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...aging 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 case of retail sales subject to a tax levied pursuant to section 5739.021, 5739.023, or 5739.026 of the Revised Code, a percentage equal to the aggregate rate of such taxes and the tax levied by section 5739.02 of the Revised Code of the receipts derived from all retail sales, e...

...f either of the following: (1) Making sales in the municipal corporation or township, whether wholesale or retail, but including sales of food only to the extent such sales are subject to the tax levied under section 5739.02 of the Revised Code; (2) Intrastate transportation of passengers or property primarily to or from the municipal corporation or township by a railroad, watercraft, or motor vehicle subject to ...

...he person's taxable gross receipts from sales described under division (B)(1) or (2) or (C) of that section. The tax commissioner shall prescribe the form of the return, and the six- or twelve-month reporting period. The person shall file the return on or before the last day of the month following the end of the reporting period prescribed by the commissioner, and shall include with the return payment of the tax for ...

...No person shall exercise the privilege of engaging in a business described under division (B)(1) or (2) or (C) of section 5739.101 of the Revised Code in a municipal corporation or township that has imposed a tax under division (B) or (C) of that section without first registering with the tax commissioner. The tax commissioner shall prescribe the form of the registration.

...The tax commissioner shall refund to a person subject to a tax under section 5739.101 of the Revised Code amounts paid illegally or erroneously or paid on an illegal or erroneous assessment. Applications for a refund shall be filed with the commissioner, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, within four years from the date of the illegal or erroneous payment, except where the person subject to the tax waives the ...

...l keep complete and accurate records 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 ser...

...ciliation return detailing the vendor's sales activity for the preceding annual or semiannual period. The reconciliation return shall be filed by the last day of the month following the last month of the annual or semiannual period. The commissioner may remit all or any part of amounts or penalties that may become due under this chapter and may adopt rules relating thereto. Such return shall be filed electronically a...

... debt" 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 ...

...(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...

...(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...

...ner may audit a sample of the vendor's sales or the consumer's purchases for a representative period, to ascertain the per cent of exempt or taxable transactions or the effective tax rate and may issue an assessment based on the audit. The commissioner shall make a good faith effort to reach agreement with the vendor or consumer in selecting a representative sample. The commissioner may make an assessment, base...

...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...

...(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...

...(A) A penalty may be added to every amount assessed under section 5739.13 or 5739.15 of the Revised Code as follows: (1) In the case of an assessment against a person 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...

...osed 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 selling or quitting business. His successor shall withhold a sufficient amount of the purchase money to cover the amount of such taxes, interest, and penalties due and unpaid until the former owner produces a receipt from the ta...

...(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...

...ed by a vendor from consumers on retail sales, which were not returned to the state; (2) When the vendor assessed failed to file a return as required by section 5739.12 of the Revised Code; (3) When the vendor or consumer and the commissioner waive in writing the time limitation. (B) No assessment shall be made or issued against a vendor or consumer for any tax imposed by or pursuant to section 5739.02, 5739.021, ...

...No person shall engage 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 per...

...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...

...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 the vendor received the notice of the revocation. The revocation of the vendor's license shall be stayed if, within fifteen days after rec...

...ied directly to the credit of the local sales tax administrative fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. For the purpose of determining the amount to be returned to a county and transit authority in which the rate of tax imposed by the transit authority has been reduced under section 5739.028 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner shall use the respective rates of tax imposed by the county or transit ...

...eived 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...

...d Code, respectively. (2) "Incremental sales tax growth" means one of the following: (a) For a county, the amount of revenue from a tax levied under section 5739.021 or 5739.026 of the Revised Code, except for a tax levied under section 5739.021 of the Revised Code for the purpose of supporting criminal and administrative justice services, and received by the county under division (B) of section 5739.21 of the Revi...

...No consumer 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.

...No vendor shall fail to collect the full and exact tax as required by sections 5739.01 to 5739.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or fail to comply with such sections and the rules and regulations of the tax commissioner or, except as expressly authorized by such sections, refund, remit, or rebate, to a consumer, either directly or indirectly and, by whatsoever means, any of the tax levied by sections 5739.01 to 573...