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...No person hired or retained by a tax administrator to examine or inspect a taxpayer's books shall be paid on a contingency basis.

...dinance or state law to be filed with a tax administrator, or knowingly procure, counsel, or advise the preparation or presentation of such report, return, schedule, statement, claim, or document, or knowingly change, alter, or amend, or knowingly procure, counsel or advise such change, alteration, or amendment of the records upon which such report, return, schedule, statement, claim, or document is based with intent...

...efore the commencement of an audit, the tax administrator shall provide to the taxpayer a written description of the roles of the tax administrator and of the taxpayer during an audit and a statement of the taxpayer's rights, including any right to obtain a refund of an overpayment of a tax. At or before the commencement of an audit, the tax administrator shall inform the taxpayer when the audit is considered to have...

...(A) A taxpayer aggrieved by an action or omission of a tax administrator, a tax administrator's employee, or an employee of the municipal corporation may bring an action against the municipal corporation for damages in the court of common pleas of the county in which the municipal corporation is located, if all of the following apply: (1) In the action or omission the tax administrator, the tax administrator's emplo...

...(A) An "opinion of the tax administrator" means an opinion issued under this section with respect to prospective municipal income tax liability. It does not include ordinary correspondence of the tax administrator. (B) A taxpayer may submit a written request for an opinion of the tax administrator as to whether or how certain income, source of income, or a certain activity or transaction will be taxed. The written r...

...If the municipal corporation imposing a tax in accordance with this chapter has a population greater than thirty thousand according to the most recent decennial census or if the tax administrator charged with the administration of the tax is described in either division (U)(1)(b) or (c) of section 718.01 of the Revised Code, all of the tax administrator's written correspondence to a taxpayer or other person shall inc...

...(A) A taxpayer shall file an amended return with the tax administrator in such form as the tax administrator requires if any of the facts, figures, computations, or attachments required in the taxpayer's annual return to determine the tax due levied by the municipal corporation in accordance with this chapter must be altered as the result of an adjustment to the taxpayer's federal income tax return, whether initiated...

...l corporation of residence shall levy a tax on the income of any member or employee of the Ohio general assembly including the lieutenant governor which income is received as a result of services rendered as such member or employee and is paid from appropriated funds of this state. (B) No municipal corporation other than the municipal corporation of residence and the city of Columbus shall levy a tax on the income o...

...(A) A taxpayer may elect to be subject to sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code in lieu of the provisions set forth in the remainder of this chapter. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, upon the taxpayer's election, both of the following shall apply: (1) The tax commissioner shall serve as the sole administrator of each municipal income tax for which the taxpayer is liable for the term of ...

...sale, exchange, or other disposition of property described in section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code. (3) Add any losses allowed as a deduction in the computation of federal taxable income if the losses directly relate to the sale, exchange, or other disposition of an asset described in section 1221 or 1231 of the Internal Revenue Code. (4)(a) Except as provided in division (B)(4)(b) of this section, deduct in...

...e employer; (b) A vendor, customer, client, or patient of the employer, or a related member of such a vendor, customer, client, or patient; (c) A vendor, customer, client, or patient of a person described in division (C)(1)(b) of this section, or a related member of such a vendor, customer, client, or patient. (2) Any location at which a trial, appeal, hearing, investigation, inquiry, review, court-martial, ...

... original cost of any tangible personal property used by a qualifying remote employee or owner at that individual's qualifying remote work location shall be sitused to that individual's qualifying reporting location. (2) For the purpose of division (A)(2) of section 718.82 of the Revised Code, any wages, salaries, and other compensation paid during the taxable period to a qualifying remote employee or owner for se...

... before the last day of each month, the tax commissioner shall certify to the director of budget and management the amount to be paid to each municipal corporation, based on amounts reported on annual returns and declarations of estimated tax under sections 718.85 and 718.88 of the Revised Code, less any amounts previously distributed and net of any audit adjustments made or refunds granted by the commissioner, for t...

...271 or 5703.21 of the Revised Code. The tax commissioner may furnish the internal revenue service with copies of returns filed. This section does not prohibit the publication of statistics in a form which does not disclose information with respect to particular taxpayers. (B) In May and December of each year, the tax commissioner shall provide each tax administrator with the following information for every taxpaye...

...(A) The department of taxation shall create and maintain a world wide web portal capable of securely exchanging information between the department and municipal corporations. (B) The web portal created pursuant to division (A) of this section shall be used by both the department and municipal corporations to securely exchange information as required under sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code. The tax commi...

...(A)(1) For each taxable year, every taxpayer shall file an annual return. Such return, along with the amount of tax shown to be due on the return less the amount paid for the taxable year under section 718.88 of the Revised Code, shall be submitted to the tax commissioner, on a form and in the manner prescribed by the commissioner, on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month following the end of the taxpayer's...

...(A) All taxpayers that have made the election allowed under section 718.80 of the Revised Code shall file any tax return or extension for filing a tax return, and shall make payment of amounts shown to be due on such returns, electronically, either through the Ohio business gateway or in another manner as prescribed by the tax commissioner. (B) A taxpayer may apply to the commissioner, on a form prescribed by the co...

...718.82 of the Revised Code, exclude the property, payroll, and gross receipts of the pass-through entity in the computation of the affiliated group's net profit sitused to a municipal corporation. If the entity's net profit or loss is so excluded, the entity shall be subject to taxation as a separate taxpayer on the basis of the entity's net profits that would otherwise be included in the consolidated federal taxable...

...If a taxpayer that has made the election allowed under section 718.80 of the Revised Code fails to pay any tax as required under sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code, or any portion of that tax, on or before the date prescribed for its payment, interest shall be assessed, collected, and paid, in the same manner as the tax, upon such unpaid amount at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Rev...

...As used in this section: (1) "Combined tax liability" means the total amount of a taxpayer's income tax liabilities to all municipal corporations in this state for a taxable year. (2) "Estimated taxes" means the amount that the taxpayer reasonably estimates to be the taxpayer's combined tax liability for the current taxable year. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(4) of this section, every taxpayer shall ma...

...wing penalties shall apply: (1) If a taxpayer required to file a tax return under sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code fails to make and file the return within the time prescribed, including any extensions of time granted by the tax commissioner, the commissioner may impose a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, except that the commissioner shall abate or refund the penalty assessed on a taxpayer's ...

...(A) If any taxpayer required to file a return under section 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code fails to file the return within the time prescribed, files an incorrect return, or fails to remit the full amount of the tax due for the period covered by the return, the tax commissioner may make an assessment against the taxpayer for any deficiency for the period for which the return or tax is due, based upon any inform...

...(A) An application to refund to a taxpayer amounts that were overpaid, paid illegally or erroneously, or paid on an illegal or erroneous assessment pursuant to sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code shall be filed with the tax commissioner within three years after the date of the illegal, erroneous, or excessive payment, or within any additional period allowed by division (A) of section 718.90 of the Revised C...

...required in an annual return filed by a taxpayer that has made the election allowed under section 718.80 of the Revised Code and used to determine the tax due under sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code must be altered as the result of an adjustment to the taxpayer's federal income tax return, whether initiated by the taxpayer or the internal revenue service, and such alteration affects the taxpayer's tax lia...

...(A) The tax commissioner, or any authorized agent or employee thereof, may examine the books, papers, records, and federal and state income tax returns of any taxpayer or other person that is subject to sections 718.80 to 718.95 of the Revised Code for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of any return made or, if no return was filed, to ascertain the tax due as required under those sections. Upon written request by...