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Section 5736.99 | Fraudulent claims; violations of chapter.

...his chapter, or any rule adopted by the tax commissioner under this chapter, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. (C) Any person that is subject to the tax imposed by this chapter and that is found to be engaged in distributing, importing, or causing the importation of motor fuel for consumption in this state without a license as required by section...

Section 5737.02 | Exemptions.

... to a public utility, as defined in the taxation laws of this state, nor to a farmer as to grain raised and stored, kept, or found on a farm owned or operated by himself. Such sections do not exempt any person engaged in any business taxed by such sections as to grain which is not otherwise subject to taxation in this state from the tax imposed by sections 5737.01 to 5737.08, inclusive, of the Revised Code and all su...

Section 5737.03 | Levy of tax - rate - exemption.

...An annual excise tax is hereby levied on the handling of grain, in lieu of all taxes on grain as property of any person engaged in such business, for all the purposes for which taxes would otherwise be levied on such grain as property in the taxing district in which any such business is carried on, measured as follows: (A) For the statement due in 2005, one-half mill per bushel upon all wheat and flax handled at one...

Section 5737.04 | Statement to accompany annual return - contents - form.

... at the time when his annual return of taxable property is made or required to be made, file a statement setting forth: (A) The number of bushels of each kind of grain received by him, or purchased by him for shipment from a place in this state, at each place where he has carried on such business in this state during the year immediately preceding the date as of which the taxable personal property of such person is...

Section 5737.05 | Assessor's computation of tax.

...ch such person at each place during the taxable year. Where grain during such year has been transferred from one such place to another without change in substantial ownership, the duplication resulting therefrom shall be eliminated, and the resulting decrease shall be divided equally between the places so affected. The rate imposed by section 5737.03 of the Revised Code shall be multiplied by the number of bushels o...

Section 5737.06 | Payment and assessment of tax - duties and rights of taxpayer.

...The tax imposed by sections 5737.01 to 5737.08, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall be payable at the time specified by law for the payment of taxes on taxable personal property, and shall be assessed by the assessor authorized or required to assess the taxable personal property of the person subject thereto, in like manner and at the times provided by law for the assessment of such taxable property, in the taxing d...

Section 5737.07 | Taxes entered on general personal duplicate - collection.

...All taxes assessed pursuant to sections 5737.01 to 5737.08, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall be entered on the proper general personal duplicate in the county and taxing district in which the same are required by such sections to be assessed, together with other taxes thereon charged against each person subject to the taxes imposed by such sections, and such tax shall be collected with the other taxes charged the...

Section 5737.08 | Distribution of revenue.

...All revenue derived from the tax levied by sections 5737.01 to 5737.08, inclusive of the Revised Code, shall be distributed by the county auditor and county treasurer to the taxing districts on the general personal duplicate of which such taxes are assessed, in the proportions in which such taxing districts are entitled to share in the revenue accruing from the collection of other taxes charged thereon, and at the ti...

Section 5739.032 | Permit holder tax payments by electronic funds transfer.

...(A) If the total amount of tax required to be paid by a permit holder under section 5739.031 of the Revised Code for any calendar year equals or exceeds seventy-five thousand dollars, the permit holder shall remit each monthly tax payment in the second ensuing and each succeeding year electronically as prescribed by division (B) of this section. If a permit holder's tax payment for each of two consecutive years is...

Section 5739.07 | Vendor or consumer refunds.

...uant to this chapter, a vendor has paid taxes to the tax commissioner or the commissioner's agent, the commissioner shall refund to the vendor the amount of taxes paid, and any penalties assessed with respect to such taxes, if the vendor has refunded to the consumer the full amount of taxes the consumer paid illegally or erroneously or if the vendor has illegally or erroneously billed the consumer but has not collect...

Section 5739.071 | [Repealed effective 1/1/2026 by H.B. 96, 136th General Assembly] Partial refund for providers of electronic information services.

...(A) The tax commissioner shall refund to a provider of electronic information services twenty-five per cent of the tax it pays pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 5741. of the Revised Code on purchases made on or after July 1, 1993, of computers, computer peripherals, software, telecommunications equipment, and similar tangible personal property, primarily used to acquire, process, or store information for use by bus...

Section 5739.072 | Refund may be applied in satisfaction of debt due state.

...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...

Section 5739.08 | Municipal or township excise lodging taxes.

...poration or township may levy an excise tax for any lawful purpose not to exceed three per cent on transactions by which lodging by a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests in addition to the tax levied by section 5739.02 of the Revised Code. If a municipal corporation or township repeals a tax imposed under division (A) of this section, and a county in which the municipal corporation or township has terr...

Section 5739.081 | Tax return information provided to convention and visitors' bureau.

...ors' bureau operating in the county the tax return information of a hotel subject to a lodging tax levied by the county or municipal corporation pursuant to section 5739.08 or 5739.09 of the Revised Code.

Section 5739.09 | Administration and allocation of lodging tax.

...he members of the board, levy an excise tax not to exceed three per cent on transactions by which lodging by a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests. The board shall establish all regulations necessary to provide for the administration and allocation of the tax. The regulations may prescribe the time for payment of the tax, and may provide for the imposition of a penalty or interest, or both, for late pa...

Section 5739.091 | Expansion of definition of hotel.

...(A) For the purposes of a tax levied by a county, township, or municipal corporation under section 5739.08 or 5739.09 of the Revised Code, a board of county commissioners, board of township trustees, or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may adopt a resolution or ordinance at any time specifying that "hotel," as otherwise defined in section 5739.01 of the Revised Code, includes the following: (1)...

Section 5739.094 | Liens for unpaid lodging taxes.

...n 5739.09 of the Revised Code. When a tax levied pursuant to section 5739.09 of the Revised Code by an eligible county is not paid when due, the eligible county may certify the delinquency, together with any applicable penalties and interest, to the county auditor of the eligible county. The county auditor shall place the certified amount on the tax list against the property on which the hotel is established. The a...

Section 5739.103 | Registration with tax commissioner.

...poration or township that has imposed a tax under division (B) or (C) of that section without first registering with the tax commissioner. The tax commissioner shall prescribe the form of the registration.

Section 5739.104 | Refunds.

...The tax commissioner shall refund to a person subject to a tax under section 5739.101 of the Revised Code amounts paid illegally or erroneously or paid on an illegal or erroneous assessment. Applications for a refund shall be filed with the commissioner, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, within four years from the date of the illegal or erroneous payment, except where the person subject to the tax waives the ...

Section 5739.122 | Vendor tax payments by electronic funds transfer.

...(A) If the total amount of tax required to be paid by a vendor under section 5739.12 of the Revised Code for any calendar year equals or exceeds seventy-five thousand dollars, the vendor shall remit each monthly tax payment in the second ensuing and each succeeding tax year on an accelerated basis as prescribed by divisions (B) and (C) of this section. If a vendor's tax payment for each of two consecutive years...

Section 5739.124 | Returns of taxpayers using electronic funds transfer.

...(A) If required by the tax commissioner, a permit holder required to make payments under section 5739.032 of the Revised Code shall file all returns and reports electronically. The commissioner may require the permit holder to use the Ohio business gateway, as defined in section 718.01 of the Revised Code, or any other electronic means approved by the commissioner, to file the returns and reports, or to remit the tax...

Section 5739.131 | Service of process or notice to nonresident.

...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...

Section 5739.132 | Interest on unpaid tax, fee, or charge; interest on refund.

...(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...

Section 5739.133 | Penalties for failure to remit - preassessment interest.

...rson 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 it to the state as required by this chapter or Chapter 5741. of the Revised Code, up to fifty per cent of the amount assessed; (3) In the case of all other asses...

Section 5739.15 | Jeopardy assessment.

...(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...