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...In addition to all other 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 the sheriff to levy upon and sell the nonexempt goods and chattels of a delinquent distributor found within his jurisdiction, for the payment of the amount of the delinquent taxes or fees, together with the added penalties, interest, and the c...

... (A) No retail dealer of tobacco products or vapor products shall have in the retail dealer's possession tobacco products or vapor products on which the tax imposed by section 5743.51 of the Revised Code has not been paid unless the retail dealer is licensed under section 5743.61 of the Revised Code. Payment may be evidenced by invoices from distributors or vapor distributors stating the tax has been paid. (B) The...

... No person shall prepare for shipment, ship, transport, deliver, prepare for distribution, or distribute tobacco products or vapor products, or otherwise engage or participate in the business of distributing tobacco products or vapor products, with the intent to avoid payment of the tax levied by section 5743.51, 5743.62, or 5743.63 of the Revised Code, when the wholesale price of the tobacco products exceeds three h...

... (A)(1) No distributor or vapor distributor shall engage in the business of distributing tobacco products, vapor products, or both within this state without having a license issued by the department of taxation to engage in that business. (2) On the dissolution of a partnership by death, the surviving partner may operate under the license of the partnership until the expiration of the license, and the heirs or leg...

... (A) To provide revenue for the general revenue fund of the state, an excise tax is hereby levied on the seller of tobacco products or vapor products in this state at one of the following rates: (1) For tobacco products other than little cigars or premium cigars, seventeen per cent of the wholesale price of the tobacco product whenever the tobacco product is delivered to a consumer in this state for the storage, u...

... (A) To provide revenue for the general revenue fund of the state, an excise tax is hereby levied on the storage, use, or other consumption of tobacco products or vapor products at one of the following rates: (1) For tobacco products other than little cigars or premium cigars, seventeen per cent of the wholesale price of the tobacco product. (2) For little cigars, thirty-seven per cent of the wholesale price of...

... No person shall transport within this state tobacco products that have a wholesale value in excess of three hundred dollars, or vapor products with a vapor volume in excess of five hundred milliliters or five hundred grams, as applicable, unless the person has obtained consent to transport the tobacco products or vapor products from the tax commissioner prior to transportation. The consent is not required if the app...

... No person required by division (C) of section 5743.62 or division (B) of section 5743.63 of the Revised Code to file a return with the tax commissioner shall fail to make the return or fail to pay the applicable taxes levied under section 5743.62 or 5743.63 of the Revised Code or fail to pay any lawful assessment issued by the tax commissioner.

...(A) Each manufacturer or importer of tobacco products or vapor products shall register with the tax commissioner before it sells or distributes tobacco products or vapor products to distributors in this state, and, upon the request of the commissioner, shall provide complete information on sales made to distributors in this state and a current list of prices charged for tobacco products or vapor products sold to dist...

... If a person seeks to obtain cigarettes that are legal for sale in this state under section 1346.05 of the Revised Code, and such cigarettes are not reasonably available to that person at a retail location in this state, the person may apply to the tax commissioner for consent for consumer shipment. The consent for consumer shipment must be obtained prior to the purchase of the cigarettes. The consent for consumer s...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, whoever violates section 5743.10, 5743.11, or 5743.12 or division (C) of section 5743.54 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender has been previously convicted of an offense under this division, violation is a felony of the fourth degree. (2) Unless the total number of cigarettes exceeds one thousand two h...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Electric company," "combined company," and "telephone company," have the same meanings as in section 5727.01 of the Revised Code, except "telephone company" does not include a non profit corporation. (B) "Electric light company" has the same meaning as in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code, and includes the activities of a combined company as an electric company, but excludes nonprof...

...(A) The annual report filed under section 5745.03 of the Revised Code determines a taxpayer's Ohio net income and the portion of Ohio net income to be apportioned to a municipal corporation. (B) A taxpayer's Ohio net income is determined by multiplying the taxpayer's adjusted federal taxable income by the sum of the property factor multiplied by one-third, the payroll factor multiplied by one-third, and the sale...

... (A) For each taxable year, each taxpayer shall file an annual report with the tax commissioner not later than the fifteenth day of the fourth month after the end of the taxpayer's taxable year, and shall remit with that report the amount of tax due as shown on the report less the amount paid for the year under section 5745.04 of the Revised Code. The remittance shall be made in the form prescribed by the commissione...

...An electric light company that is not an electric company or a combined company may elect to be a taxpayer for the purposes of this chapter if not less than fifty per cent of the company's total sales in this state consist of electricity, as determined under section 5733.059 of the Revised Code, and other energy commodities during the taxpayer's most recently concluded taxable year. The company shall make the electio...

... (A) As used in this section, "combined tax liability" means the total of a taxpayer's income tax liabilities to all municipal corporations in this state for a taxable year. (B) Each taxpayer shall file a declaration of estimated tax report with, and remit estimated taxes to, the tax commissioner, payable to the treasurer of state, at the times and in the amounts prescribed in divisions (B)(1) to (4) of this secti...

... Any taxpayer required by section 5745.03 or 5745.04 of the Revised Code to remit tax payments electronically shall remit such payments in the manner prescribed by the tax commissioner. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the payment of taxes electronically does not affect a taxpayer's obligation to file reports under this chapter. A taxpayer required to remit taxes electronically may apply to the tax ...

...(A) Prior to the first day of March, June, September, and December, the tax commissioner shall certify to the director of budget and management the amount to be paid to each municipal corporation, as indicated on the declaration of estimated tax reports and annual reports received under sections 5745.03 and 5745.04 of the Revised Code, less any amounts previously distributed and net of any audit adjustments made by t...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Qualifying pass-through entity" means a pass-through entity, as defined in section 5733.04 of the Revised Code, that is a taxpayer under this chapter. (2) "Qualifying taxpayer" means a taxpayer, that, during any portion of the taxable year of a qualifying pass-through entity, holds a direct ownership interest in that qualifying pass-through entity. (B) There is hereby allowed a no...

...If the tax required to be paid under this chapter or any portion of that tax is not paid 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 Revised Code from the date prescribed for its payment until it is paid or until the day an assessment is issued under ...

...(A) The following penalties shall apply under the circumstances indicated: (1) If a taxpayer required to file a report or remit tax as required by this chapter fails to make and file the report within the time prescribed, including any extensions of time granted by the tax commissioner, the tax commissioner may impose a penalty not exceeding the greater of fifty dollars per month or fraction of a month, not to excee...

...(A) In case of any underpayment of the estimated tax under section 5745.04 of the Revised Code, there shall be added to the tax an amount determined at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code upon the amount of underpayment for the period of underpayment. (B) The amount of the underpayment shall be the excess of division (B)(1) over division (B)(2) of this section: (1) The amount of the...

... An application to refund to a taxpayer amounts paid under this chapter that are overpaid, paid illegally or erroneously, or paid on any illegal or erroneous assessment 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 5745.12 of the Revised Code. The application shall be filed ...

...(A) If any taxpayer required to file a report under this chapter fails to file the report within the time prescribed, files an incorrect report, or fails to remit the full amount of the tax due for the period covered by the report, the tax commissioner may make an assessment against the taxpayer for any deficiency for the period for which the report or tax is due, based upon any information in the commissioner'...

...If, upon examination of any books, records, reports, or other documents of a taxpayer, the tax commissioner determines that an adjustment shall be made in the portion of the taxpayer's income that is to be apportioned to a municipal corporation, the tax commissioner shall notify the taxpayer and, if the adjustment causes an adjustment in the taxpayer's tax owed to a municipal corporation for the taxpayer's taxable y...