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...The tax commissioner shall administer sections 5711.01 to 5711.36 of the Revised Code, which are laws which he is required to administer within the meaning of sections 5703.19 to 5703.37, 5703.39, 5703.41, and 5703.45 of the Revised Code. He may adopt and promulgate rules not inconsistent with sections 5711.01 to 5711.36 of the Revised Code, so that all taxable property shall be listed and assessed for taxation. The ...

...If a taxpayer so elects, he may, under uniform regulations prescribed by the tax commissioner, in lieu of listing his investments yielding income as prescribed in sections 5711.01 to 5711.36, inclusive, of the Revised Code, file with his return a verified summary of his federal income tax return for the last preceding taxable year, if such taxable year was a full year of twelve months, itemized and analyzed in such m...

...The tax commissioner may require that with every return listing personal property used in business or credits, the taxpayer shall file a financial statement or balance sheet of such business as of the close of business on the day next preceding the date of listing. A taxpayer who is required to file a financial statement or balance sheet of his business pursuant to this section may be authorized or required by the c...

...Returns listing personal property used in business or credits shall be made in duplicate. One copy of each return so made shall be retained by the county auditor and the other copy shall be for the use of the tax commissioner. As to all taxable property shown in all other returns required by sections 5711.01 to 5711.36 of the Revised Code, to be made to the auditor, the auditor shall, as deputy of the commissioner, a...

... Beginning in tax year 2004, each taxpayer having taxable property with an aggregate taxable value in excess of ten thousand dollars and required to be listed in more than one county shall make a combined return to the tax commissioner listing all its taxable property in this state, in conformity with sections 5711.01 to 5711.36 of the Revised Code, including property exempt under division (C)(3) of section 5709.01 o...

...A taxpayer required under section 5711.13 of the Revised Code to file a combined return with the tax commissioner shall, at the time such return is filed, file a county supplemental return with the county auditor of each county in which: (A) The taxable value of that taxpayer's tangible personal property within any taxing district of the county has increased or decreased in excess of five hundred thousand dollars fr...

...A corporation which owns or controls at least fifty-one percent of the common stock of another corporation may, under uniform regulations prescribed by the tax commissioner, make a consolidated return for the purpose of sections 5711.01 to 5711.36, inclusive, of the Revised Code. In such case all the taxable property mentioned in section 5709.01 of the Revised Code, belonging to the corporation making the return and...

...A merchant in estimating the value of the personal property held for sale in the course of his business shall take as the criterion the average value of such property, as provided in this section of the Revised Code, which he has had in his possession or under his control during the year ending on the day such property is listed for taxation, or the part of such year during which he was engaged in business. Such av...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Manufacturer" means a person who purchases, receives, or holds personal property for the purpose of adding to its value by manufacturing, refining, rectifying, or combining different materials with a view of making a gain or profit by so doing. (2) "Manufacturing equipment" means machinery and equipment, and tools and implements, including any associated patterns, jigs, dies, drawi...

...All personal property used in business and belonging to a manufacturer, except that required to be listed on the average basis by section 5711.16 of the Revised Code, and that specifically mentioned in such section, shall be listed separately from the property of such manufacturer mentioned in said section.

...In the case of accounts receivable, the book value thereof less book reserves shall be listed and shall be taken as the true value thereof unless the assessor finds that such net book value is greater or less than the then true value of such accounts receivable in money. In the case of personal property used in business, the book value thereof less book depreciation at such time shall be listed, and such depreciated ...

...The net income received by a trustee from the sources mentioned in section 5701.10 of the Revised Code shall be determined by deducting all expenses attributable solely to particular sources of gross non-taxable income from the income from such sources, and charging the excess of such expenses over the income from such sources, together with all other expenses and charges, to the taxable gross income from the sources...

...(A) In assessing taxable property the assessor shall be governed by the rules of assessment prescribed by sections 5711.01 to 5711.36 of the Revised Code. Wherever any taxable property is required to be assessed at its true value in money or at any percentage of true value, the assessor shall be guided by the statements contained in the taxpayer's return and such other rules and evidence as will enable the assessor t...

...(A) Deposits not taxed at the source shall be listed and assessed at their amount in dollars on the day they are required to be listed. Moneys shall be listed and assessed at the amount thereof in dollars on hand on the day that they are required to be listed. In listing investments, the amount of the income yield of each for the calendar year next preceding the date of listing shall, except as otherwise provid...

...In listing investments of the kind defined in division (D) of section 5701.06 of the Revised Code, as of the date prescribed by section 5711.03 of the Revised Code, the amount of income yield of each such investment, during the fiscal or calendar year used by the trustee or fiduciary of each such investment shall be stated in dollars and cents and the assessment thereof shall be at the amount of such income yield. Th...

...When it has been determined by a board of revision, the tax commissioner, the board of tax appeals, or a court that taxable property which has been listed and assessed for the purpose of taxation as real property for any year should not have been assessed as such, or when any taxable property previously listed and assessed as real property has been removed from the auditor's list of taxable real property or the real ...

...The tax commissioner shall assess all taxable property, except property listed in returns which the county auditor is required to assess as his deputy, and shall list and assess all such property which is not returned for taxation, and for that purpose shall have and exercise all powers vested in him by law for the purpose of administering any law which he is required to administer. The action of the assessor in asse...

...On or before the second Monday of August, annually, the tax commissioner shall transmit to the county auditor of each county the preliminary assessment certificates pertaining to the auditor's county of taxpayers having taxable property in more than one county. The commissioner shall transmit to the auditor any amended assessment certificate issued by the commissioner, and the auditor shall transmit to the commission...

...Except for taxable property concerning the assessment of which an appeal has been filed under section 5717.02 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner may, within the time limitation in section 5711.25 of the Revised Code, and shall, upon application filed within such time limitation in accordance with the requirements of this section, finally assess the taxable property required to be returned by any taxpayer, fina...

...No taxpayer shall fail to make a return within the time prescribed by law, or as extended pursuant to section 5711.04 of the Revised Code, nor fail to list in a return or disclose on an accompanying balance sheet or in other information filed with the return any item of taxable property the taxpayer is required to list in the return under sections 5711.01 to 5711.36 of the Revised Code. If any taxpayer fails to mak...

...Whenever the assessor imposes a penalty prescribed by section 5711.27 or 5725.17 of the Revised Code, the assessor shall send notice of such penalty assessment to the taxpayer by mail. If the notice also reflects the assessment of any property not listed in or omitted from a return, or the assessment of any item or class of taxable property listed in a return by the taxpayer in excess of the value or amount thereof a...

... If any corporation uses the rights and powers granted by its charter to prevent the assessment of the shares of its resident shareholders on the basis of income yield, as provided in sections 5711.01 to 5711.36 of the Revised Code, by permitting its gains and profits to accumulate instead of being distributed, or by paying exorbitant salaries to its officers and employees, the tax commissioner, upon finding such to ...

...If any corporation, incorporated under the laws of this state or authorized to do business in this state, declares a nominal dividend or distribution for the purpose of enabling its shareholders residing in this state to return its shares as productive investments, the tax commissioner, upon finding such to be the fact, shall assess against such corporation a penalty equal to a tax of two mills on the dollar of the t...

...Whenever the assessor assesses any property not listed in or omitted from a return, or whenever the assessor assesses any item or class of taxable property listed in a return by the taxpayer in excess of the value or amount thereof as so listed, or without allowing a claim duly made for deduction from the net book value of accounts receivable, or depreciated book value of personal property used in business, so listed...

...(A)(1) Upon receipt of a preliminary, amended, corrected, or final assessment certificate requiring a correction to his records and tax lists and duplicates, the county auditor shall compute the amount of taxes represented by each deficiency or excess item therein contained at the rate of taxation in effect in the year for which such assessment is made. He shall enter all deficiency items comprised in such assessme...