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...(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 be pe...

...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...

...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...

...(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...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, 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, 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 ...

...(A) 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...

...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...

...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 ...

...(A) One hundred per cent of all money deposited into the state treasury under sections 5739.01 to 5739.31 of the Revised Code that is not required to be distributed as provided in section 5739.102 of the Revised Code or division (B) of this section shall be credited to the general revenue fund. (B)(1) In any case where any county or transit authority has levied a tax or taxes pursuant to section 5739.021, 5739.023,...

...(A) The moneys received 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 r...

...ing criminal and administrative justice services, and received by the county under division (B) of section 5739.21 of the Revised Code from vendors located within a tourism development district during the preceding calendar year minus the amount of such revenue so received by the county during the calendar year ending immediately before the date the district is designated; (b) For a transit authority, the amount of ...

...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...

...(A) No person, including any officer, employee, or trustee of a corporation or business trust, 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. (B) If any vendor required to file monthly returns unde...

...(A)(1) No person shall engage in the business of selling at retail or sell at retail incidental to any other regularly conducted business without having a license therefor, as required by sections 5739.01 to 5739.31 of the Revised Code. (2) No person shall engage in the business of selling at retail as a transient vendor, as defined in section 5739.17 of the Revised Code, without first having obtained a license as ...

...If any public official fails to maintain the records required by sections 5739.01 to 5739.31 of the Revised Code, or by the regulations issued by the tax commissioner or the treasurer of state, pursuant to said sections, or fails to comply with any law relating to the enforcement of said sections, the funds allocated to that county shall be withheld until such time as the public official has complied with such sectio...

...If any corporation, limited liability company, or business trust required to file returns and to remit tax due to the state under this chapter, including a holder of a direct payment permit under section 5739.031 of the Revised Code, fails for any reason to make the filing or payment, any of its employees having control or supervision of or charged with the responsibility of filing returns and making payments, or any...

...The levy of any excise, income, or property tax by the state or any political subdivision thereof shall not be construed as preempting the power of a county or transit authority to levy an additional sales tax pursuant to section 5739.021, 5739.023, or 5739.026 of the Revised Code. No tax levied by a board of county commissioners pursuant to section 5739.023 of the Revised Code shall become effective at any time whil...

...For 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 ...

...(A) For the purpose of tracking the growth and overall economic impact of the travel and tourism industry in this state, the tax commissioner shall prepare a report summarizing the amount of tax revenue collected during each semiannual period ending on the last day of June or December, annually. The commissioner shall prepare the report by industry classification using business activity codes. The report shall includ...

...If the director of budget and management makes a certification to the tax commissioner under division (B) of section 131.44 of the Revised Code in a fiscal year, the commissioner shall designate the dates on which a sales tax holiday will be held in the following fiscal year. If the sales tax holiday will be held for three days, the commissioner shall designate the period that includes the first Friday of August and ...

...(A) Whoever violates section 5739.26 or 5739.29 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person shall, if a corporation, be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, or if an individual, or a member of a partnership, firm, or association, be fined not less than twenty-five nor more tha...

...ses, or rentals of personal property or services. (H) "State" means any state of the United States and the District of Columbia. (I) "Use tax" means the tax levied by section 5741.02, 5741.021, 5741.022, or 5741.023 of the Revised Code.