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Section 5739.061 | Vendor compensation for complying with origin based sourcing requirements.

...ndor shall file an application with the tax commissioner on a form prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall determine the amount of compensation to which the vendor is entitled, and if that amount is equal to or greater than the amount claimed on the application, the commissioner shall certify that amount to the director of budget and management and the treasurer of state for payment from the gene...

Section 5739.07 | Vendor or consumer refunds.

...uant to this chapter, a vendor has paid taxes to the tax commissioner or the commissioner's agent, the commissioner shall refund to the vendor the amount of taxes paid, and any penalties assessed with respect to such taxes, if the vendor has refunded to the consumer the full amount of taxes the consumer paid illegally or erroneously or if the vendor has illegally or erroneously billed the consumer but has not collect...

Section 5739.071 | Partial refund for providers of electronic information services.

...(A) The tax commissioner shall refund to a provider of electronic information services twenty-five per cent of the tax it pays pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 5741. of the Revised Code on purchases made on or after July 1, 1993, of computers, computer peripherals, software, telecommunications equipment, and similar tangible personal property, primarily used to acquire, process, or store information for use by bus...

Section 5739.072 | Refund may be applied in satisfaction of debt due state.

...hapter is indebted to the state for any tax or fee administered by the tax commissioner that is paid to the state or to the clerk of courts pursuant to section 4505.06 of the Revised Code, or any charge, penalty, or interest arising from such a tax or fee, the amount 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 satisf...

Section 5739.092 | Use of funds distributed to convention and visitors' bureau.

...Code may use revenue it receives from a tax levied under division (A) of section 5739.09 of the Revised Code as described in division (E) of section 307.678 of the Revised Code.

Section 5739.094 | Liens for unpaid lodging taxes.

...n 5739.09 of the Revised Code. When a tax levied pursuant to section 5739.09 of the Revised Code by an eligible county is not paid when due, the eligible county may certify the delinquency, together with any applicable penalties and interest, to the county auditor of the eligible county. The county auditor shall place the certified amount on the tax list against the property on which the hotel is established. The a...

Section 5739.10 | Excise tax on vendor's receipts.

...(A) In addition to the tax levied by section 5739.02 of the Revised Code and any tax levied pursuant to section 5739.021, 5739.023, or 5739.026 of the Revised Code, and to secure the same objectives specified in those sections, there is hereby levied upon the privilege of engaging in the business of making retail sales, an excise tax equal to the tax levied by section 5739.02 of the Revised Code, or, in the cas...

Section 5739.11 | Records open to inspection - exemption certificate.

...of sales, together with a record of the tax collected on the sales, which shall be the amount due under sections 5739.01 to 5739.31 of the Revised Code, and shall keep all invoices, bills of lading, and other such pertinent documents. Alternatively, any food service operator who has not been convicted under section 5739.99 of the Revised Code, with respect to the vendor's food service operation, may keep a sample of ...

Section 5739.12 | Monthly return by vendor - reconciliation return.

...ing month in the form prescribed by the tax commissioner, and shall pay the tax shown on the return to be due. The return shall be filed electronically using the Ohio business gateway, as defined in section 718.01 of the Revised Code, the Ohio telefile system, or any other electronic means prescribed by the commissioner. Payment of the tax shown on the return to be due shall be made electronically in a manner approve...

Section 5739.121 | Bad debt deduction.

... does not include any interest or sales tax on the purchase price, uncollectible amounts on property that remains in the possession of the vendor until the full purchase price is paid, expenses incurred in attempting to collect any account receivable or for any portion of the debt recovered, and repossessed property. (2) "Lender" means a person or an affiliate, assignee, or transferee of a person that owns a privat...

Section 5739.122 | Vendor tax payments by electronic funds transfer.

...(A) If the total amount of tax required to be paid by a vendor under section 5739.12 of the Revised Code for any calendar year equals or exceeds seventy-five thousand dollars, the vendor shall remit each monthly tax payment in the second ensuing and each succeeding tax year on an accelerated basis as prescribed by divisions (B) and (C) of this section. If a vendor's tax payment for each of two consecutive years...

Section 5739.124 | Returns of taxpayers using electronic funds transfer.

...(A) If required by the tax commissioner, a permit holder required to make payments under section 5739.032 of the Revised Code shall file all returns and reports electronically. The commissioner may require the permit holder to use the Ohio business gateway, as defined in section 718.01 of the Revised Code, or any other electronic means approved by the commissioner, to file the returns and reports, or to remit the tax...

Section 5739.13 | Liability of vendor and consumer - assessment - petition for reassessment - penalties - appeal - judgment - execution.

...(A) If any vendor collects the tax imposed by or pursuant to section 5739.02, 5739.021, 5739.023, or 5739.026 of the Revised Code, and fails to remit the tax to the state as prescribed, or on the sale of a motor vehicle, watercraft, or outboard motor required to be titled, fails to remit payment to a clerk of a court of common pleas as provided in section 1548.06 or 4505.06 of the Revised Code, the vendor shall...

Section 5739.131 | Service of process or notice to nonresident.

...Any nonresident of this state who accepts the privilege extended by the laws of this state to nonresidents of engaging in the business of selling in this state, as defined in section 5741.01 of the Revised Code, and any resident of this state who is required by sections 5739.17 and 5739.31 of the Revised Code to have a vendor's license and subsequently becomes a nonresident or conceals the person's whereabouts, m...

Section 5739.132 | Interest on unpaid tax, fee, or charge; interest on refund.

...(A) If a tax, fee, or charge due under this chapter or Chapter 128. or 5741. of the Revised Code is not paid on or before the day the payment is required to be paid, interest shall accrue on the unpaid tax, fee, or charge at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code from the day the tax, fee, or charge was required to be paid until the tax, fee, or charge is paid or until the day an assessm...

Section 5739.133 | Penalties for failure to remit - preassessment interest.

...rson who fails to collect and remit the tax required by this chapter or Chapter 5741. of the Revised Code, up to fifty per cent of the amount assessed; (2) In the case of a person whom the tax commissioner believes has collected the tax but failed to remit it to the state as required by this chapter or Chapter 5741. of the Revised Code, up to fifty per cent of the amount assessed; (3) In the case of all other asses...

Section 5739.14 | Sale of entire business - successor liable for taxes and penalties due.

...If any person liable for the taxes levied by or pursuant to sections 5739.01 to 5739.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, sells his business or stock of merchandise, or quits his business, the taxes and interest or penalty imposed by or pursuant to such sections on sales made prior to that time shall become due and payable immediately, and such person shall make a final return within fifteen days after the date of sel...

Section 5739.15 | Jeopardy assessment.

...(A) If the tax commissioner finds that a vendor, consumer, or officer, employee, or trustee of a corporation or business trust who is liable for any tax or charge levied by this chapter or Chapter 5741. of the Revised Code is about to depart from the state, remove the person's property from the state, conceal the person's self or property, or do any other act tending to prejudice, obstruct, or render wholly or part...

Section 5739.16 | Four-year limitation for assessments - exceptions.

...ed against a vendor or consumer for any tax imposed by or pursuant to section 5739.02, 5739.021, 5739.023, 5739.026, or 5739.10 of the Revised Code more than four years after the return date for the period in which the sale or purchase was made, or more than four years after the return for such period is filed, whichever is later. A consumer who provides a fully completed exemption certificate pursuant to division (B...

Section 5739.17 | Vendor's license.

...age in making retail sales subject to a tax imposed by or pursuant to section 5739.02, 5739.021, 5739.023, or 5739.026 of the Revised Code as a business without having a license therefor, except as otherwise provided in divisions (A)(1), (2), and (3) of this section. (1) In the dissolution of a partnership by death, the surviving partner may operate under the license of the partnership for a period of sixty days. ...

Section 5739.18 | System for issuing vendor's licenses.

...The tax commissioner shall provide and maintain a system that will allow county auditors to issue vendor's licenses. County auditors shall use that system to issue vendor's licenses. The commissioner shall publish lists of the following information on the department of taxation's web site: (A) The name, account number, and business address of each holder of a vendor's license issued under section 5739.17 of the Rev...

Section 5739.19 | Revocation of license.

...The tax commissioner may revoke any retail vendor's license upon ascertaining that the vendor has no need for the license because the vendor is not engaged in making taxable retail sales. Notice of the revocation shall be delivered to the vendor in the manner provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code. The revocation shall be effective on the first day of the month following the expiration of fifteen days after ...

Section 5739.21 | Crediting of funds.

...ounty or transit authority has levied a tax or taxes pursuant to section 5739.021, 5739.023, or 5739.026 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner shall, within forty-five days after the end of each month, determine and certify to the director of budget and management the amount of the proceeds of such tax or taxes received during that month from billings and assessments, or associated with tax returns or reports fil...

Section 5739.211 | Use and allocation of county sales tax funds.

...by a county levying an additional sales tax pursuant to section 5739.021 of the Revised Code shall be deposited in the county general fund to be expended for any purpose for which general fund moneys of the county may be used, including the acquisition or construction of permanent improvements or to make payments in accordance with section 333.06 or 333.07 of the Revised Code, or in the bond retirement fund for the p...

Section 5739.26 | Tax paid by consumer - prohibition against false certificates.

... shall refuse to pay the full and exact tax as required by sections 5739.01 to 5739.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or refuse to comply with such sections and the rules and regulations of the tax commissioner, or present to the vendor a false certificate indicating that the sale is not subject to the tax.