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...he thirty-first day of December of the preceding year; (b) In the case of a water transportation company, all tangible personal property, except watercraft, owned or operated by the water transportation company in this state on the thirty-first day of December of the preceding year and all watercraft owned or operated by the water transportation company in this state during the preceding calendar year; (c) In...

...rt with the tax commissioner, on a form prescribed by the tax commissioner. The report shall include such information as the tax commissioner requires to enable the tax commissioner to make any assessment or apportionment required under this chapter. The report shall be signed by either the owner of the public utility, interexchange telecommunications company, or public utility property lessor or the president, sec...

...ese determinations. Before issuing the preliminary assessment under section 5727.23 of the Revised Code, the commissioner shall notify each public utility of the proposed total taxable value of its taxable property, including any proposed penalty. After receiving such notice, a public utility may, upon written application, within the time prescribed by the commissioner, appear before the commissioner and be heard in...

...rds less composite annual allowances as prescribed by the commissioner. If the commissioner finds that application of this method will not result in the determination of true value of the public utility's taxable property, the commissioner may use another method of valuation. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, the true value of current gas stored underground is the cost of that gas shown ...

...The taxable property of each public utility, except a railroad company, and of each interexchange telecommunications company shall be assessed at the following percentages of true value: (A) In the case of a rural electric company, fifty per cent in the case of its taxable transmission and distribution property and its energy conversion equipment, and twenty-five per cent for all its other taxable property; (B) In ...

...s property used in or determined by the tax commissioner to be held by a railroad for use in railroad operations. In determining the true value of all real and personal property owned or leased by each railroad company and used in railroad operations, the commissioner shall use the unitary method and value all of the property of the company's railroad system as a whole, considering the factors generally used in that ...

...is state and part in another state, the tax commissioner shall take the entire value of the property of such public utility, determined in accordance with sections 5727.01 to 5727.62 of the Revised Code, and apportion it to this state in the proportion that the length of the road in this state bears to the whole length of road. As used in this section, "length of road" means the miles of single or first main track, m...

...ined to taxing districts in the manner prescribed in division (C)(1)(b) of this section. (iv) Deduct the amounts so apportioned from the taxable value of the company's production equipment at the plant, prior to making the apportionments required by divisions (C)(1)(a) and (b) of this section. For purposes of division (C)(1)(c) of this section, "initial cost" applies only to production equipment of plants plac...

...yer files the report, but this does not preclude the commissioner from making an assessment without receiving the report. The action of the tax commissioner shall be evidenced by a preliminary assessment that reflects the taxable value apportioned to each county and each taxing district in the county. The commissioner may amend the preliminary assessment as provided in this section. Each preliminary assessment and ...

...te, on and after May 1, 2000, an excise tax is hereby levied on the gross receipts of a natural gas company and on the gross receipts of a combined company from operating as a natural gas company. The tax shall be computed by multiplying the taxable gross receipts as determined under section 5727.33 of the Revised Code by four and three-fourths per cent. A combined company shall be subject to this tax on any gross re...

...As used in this section, "taxpayer" means any person subject to the tax imposed by section 5727.24 of the Revised Code. Upon the issuance of a tax credit certificate by the Ohio venture capital authority under section 150.07 of the Revised Code, a refundable credit may be claimed against the tax imposed on a taxpayer under section 5727.24 of the Revised Code. The credit shall be claimed on a return due under section...

...ioner, in such form as the commissioner prescribes, and pay the full amount of the tax due on its taxable gross receipts for the preceding calendar quarter. All payments made under this division shall be made electronically in accordance with section 5727.311 of the Revised Code. (B) Any natural gas company or combined company subject to the excise tax imposed by this section that has an annual tax liability for t...

...all bear interest at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code from the day the tax commissioner issues the assessment until it is paid or until it is certified to the attorney general for collection under section 131.02 of the Revised Code, whichever comes first. If the unpaid portion of the assessment is certified to the attorney general for collection, the entire unpaid portion of the as...

...l keep complete and accurate records as prescribed by the tax commissioner. The records shall be preserved for four years after the return for the tax to which the records pertain is due or filed, whichever is later. The natural gas company or combined company shall make the records available for inspection by the commissioner or the commissioner's agent, on the request of the commissioner or agent.

...ed with the tax commissioner, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, within four years of the illegal or erroneous payment. On the filing of the application, the commissioner shall determine the amount of refund to which the applicant is entitled. If the amount is not less than that claimed, the commissioner shall issue the refund from the tax refund fund under section 5703.052 of the Revised Code. If the amoun...

...company shall file a separate report as prescribed by the tax commissioner segregating gross receipts from operating as an electric company and gross receipts from operating as a natural gas company, for the period ending April 30, 2000. (B) Natural gas companies and combined companies shall claim one-sixtieth of the credit calculated under division (A) of this section on each return filed under division (A) of sect...

...s, shall be subject to an annual excise tax, as provided by sections 5727.31 to 5727.62 of the Revised Code, for the privilege of owning property in this state or doing business in this state during the twelve-month period next succeeding the period upon which the tax is based. The tax shall be imposed against each such public utility that, on the first day of such twelve-month period, owns property in this state or ...

...tement in such form as the commissioner prescribes and shall pay any amount due. (B)(1) Annually, on or before the fifteenth day of October of the current year, each public utility whose estimated excise taxes for the current year as based upon the statement required to be filed in that year by division (A) of this section are one thousand dollars or more shall file with the commissioner a report, in such form as ...

... each succeeding year electronically as prescribed by division (C) of this section. If the tax in each of two consecutive years is less than fifty thousand dollars, the public utility is relieved of the requirement to remit taxes electronically for the year that next follows the second of the consecutive years in which the tax certified is less than fifty thousand dollars, and is relieved of that requirement for e...

...The name and post-office address of the president, secretary, auditor, treasurer, and superintendent or general manager; (5) The name and post-office address of the chief officer or managing agent of the company in this state; (6) The amount of the excise taxes paid or to be paid with the reports made during the current calendar year as provided by section 5727.31 of the Revised Code; (7) In the case of telegra...

...For the purpose of computing the excise tax imposed by section 5727.24 or 5727.30 of the Revised Code, the entire gross receipts actually received from all sources for business done within this state are taxable gross receipts, excluding the receipts described in divisions (B), (C), and (D) of this section. The gross receipts for the tax year of each telegraph company shall be computed for the period of the first day...