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...lation promulgated by the department of taxation under authority of said sections, for the violation of which no penalty is provided elsewhere, shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars.

...es with respect to which no evidence of tax payment is required thereon as provided in section 5743.04 of the Revised Code; or (2) Who are engaged in the business of selling cigarettes, tobacco products, or vapor products to others for the purpose of resale. "Wholesale dealer" does not include any cigarette manufacturer, export warehouse proprietor, or importer with a valid permit under 26 U.S.C. 5713 if that p...

...for the general revenue fund, an excise tax on sales of cigarettes is hereby levied at the rate of eighty mills on each cigarette. Only one sale of the same article shall be used in computing the amount of tax due. The treasurer of state shall place to the credit of the tax refund fund created by section 5703.052 of the Revised Code, out of receipts from the tax levied by this section, amounts equal to the refunds ...

...one or more of the purposes for which a tax may be levied under section 3381.16 of the Revised Code and for the purposes of paying the expenses of administering the tax and the expenses charged by a board of elections to hold an election on a question submitted under this section, the board of county commissioners of a county that has within its territorial boundaries a qualifying regional arts and cultural district ...

...o pay the expenses of administering the tax, and to pay any or all of the charge the board of elections makes against the county to hold the election on the question of levying the tax, or for such purposes and to provide revenues to the county for permanent improvements, the board of county commissioners may levy a tax on sales of cigarettes sold for resale at retail in the county. The tax shall not exceed two...

...er of cigarettes in a county in which a tax is levied under section 5743.021, 5743.024, or 5743.026 of the Revised Code shall, within thirty days after the date on which the tax takes effect, make and file a return, on forms prescribed by the tax commissioner, showing the total number of cigarettes which such retail dealer had on hand as of the beginning of business on the date on which the tax takes effect, and such...

...o pay the expenses of administering the tax, and to pay any or all of the charge the board of elections makes against the county to hold the election on the question of levying the tax, the board of county commissioners, in the manner prescribed by division (A) of section 351.26 of the Revised Code, may levy a tax on sales of cigarettes sold for resale at retail in the county. The rate of the tax shall not exce...

...ection 5743.04 of the Revised Code, the taxes imposed under sections 5743.02, 5743.021, 5743.024, and 5743.026 of the Revised Code shall be paid by the purchase of tax stamps. A tax stamp shall be affixed to each package of an aggregate denomination not less than the amount of the tax upon the contents thereof. The tax stamp, so affixed, shall be prima-facie evidence of payment of the tax. Except as is provided in...

... of the Revised Code, provided that the tax commissioner has authorized the sale of the cigarettes between those wholesale dealers and that the wholesale dealer that sells the cigarettes received them directly from a manufacturer or importer of cigarettes that possesses a valid and current license under section 5743.15 of the Revised Code. (B) Only a wholesale dealer that possesses a valid and current license...

...The tax commissioner shall design and procure the stamps provided for in section 5743.03 of the Revised Code and shall enforce and administer sections 5743.01 to 5743.44 of the Revised Code. With respect to packages containing any number of cigarettes other than twenty, if the commissioner finds that it is practicable to collect the taxes levied under sections 5743.02, 5743.021, 5743.024, and 5743.026 of the Re...

...The tax commissioner shall sell all stamps provided for by section 5743.03 of the Revised Code. The stamps shall be sold at their face value, except the commissioner shall, by rule, authorize the sale of stamps to wholesale dealers in this state, or to wholesale dealers outside this state, at a discount of not less than one and eight-tenths per cent or more than ten per cent of their face value, as a commission for a...

...f the Revised Code to remit payment for tax stamps electronically. The tax commissioner shall notify each dealer of the dealer's obligation to do so and shall maintain an updated list of those dealers. Failure by the commissioner to notify a dealer subject to this section to remit taxes electronically does not relieve the dealer of its obligation to remit taxes in that manner. A dealer required to remit payments e...

...business hours to the inspection of the tax commissioner, and shall be preserved for a period of three years, unless the commissioner, in writing, consents to their destruction within that period, or by order requires that they be kept for a longer period. With the tax commissioner's consent, a person with multiple places of business may keep centralized records but shall transmit duplicates of the invoices or docume...

...te shall file a monthly report with the tax commissioner in accordance with rules adopted by the tax commissioner under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

...Whenever the tax commissioner discovers any cigarettes which are being shipped, or which have been shipped, or transported in violation of section 2927.023 of the Revised Code, or discovers cigarettes, subject to the taxes levied under section 5743.02, 5743.021, 5743.024, or 5743.026 of the Revised Code, and upon which the taxes have not been paid or that are held for sale or distribution in violation of any other pr...

...ealer or retail dealer fails to pay the tax levied under section 5743.02, 5743.021, 5743.024, or 5743.026 of the Revised Code as required by sections 5743.01 to 5743.20 of the Revised Code, and by the rules of the tax commissioner, or fails to collect the tax from the purchaser or consumer, the commissioner may make an assessment against the wholesale or retail dealer based upon any information in the commissioner's ...

...remove the wholesale or retail dealer's property from the state, conceal the wholesale or retail dealer's person or property, or do any other act tending to prejudice, obstruct, or render wholly or partly ineffectual proceedings to collect the tax, unless the proceedings are commenced without delay, or if the commissioner believes that the collection of the amount due from any wholesale dealer or retail dealer w...

...ther remedies for the collection of any taxes or fees legally due, the attorney general may issue a warrant directed to the sheriff of any county commanding said sheriff to levy upon and sell the goods and chattels of a delinquent dealer, without exemption, found within his jurisdiction, for the payment of the amount of such delinquency, together with the added penalties, interest, and the cost of executing the warr...

...No person shall have in the person's possession packs of cigarettes not bearing the stamps required to be affixed thereto as required by Chapter 5743. of the Revised Code.

...No person shall sell cigarettes without there having been first affixed to each individual package the stamp required by section 5743.03 of the Revised Code or with the stamp having been affixed to the package in violation of section 5743.21 of the Revised Code.

...No person shall possess packs of cigarettes not bearing the stamps required by Chapter 5743. of the Revised Code, or bearing stamps that have been affixed in violation of section 5743.21 of the Revised Code, when the total number of the cigarettes exceeds one thousand two hundred.

...fect the rights of a holder of a valid lien. (C) A vehicle that is seized as contraband under Chapter 2981. of the Revised Code because of its use in violation of this chapter is subject to the procedures set forth in that chapter.

...h false entry for the inspection of the tax commissioner with intent to evade the tax levied under section 5743.02, 5743.021, 5743.024, or 5743.026 of the Revised Code.

...counterfeit any stamp prescribed by the tax commissioner under section 5743.03 of the Revised Code, or cause to be falsely or fraudulently made, forged, altered, or counterfeited any such stamp, or possess any counterfeiting device, or knowingly and willfully utter, publish, pass, or tender as true, any such false, altered, forged, or counterfeited stamp, or use more than once any such stamp for the purpose of evadin...

...(A) The tax commissioner or an agent of the commissioner may enter and inspect the facilities and records of a person selling cigarettes, other tobacco products, or vapor products. Such entrance and inspection requires a properly issued search warrant if conducted outside the normal business hours of the person, but does not require a search warrant if conducted during the normal business hours of the person. No pers...