitted by the commissioner. The answers to such questions shall be verified by the signature of such person or by the president, secreta...

...lowing statement, which shall be subscribed to by the person signing such return, claim, or report: "I declare under penalties of perjury that this return or claim (including any accompanying schedules and statements) has been examined by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is a true, correct, and complete return and report."

... law to be filed with the department of taxation, the treasurer of state, a county auditor, a county treasurer, or a county clerk of courts, or knowingly procure, counsel, or advise the preparation or presentation of such report, return, schedule, statement, claim, or document, or knowingly change, alter, or amend, or knowingly procure, counsel, or advise such change, alteration, or amendment of the records upon whic...

...n 113.40 of the Revised Code. (B) If a taxpayer or employer required by any tax administered by the department of taxation to pay taxes, penalties, interest, or other charges arising from unpaid taxes makes payment of the taxes, penalties, interest, or other charges with a dishonored instrument, an instrument that is determined to be nonnegotiable, or with any financial transaction device that is declined, ret...

...y official or department concerning any tax administered by the department of taxation. (2) "Preparer" means any person who, for compensation, prepares for another, or assists another in preparing, any document. (B) The tax commissioner may designate documents that must be signed by preparers. If a preparer fails to sign a document designated by the commissioner and the unsigned document is submitted to the intende...

... the supervision of an individual described in division (A)(3)(a) or (b) of this section, regardless of whether the public accounting firm is required to register with the accountancy board under section 4701.04 of the Revised Code. (4) "CPA certificate" and "foreign certificate" have the same meanings as in section 4701.01 of the Revised Code. (5) "Attorney" means an individual who has been admitted to the bar b...

... public utility which receives from the tax commissioner any blanks with directions to fill them out shall fill them out so as to answer fully and correctly each question therein propounded, and if it is unable to answer any question, it shall in writing give a good reason for such failure.