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...out the state to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for like depositions in civil actions in courts of common pleas.

...he same effect as if such reporter were present and testified to the facts so certified. A copy of such transcript shall be furnished on demand to any party upon the payment of the fee therefor, as provided for transcripts in courts of common pleas.

...Whenever a taxpayer or other person refuses, on the basis of his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or provide other information in an examination or proceeding before the tax commissioner, and the commissioner communicates to the taxpayer or other person an order issued under this section, the taxpayer or other person may not refuse to comply with the order on the basis of his privilege against self-in...

...epartment of taxation shall cause to be prepared suitable blanks for carrying out the purposes of the laws which it is required to administer, and, on application, shall furnish such blanks to each company, firm, corporation, person, association, partnership, or public utility subject to such laws. The tax commissioner, when he deems it advisable, may extend to any company, firm, corporation, person, association, pa...

...ty fails to make out and deliver to the tax commissioner any statement required by law, or to furnish the commissioner with any information requested, the commissioner shall inform himself as best he can on the matters necessary to be known in order to discharge his duties.

...his section. A person may challenge the presumption of delivery and service under this division in accordance with division (C) of this section. (C)(1) A person disputing the presumption of delivery and service under division (B) of this section bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the address to which the notice or order was sent was not an address with which the person was associat...

...ion against such corporation to recover taxes which the tax commissioner is by law required to administer. Pursuant to such service, suit may be brought in Franklin county, or in any county in which such corporation owns or uses its capital or property. Such service shall be made upon the secretary of state by leaving with the secretary of state, or with an assistant secretary of state, triplicate copies of such proc...

...tion, or direction of the department of taxation, or any action of the treasurer of state or attorney general required by law to be taken in pursuance of any such order, determination, or direction. This section does not affect any right or defense in any action to collect any tax or penalty.

...ion of the laws which the department of taxation is required to administer or the orders of the department, such laws and orders may upon the application of the department be enforced by proceedings in mandamus, injunction, or other appropriate proceeding.

...The department of taxation may adopt rules governing the interchange of information with the proper officer, board, department, ministry, or commission of any other state, the United States, any province of Canada, or Canada, and may, pursuant to such rules, furnish any information in its possession to any such officer, board, department, ministry, or commission under reciprocal arrangements by which the department s...

...cal 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 transcripts of records, or parts thereof, and other information in their possession as a...

...The annual report of the department of taxation shall include a full report of the operation and execution of all laws which it is required to administer.

...sociation, 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 knowledge, or fail upon proper demand to exhibit to the commissioner any book, paper, account, record, or memoran...

...When an officer, agent, or employee acted in obedience to the instruction or request of a public utility, company, corporation, or association, or any general officer thereof, in violating section 5703.43 of the Revised Code, a forfeiture of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars shall be recovered from such public utility, company, firm, person, partnership, corporation, or association for eac...

...In construing and enforcing division (D) of section 5703.99 of the Revised Code, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any public utility, company, firm, person, partnership, corporation, or association acting within the scope of his employment shall be the act, omission, or failure of such public utility, company, firm, person, partnership, corporation, or as...

...individual subject to any law which the tax commissioner is required to administer, or any officer, agent, or employee thereof, willfully fails to comply with any order or direction of the commissioner or to perform any duty enjoined by such law shall constitute a separate offense.

...teenth day of October of each year, the tax commissioner shall determine the federal short-term rate. For purposes of any section of the Revised Code requiring interest to be computed at the rate per annum required by this section, the rate determined by the commissioner under this section, rounded to the nearest whole number per cent, plus three per cent, shall be the interest rate per annum used in making the...

...llowances, credits, reimbursements, and preferential tax rates, provided all of the following apply to the provision: (a) The provision reduces, or has the potential to reduce, revenue to the general revenue fund; (b) The persons, income, goods, services, or property exempted by the provision would have been part of a defined tax base; (c) The persons, income, goods, services, or property exempted by the provis...

...A) On or before December 31, 2001, the tax commissioner shall establish an electronic site accessible through the internet. The tax commissioner shall provide access on the site for each municipal corporation that has not established its own electronic site to post documents or information required under section 718.07 of the Revised Code. The tax commissioner shall provide electronic links for each municipal corpor...

...0 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 potentially subject to a tax inc...

...axpayer is entitled to be assisted or represented by an attorney, accountant, bookkeeper, or other tax practitioner. The tax commissioner shall prescribe a form by which a taxpayer may designate such a person to assist or represent the taxpayer in the conduct of any proceedings resulting from actions by the tax commissioner or county auditor. In the absence of this form, the commissioner or auditor may accept such o...

...(A) The tax commissioner shall appoint one or more problem resolution officers from among the employees of the department of taxation. These officers shall receive and review inquiries and complaints concerning matters that have been pending before the department for an unreasonable length of time or matters to which a taxpayer has been unable to obtain a satisfactory response after several attempts to communicate wi...

...t the taxpayer for whom the opinion was prepared and who reasonably relies on it from liability for any taxes, penalty, or interest otherwise chargeable on the activity or transaction specifically held by the commissioner's opinion to be taxable in a particular manner or not to be subject to taxation for any tax year that may be specified in the opinion, or until the earliest of the following dates: (1) The effect...

...(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...

...The department of taxation shall not put a taxpayer's social security number on the outside of any material mailed to the taxpayer.