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...Whenever the tax commissioner discovers any motor fuel subject to the taxes levied under Chapter 5735. of the Revised Code and upon which the taxes have not been paid, the commissioner may seize and take possession of the motor fuel. The motor fuel shall be forfeited to the state, and the commissioner, within a reasonable time thereafter, may sell the forfeited motor fuel. The commissioner shall collect the taxes du...

...Whenever the tax commissioner discovers any motor fuel at a retail service station subject to the taxes levied under this chapter and upon which the taxes have not been paid, the commissioner may padlock the pumps of the retail service station until the taxes are paid.

...(A) If the tax or any portion of the tax imposed by this chapter, whether determined by the tax commissioner or the motor fuel dealer, is not paid on or before the date prescribed in section 5735.06 of the Revised Code, interest shall be collected and paid in the same manner as the tax upon the unpaid amount, computed at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code, from the date prescribed fo...

...ommissioner, and all laws applicable to sales on execution shall apply to sales made under the judgment. If the assessment is not paid in its entirety within sixty days after the day the assessment was issued, the portion of the assessment consisting of tax due shall bear interest at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code from the day the commissioner issues the assessment until it...

...(A) If the tax commissioner finds that any person liable for tax under this chapter is about to depart from the state, remove property from the state, conceal self, or conceal the person's property, or do any other act tending to prejudice, obstruct, or render wholly or partly ineffectual proceedings to collect the tax, unless proceedings are commenced without delay, or if the commissioner believes that the coll...

...The tax commissioner shall refund to dealers or to any person assessed motor fuel tax amounts paid illegally or erroneously or paid on an illegal or erroneous assessment. Applications for refund shall be filed with the tax commissioner, on the form prescribed by the commissioner, within four years from the date of the illegal or erroneous payment. No person shall file a claim for the tax on fewer than one hundred gal...

...n this state, motor fuel upon which the tax imposed by this chapter has not first been paid or liability for the tax imposed by this chapter on the motor fuel has not accrued to the holder of an unrevoked motor fuel dealer's license, the commissioner may make an assessment against the person under section 5735.12 or 5735.121 of the Revised Code for the motor fuel taxes imposed by this chapter. The assessment may be b...

...be the total penalty assessed. (D) The tax commissioner may reduce or remit a penalty assessed under this section. (E) In addition to the penalties prescribed by division (A) of this section, the commissioner may provide to the internal revenue service any information the commissioner obtains or creates in conjunction with this section.

...e made to any person for the motor fuel tax paid on any motor fuel that is lost or destroyed through leakage, fire, explosion, lightning, flood, tornado, windstorm, or any other cause, except theft, evaporation, shrinkage, and unaccounted-for losses. No refund shall be authorized or ordered under this section for any single loss of less than one hundred gallons, nor except upon notice to the tax commissioner within t...

...ty in the operation of a motor vehicle. Sales of motor fuel, on which the tax imposed by this chapter has been paid, from one person to another do not constitute use of the fuel and are not subject to a refund under this section. (B) Any person who uses in this state any motor fuel with water intentionally added to the fuel, on which the taxes imposed by this chapter or Chapter 5728. of the Revised Code have been pa...

...l receive a refund for Ohio motor fuel taxes paid on fuel lost by a retail dealer through shrinkage and evaporation. This refund shall be one per cent of the Ohio motor fuel taxes paid on fuel purchased during any semiannual period ending the thirtieth day of June or the thirty-first day of December. In order to receive a refund, the retail dealer shall file with the tax commissioner, within one hundred twent...

...n who uses any motor fuel, on which the tax imposed by section 5735.05 of the Revised Code has been paid, for the purpose of operating a transit bus shall be reimbursed in the amount of the total tax paid on motor fuel so used by public transportation systems providing transit or paratransit service on a regular and continuing basis within the state, or by a person contracting with such a system and providing such se...

...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...

...e liability to the state for the excise tax imposed under the motor fuel laws of this state on such motor fuel has been assumed by the seller, and that said excise tax has already been paid or will be paid by the seller when the same becomes payable. The documentation also shall set forth the name and address of the purchaser, the number of gallons of motor fuel sold, the price paid for or the price per gallon of the...

...who purchases motor fuel upon which the tax has been paid to this state and who sells the same outside this state for use outside this state or who uses the same on highways or waters outside this state and pays a tax on such use or sells the same to the United States government or any of its agencies may be reimbursed in the amount of such tax as provided in this chapter. All applications for refund of the tax paid ...

...(A) The tax commissioner may examine, during the usual business hours of the day, the records, books, invoices, storage tanks, and any other equipment of any motor fuel dealer, retail dealer, exporter, terminal operator, purchaser, aviation fuel dealer, or transporter pertaining to motor fuel received, sold, shipped, or delivered, to determine whether the taxes imposed by this chapter have been paid and to verify the...

...to collect or cause to be repaid to the taxpayer or to any other person, either directly or indirectly, any refund of such tax without being entitled to the same; (2) Engage in business in the state as a motor fuel dealer without holding an unrevoked license to engage in such business; (3) Engage in business in the state as a retail dealer without holding an unrevoked license to engage in such business; (4) Engage...

...information that, in the opinion of the tax commissioner, is necessary for the proper administration of this chapter. (B) A terminal or bulk plant, the carrier, and the person that received the motor fuel shall retain a copy of the shipping document for a period of four years after the date of receipt of the fuel and shall provide a copy of the document to the tax commissioner upon request. (C) While transporting m...

... the state treasury the gasoline excise tax fund. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Revenue credited to the fund under section 5735.051 from the tax levied under section 5735.05 of the Revised Code shall be distributed to municipal corporations, counties, and townships as provided in divisions (A)(1), (2), and (3) of this section. (1) The amount distributed to each municipal corpor...

...Wherever a municipal corporation is on the line of the state highway system as designated by the director of transportation as an extension or continuance of the state highway system, seven and one-half per cent of the amount paid to any municipal corporation pursuant to sections 4501.04 and 5735.27 of the Revised Code shall be used by it only to construct, reconstruct, repave, widen, maintain, and repair such highwa...

...purposes of enforcing this chapter, the tax commissioner, in accordance with section 5743.45 of the Revised Code, may delegate any investigation powers of the commissioner to any employee of the department of taxation who has been certified by the Ohio peace officer training commission and who is engaged in the enforcement of this chapter. Upon such a delegation in accordance with that section, the provisions of that...

...continues operating that business, the taxes and any interest and penalties imposed under this chapter that arose prior to the date of sale or discontinuation become due and payable immediately. Within fifteen days after the date of the sale or discontinuation of the business, the motor fuel dealer shall make a final return and provide written notification to the tax commissioner of the sale or discontinuation...

..., required to file reports and to remit taxes imposed under this chapter fails for any reason to file such reports or pay such taxes, any employees of the person having control or supervision of, or charged with the responsibility of, filing reports and making payments, or any officers or trustees of the person responsible for the execution of the person's fiscal responsibilities, are personally liable for the ...

...02 of the Revised Code when levying the tax imposed by that section in conjunction with sections 5739.021, 5739.023, 5739.026, 5741.021, 5741.022, and 5741.023 of the Revised Code, or as provided in section 5739.101 of the Revised Code, no political subdivision shall levy or collect any excise, license, privilege, or occupational tax on alternative fuel or on the buying, selling, handling, or consuming of alternative...

...ves funding derived from the motor fuel tax levied under Chapter 5735. of the Revised Code, and either expends the funds on a project that takes more than seven business days to complete, or expends $500,000 or more of the funds, shall include on that agency or entity's web site annual status updates on how the funds are being used. Such information may include how much money is spent, when the money is spent, on wha...