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...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...

...No person shall knowingly make, present, aid, or assist in the preparation or presentation of a false or fraudulent report, return, schedule, statement, claim, or document authorized or required by 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 r...

...(A)(1) "Tax return preparer" means any person other than an accountant or an attorney that operates a business that prepares, or directly or indirectly employs another person to prepare, for a taxpayer a tax return or application for refund in exchange for compensation or remuneration from the taxpayer or the taxpayer's related member. The preparation of a substantial portion of a tax return or application for refund...

...At the request of any officer, board, or commission of the state or any political division thereof, the department of taxation shall furnish any information to such officer, board, or commission, and shall assist such officer, board, or commission in performing the duties of its office. All state, county, and local officers shall make and forward to the department, upon the department's written order, such transcript...

...No officer, agent, or employee of of any public utility, company, firm, person, partnership, corporation, or association, subject to any law which the tax commissioner is required to administer shall fail to fill out and return any blanks required by such law, fail to answer any questions therein propounded, or knowingly or willfully give a false answer to any such question where the fact inquired of is within his kn...

...As used in sections 5703.50 to 5703.53 of the Revised Code: (A) "Tax" includes only those taxes imposed on tangible personal property listed in accordance with Chapter 5711. of the Revised Code, taxes imposed under Chapters 5733., 5736., 5739., 5741., 5747., and 5751. of the Revised Code, and the tax administered under sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code. (B) "Taxpayer" means a person subject to or potent...

...(A) The tax commissioner shall include in the instruction booklet for filing the annual return of personal property taxes a general description of the method by which the tax is assessed and collected and the rights and responsibilities of taxpayers in that process. (B) At or before the commencement of an audit, the tax commissioner shall provide to the taxpayer a written description of the roles of the department o...

...(A) A taxpayer aggrieved by an action or omission of an officer or employee of the department of taxation may bring an action for damages in the court of claims pursuant to Chapter 2743. of the Revised Code, if all of the following apply: (1) In the action or omission the officer or employee frivolously disregards a provision of Chapter 5711., 5733., 5739., 5741., or 5747. of the Revised Code or a rule of the tax c...

...(A) If any corporation, wherever organized, that is required by law to file any report or return or to pay any tax or fee as a corporation organized under the laws of the state for profit, or as a foreign corporation for profit doing business in this state or owning or issuing a part or all of its capital or property in this state, fails to file the required report or return or to pay the required tax or fee fo...

...(A)(1) Any corporation whose articles of incorporation or license certificate to do or transact business in this state has been canceled by the secretary of state pursuant to section 5703.91 of the Revised Code shall be reinstated and entitled to exercise its rights, privileges, and franchises in this state, and the secretary of state shall cancel the entry of cancellation to exercise its rights, privileges, an...

...(A) All revenue derived from the general levy for current expense within the ten-mill limitation, from any general levy for current expense authorized by vote in excess of the ten-mill limitation, and from sources other than the general property tax, unless its use for a particular purpose is prescribed by law, shall be paid into the general fund. (B) All revenue derived from general or special levies for debt char...

...There is hereby created in each county a county budget commission consisting of the county auditor, the county treasurer, and the prosecuting attorney. The prosecuting attorney may recuse the prosecuting attorney, in which case a member of the board of county commissioners selected by the board of county commissioners shall serve in lieu of the prosecuting attorney. Upon petition filed with the board of elections, si...

...(A) The county budget commission shall adjust the estimated amounts required from the general property tax for each fund, as shown by the tax budgets or other information required to be provided under section 5705.281 of the Revised Code, so as to bring the tax levies required therefor within the limitations specified in sections 5705.01 to 5705.47 of the Revised Code, for such levies. The commission may revise and a...

...When the United States government or the state or any department, division, agency, authority, or unit thereof makes a grant or loan of money to any political subdivision of this state to aid in paying the cost of any program, activity, or function of such subdivision, or enters into an agreement with the subdivision for the making of any such grant or loan of money, the amount thereof is deemed appropriated for such...

...(A) A municipal corporation that has declared an improvement to be a public purpose under section 5709.40 or 5709.41 of the Revised Code may require the owner of any structure located on the parcel to make annual service payments in lieu of taxes to the county treasurer on or before the final dates for payment of real property taxes. Each such payment shall be charged and collected in the same manner and in the same ...

...(A) A municipal corporation that has declared an improvement to be a public purpose under section 5709.45 of the Revised Code may require the owner of any structure located on the parcel to make annual service payments in lieu of taxes to the county treasurer on or before the final dates for payment of real property taxes. Each such payment shall be charged and collected in the same manner and in the same amount as t...

...(A) The governing board of a regional transportation improvement project may negotiate and enter into a voluntary agreement with the owner or owners of any parcel located in a transportation financing district created by the board whereby the owner or owners agree to subject the parcel to an assessment levied by the governing board and the governing board agrees to use the proceeds of that assessment for the purposes...

...(A) The governing board of a regional transportation improvement project that has declared an improvement to be a public purpose under section 5709.48 of the Revised Code shall require the owner of any parcel located in the transportation financing district to make annual service payments in lieu of taxes to the county treasurer on or before the final dates for payment of real property taxes. Each such payment shall ...

...(A) An enterprise issued a certificate under section 5709.64 of the Revised Code shall be entitled to the following tax incentives: (1) With the exception of improvements to land or tangible personal property constituting or used in the retail portion, if any, of a facility, any improvement to land or tangible personal property at a facility for which a certificate is issued, first used in business at the facility...

...(A) A township that has declared an improvement to be a public purpose under section 5709.41 or 5709.73 of the Revised Code may require the owner of the parcel to make annual service payments in lieu of taxes to the county treasurer on or before the final dates for payment of real property taxes. Each payment shall be charged and collected in the same manner and in the same amount as the real property taxes that woul...

...(A) A board of county commissioners that adopts a resolution under section 5709.78 of the Revised Code shall in the resolution require that the owner of the improvement make annual service payments in lieu of taxes to the county treasurer on or before the final dates for payment of real property taxes. Each such payment shall be charged and collected in the same manner and in the same amount as the real property taxe...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Local railroad operations" means the provision of railroad service by a qualified railroad company within the territorial jurisdiction of a county, township, or municipal corporation, which railroad service replaces railroad service that was discontinued in the territorial jurisdiction of the county, township, or municipal corporation on or after January 1, 1980. (2) "Qualified rai...

...(A) As used in sections 5709.88 through 5709.883 of the Revised Code: (1) "Enterprise," "expand," "renovate," "project," "project site," "position," "full-time employee," "first used in business," and "making retail sales" have the same meanings as in section 5709.61 of the Revised Code. (2) "Property," "remedy," and "remedial activities" have the same meanings as in section 3746.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Facil...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Indebted subdivision" means a county, township, or municipal corporation that has accepted a residential development loan. (2) "Residential development loan" means a loan authorized under section 122.98 of the Revised Code. (B) The legislative authority of an indebted subdivision shall adopt a resolution or ordinance exempting from real property taxation improvements to each pa...

... running with the land. Upon the proper recording of the instrument with the county recorder, the covenant is fully binding on behalf of and enforceable by the county, township, or municipal corporation against the property owner and any person acquiring an interest in the land and all successors and assigns. If any such minimum service payment obligation becomes delinquent according to such covenant or agreement, th...