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...Any nonresident of this state who accepts the privilege extended by the laws of this state to nonresidents severing natural resources in this state, and any resident of this state who subsequently becomes a nonresident or conceals the resident's whereabouts, makes the secretary of state of Ohio the person's agent for the service of process or notice in any assessment, action, or proceedings instituted in this s...

...The tax commissioner may prescribe requirements as to the keeping of records and other pertinent documents and the filing of copies of federal income tax returns and determinations. The commissioner may require any person, by rule or by notice served on that person, to keep such records as the commissioner considers necessary to show whether that person is liable, and the extent of liability, for the tax impose...

...The tax commissioner shall enforce and administer this chapter and applicable provisions of section 1509.50 of the Revised Code. In addition to any other powers conferred upon the commissioner by law, the commissioner may: (A) Prescribe all forms required to be filed pursuant to this chapter; (B) Promulgate such rules as the commissioner finds necessary to carry out this chapter and applicable provisions of s...

... who fails to file a return or pay the tax as required under this chapter or other amount due under section 1509.50 of the Revised Code who is assessed such taxes or other amount due pursuant to section 5749.07 or 5749.10 of the Revised Code may be liable for a penalty of up to twenty-five per cent of the amount assessed. The tax commissioner may adopt rules relating to the imposition and remission of penalties...

...No person shall fail to file any return or report required to be filed by this chapter 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.

... natural resources by the department of taxation in accordance with section 5703.21 of the Revised Code shall not be disclosed publicly by the department of natural resources. However the department of natural resources may provide such information to the attorney general for purposes of enforcement of Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code.

...Whoever violates section 5749.16 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.

...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 ownership interests owned or controlled, d...

...owners during all or any portion of the tax period, together with the common owners, shall be members of a combined taxpayer group if those persons are not members of a consolidated elected taxpayer group pursuant to an election under section 5751.011 of the Revised Code. (B) A combined taxpayer group shall register, file returns, and pay taxes under this chapter as a single taxpayer and shall neither exclude taxa...

...ection: (1) A person shall include as taxable gross receipts the value of property the person transfers into this state for the person's own use within one year after the person receives the property outside this state; and (2) In the case of a consolidated elected taxpayer group or a combined taxpayer group, the taxpayer shall include as taxable gross receipts the value of property that any of the taxpaye...

...All members of a consolidated elected taxpayer or combined taxpayer group during the tax period or periods for which additional tax, penalty, or interest is owed are jointly and severally liable for such amounts. Although the reporting person will be assessed for the liability, such amounts due may be collected by assessment against any member of the group as provided in section 5703.90 of the Revised Code or p...

... is hereby levied a commercial activity tax on each person with taxable gross receipts for the privilege of doing business in this state. For the purposes of this chapter, "doing business" means engaging in any activity, whether legal or illegal, that is conducted for, or results in, gain, profit, or income, at any time during a calendar year. Persons on which the commercial activity tax is levied include, but are no...

...The rate of tax levied under section 5751.02 of the Revised Code for each tax period shall be two and six-tenths mills per dollar times the taxpayer's taxable gross receipts for the tax period after subtracting the exclusion amount for the calendar year. Each taxpayer shall apply the full exclusion amount to the first calendar quarter return the taxpayer files that calendar year and may carry forward and apply any ...

...eage traveled by the carrier during the tax period on roadways, waterways, airways, and railways in this state to the mileage traveled by the carrier during the tax period on roadways, waterways, airways, and railways everywhere. With prior written approval of the tax commissioner, a motor carrier may use an alternative situsing procedure for transportation services. (H) Gross receipts from dividends, interest, and...

...later than thirty days after a person's taxable gross receipts for a calendar year first exceed the exclusion amount, each person subject to this chapter shall register with the tax commissioner on the form prescribed by the commissioner. The form shall include the following: (1) The person's name; (2) The person's primary address; (3) The business or industry codes for the person; (4) The person's federa...

...l file on a quarterly basis. (B) The tax commissioner may grant written approval for a taxpayer to use an alternative reporting schedule or estimate the amount of tax due for a calendar quarter if the taxpayer demonstrates to the commissioner the need for such a deviation. The commissioner may adopt a rule to apply this division to a group of taxpayers without the taxpayers having to receive written approval from ...

...the end of each calendar quarter, every taxpayer shall file with the tax commissioner a tax return in such form as the commissioner prescribes. The return shall include, but is not limited to, the amount of the taxpayer's taxable gross receipts for the calendar quarter and shall indicate the amount of tax due under section 5751.03 of the Revised Code for the calendar quarter. (B)(1) Subject to division (B) of sect...

...ject operator has an agreement with the tax credit authority under division (D) of section 122.17 of the Revised Code that remains in effect and has not expired or been terminated, the megaproject operator or the operator's reporting person shall certify to the tax commissioner a list of the megaproject suppliers the operator anticipates will sell tangible personal property directly to the operator in the ensuing cal...

...(A) Any taxpayer that fails to file a return or pay the full amount of the tax due within the period prescribed therefor under this chapter shall pay a penalty in an amount not exceeding the greater of fifty dollars or ten per cent of the tax required to be paid for the tax period. (B)(1) If any additional tax is found to be due, the tax commissioner may impose an additional penalty of up to fifteen per cent on th...

...rns under this chapter shall remit each tax payment, and, if required by the tax commissioner, file the tax return or the annual report, electronically. The commissioner may require taxpayers to use the Ohio business gateway as defined in section 718.01 of the Revised Code to file returns and remit the tax, or may provide another means for taxpayers to file and remit the tax electronically. (B) A person required by ...

...(A) An application for refund to the taxpayer of amounts imposed under this chapter that are overpaid, paid illegally or erroneously, or paid on any illegal or erroneous assessment shall be filed by the reporting person with the tax commissioner, on the form prescribed by the commissioner, within four years after the date of the illegal or erroneous payment, or within any additional period allowed under division (F) ...

...ion, "debt to this state" means unpaid taxes due the state, unpaid workers' compensation premiums due under section 4123.35 of the Revised Code, unpaid unemployment compensation contributions due under section 4141.25 of the Revised Code, unpaid unemployment compensation payment in lieu of contribution under section 4141.241 of the Revised Code, unpaid fees payable to the state or to the clerk of courts pursua...

...(A) The tax commissioner may make an assessment, based on any information in the commissioner's possession, against any person that fails to file a return or pay any tax as required by this chapter. The commissioner shall give the person assessed written notice of the assessment as provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code. With the notice, the commissioner shall provide instructions on the manner in which to p...

...(A) If a taxpayer excludes from its taxable gross receipts amounts described under division (F)(2)(oo) or (pp) of section 5751.01 of the Revised Code for a tax period in which the taxpayer does not qualify for that exclusion for any portion of that tax period, the taxpayer shall remit to the tax commissioner a payment equal to the product of the following: (a) the cost of all property received in this state by a mega...

...If any person liable for the tax imposed under this chapter sells the trade or business, disposes in any manner other than in the regular course of business at least seventy-five per cent of assets of the trade or business, or quits the trade or business, any tax owed by such person shall become due and payable immediately, and the person shall pay the tax under this section, including any applicable penalties and in...

...procedure for calculating the amount of tax imposed by section 5733.06 of the Revised Code that is due under this chapter, a taxpayer shall claim any credits to which it is entitled in the following order, except as otherwise provided in section 5733.058 of the Revised Code: For tax year 2005, the credit for taxes paid by a qualifying pass-through entity allowed under section 5733.0611 of the Revised Code; The ...

...Whoever violates section 5733.21 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.

...e, unless certified, as required by the tax commissioner, for withdrawal from terminals for reprocessing at refineries; (4) Alcohol that is offered for sale or sold for use as, or commonly and commercially used as, a fuel for internal combustion engines. Gasoline does not include diesel fuel, commercial or industrial napthas or solvents manufactured, imported, received, stored, distributed, sold, or used exclusivel...

...For the purposes of this chapter, amounts of liquid natural gas and compressed natural gas shall be measured in gallon equivalents as follows: (A) The diesel gallon equivalent standard for liquid natural gas shall be the equivalent of one gallon of motor fuel; (B) The diesel gallon equivalent standard for compressed natural gas is one hundred thirty-nine and thirty one-hundredths cubic feet, which equals six and th...

...olds an unrevoked license issued by the tax commissioner to engage in such business. (B) To procure a motor fuel dealer's license, every motor fuel dealer shall file with the commissioner an application verified under oath by the applicant and in such form as the commissioner prescribes, setting forth, in addition to such other information required by the commissioner, the following: (1) The name under which the mo...

...l dealer, and who wishes to collect the tax imposed by this chapter on behalf of any person who is not a licensed motor fuel dealer may obtain a permissive motor fuel dealer's license. Application for and possession of a permissive motor fuel dealer's license shall not in itself subject the applicant or licensee to the jurisdiction of this state for any purpose other than administration and enforcement of this chapt...

...for each retail location, issued by the tax commissioner to engage in such business. To obtain a retail dealer's license, a person shall file with the tax commissioner an application sworn to under oath by that person. The application shall include the following: (1) The name under which the retail dealer will transact business within the state; (2) The location, including street number address, of the retail deale...

... or attempt to sell or distribute any untaxed motor fuel, except K-1 kerosene, at a retail service station. (B) A licensed motor fuel dealer that operates a bulk storage plant and also maintains at the same location a retail pump that is connected to a bulk storage tank is not subject to division (A) of this section, except that the licensed motor fuel dealer shall pay the tax on all motor fuel dispensed through the...

...ensed as an aviation fuel dealer by the tax commissioner to engage in such activities. (B) The failure to register with the commissioner as an aviation fuel dealer does not relieve a person from the requirement to file returns under this title. (C) No person shall make a false or fraudulent statement on the application required by this section. (D) Each aviation fuel dealer shall file a report with the commi...

...r fuel within this state upon which the taxes imposed by this chapter are owed but have not first been paid to or reported by the holder of an unrevoked motor fuel dealer's license, or for which liability for those taxes has not accrued to the holder of an unrevoked motor fuel dealer's license. (B) No person shall evade or attempt to evade in any manner a motor fuel tax imposed by this chapter. No person shall aid o...

...(A) The tax commissioner, for the purposes of administering this chapter, shall issue an exporter license to a person that receives motor fuel in this state and exports that fuel out of this state and that demonstrates to the tax commissioner's satisfaction that the person is an exporter. (B) To obtain an exporter license, a person shall file, under oath, an application with the commissioner in such form as the com...

...olds an unrevoked license issued by the tax commissioner to engage as a terminal operator. A person desiring to be a terminal operator shall file with the commissioner an application sworn to under oath. The application shall include the following: (1) The name under which the terminal operator will transact business in this state; (2) The location, including street number address, of the terminal operator's princi...

...y motor fuel dealer shall file with the tax commissioner a surety bond of not less than five thousand dollars, but may be required by the tax commissioner to submit a surety bond equal to three months' average tax liability, on a form approved by and with a surety satisfactory to the commissioner, upon which the motor fuel dealer shall be the principal obligor and the state shall be the obligee, conditioned upon the ...

... or fails to pay the full amount of the tax as required by the motor fuel laws of the state or as may be agreed upon by the tax commissioner and the motor fuel dealer, the commissioner may revoke the license of the motor fuel dealer, and notify the motor fuel dealer in writing of such revocation in the manner provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code. The commissioner may cancel any license issued to any mot...

...(A) The tax commissioner may revoke the license of a retail dealer in the following circumstances: (1) The retail dealer sells or attempts to sell any motor fuel upon which any motor fuel tax imposed by this chapter has not been paid; (2) The retail dealer attempts to evade any motor fuel tax imposed by this chapter; (3) The retail dealer violates any provision of this chapter. (B) The commissioner shall ...

...(A) The tax commissioner may revoke an exporter's license in the following circumstances: (1) An exporter licensed under section 5735.026 of the Revised Code purchases, for export, motor fuel in this state exclusive of the motor fuel tax, and subsequently diverts or causes the motor fuel to be diverted to a destination in this state or any state other than the originally designated state; (2) The exporter is no...

...ction 5735.063 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner may revoke the license of the terminal operator. The commissioner shall notify the terminal operator in writing of such revocation in the manner provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code. The commissioner also may cancel the license of any terminal operator upon sixty days' notice mailed to the last known address of the terminal operator if the commiss...

... or fails to pay the full amount of the tax as required by this chapter or as may be agreed upon by the tax commissioner and the permissive motor fuel dealer, the commissioner may revoke the license of the permissive motor fuel dealer. The commissioner shall notify the permissive motor fuel dealer in writing of the revocation in the manner provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code. The commissioner may cance...

...re is hereby levied a motor fuel excise tax on each motor fuel dealer, measured by gross gallons, upon the receipt of motor fuel within this state. The tax is levied at the rates prescribed by divisions (E) and (F) of this section. The revenue derived from twenty-eight cents per gallon of such tax rates shall be distributed under divisions (A), (B), (C), and (D) of section 5735.051 of the Revised Code to fund the f...

...Out of revenue from the tax levied by section 5735.05 of the Revised Code, the treasurer of state shall place to the credit of the tax refund fund established by section 5703.052 of the Revised Code amounts equal to the refunds certified by the tax commissioner pursuant to sections 5735.13, 5735.14, and 5735.142 of the Revised Code. The treasurer of state shall then transfer seven-eighths per cent of the revenue to t...

...as a fact that, of the revenue from the tax imposed by section 5735.05 of the Revised Code, one per cent is attributable to the operation of motor vehicles upon waters within the boundaries of this state. Of this amount, seven-eighths shall be credited to the waterways safety fund and shall be used for the purposes of sections 1547.71 to 1547.77 of the Revised Code, and one-eighth shall be credited to the wildlife bo...

...ed in the state treasury the motor fuel tax administration fund for the purpose of paying the expenses of the department of taxation incident to the administration of the motor fuel laws. After the treasurer of state credits the tax refund fund out of tax receipts as required by section 5735.051 of the Revised Code, the treasurer of state shall transfer to the motor fuel tax administration fund each month an amount n...

...h motor fuel dealer shall file with the tax commissioner a report for the preceding calendar month on a form prescribed by the commissioner for that purpose. The report shall include the following information: (1) An itemized statement of the number of gallons of all motor fuel received during the preceding calendar month by such motor fuel dealer, which has been produced, refined, prepared, distilled, manufactured...

...(A) If the tax commissioner so requires, the dealer shall remit each monthly tax payment electronically as prescribed by division (B) of this section. The commissioner shall notify each dealer required to remit taxes electronically of the dealer's obligation to do so. Failure by the commissioner to notify a dealer subject to this section to remit taxes electronically does not relieve the dealer of its obligation t...

...h terminal operator shall file with the tax commissioner a report for the preceding calendar month on forms prescribed by or in a form acceptable to the tax commissioner. The report shall include the following information: (1) The physical inventory of all motor fuel on hand in each terminal in this state on the first and last day of the preceding calendar month; (2) An itemized statement of the number of gallons o...