Section 5747.98 | Order for claiming credits.
(A) To provide a uniform procedure for calculating a taxpayer's aggregate tax liability under section 5747.02 of the Revised Code, a taxpayer shall claim any credits to which the taxpayer is entitled in the following order:
Either the retirement income credit under division (B) of section 5747.055 of the Revised Code or the lump sum retirement income credits under divisions (C), (D), and (E) of that section;
Either the senior citizen credit under division (F) of section 5747.055 of the Revised Code or the lump sum distribution credit under division (G) of that section;
The dependent care credit under section 5747.054 of the Revised Code;
The credit for displaced workers who pay for job training under section 5747.27 of the Revised Code;
The campaign contribution credit under section 5747.29 of the Revised Code;
The twenty-dollar personal exemption credit under section 5747.022 of the Revised Code;
The joint filing credit under division (G) of section 5747.05 of the Revised Code;
The earned income credit under section 5747.71 of the Revised Code;
The nonrefundable credit for education expenses under section 5747.72 of the Revised Code;
The nonrefundable credit for donations to scholarship granting organizations under section 5747.73 of the Revised Code;
The nonrefundable credit for tuition paid to a nonchartered nonpublic school under section 5747.75 of the Revised Code;
The nonrefundable vocational job credit under section 5747.057 of the Revised Code;
The credit for adoption of a minor child under section 5747.37 of the Revised Code;
The nonrefundable job retention credit under division (B) of section 5747.058 of the Revised Code;
The enterprise zone credit under section 5709.66 of the Revised Code;
The credit for purchases of qualifying grape production property under section 5747.28 of the Revised Code;
The small business investment credit under section 5747.81 of the Revised Code;
The nonrefundable lead abatement credit under section 5747.26 of the Revised Code;
The opportunity zone investment credit under section 122.84 of the Revised Code;
The enterprise zone credits under section 5709.65 of the Revised Code;
The research and development credit under section 5747.331 of the Revised Code;
The credit for rehabilitating a historic building under section 5747.76 of the Revised Code;
The nonresident credit under division (A) of section 5747.05 of the Revised Code;
The credit for a resident's out-of-state income under division (B) of section 5747.05 of the Revised Code;
The refundable motion picture and broadway theatrical production credit under section 5747.66 of the Revised Code;
The refundable jobs creation credit or job retention credit under division (A) of section 5747.058 of the Revised Code;
The refundable credit for taxes paid by a qualifying entity granted under section 5747.059 of the Revised Code;
The refundable credits for taxes paid by a qualifying pass-through entity granted under division (I) of section 5747.08 of the Revised Code;
The refundable credit under section 5747.80 of the Revised Code for losses on loans made to the Ohio venture capital program under sections 150.01 to 150.10 of the Revised Code;
The refundable credit for rehabilitating a historic building under section 5747.76 of the Revised Code.
(B) For any credit, except the refundable credits enumerated in this section and the credit granted under division (H) of section 5747.08 of the Revised Code, the amount of the credit for a taxable year shall not exceed the taxpayer's aggregate amount of tax due under section 5747.02 of the Revised Code, after allowing for any other credit that precedes it in the order required under this section. Any excess amount of a particular credit may be carried forward if authorized under the section creating that credit. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to allow a taxpayer to claim, directly or indirectly, a credit more than once for a taxable year.
Last updated January 19, 2022 at 4:13 PM
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- September 17, 2014 – House Bill 492 - 130th General Assembly [ View September 17, 2014 Version ]
- March 23, 2015 – Senate Bill 250 - 130th General Assembly [ View March 23, 2015 Version ]
- September 29, 2015 – House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly [ View September 29, 2015 Version ]
- November 15, 2015 – Senate Bill 208 - 131st General Assembly [ View November 15, 2015 Version ]
- September 29, 2017 – Amended by House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly [ View September 29, 2017 Version ]
- October 17, 2019 – Amended by House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly [ View October 17, 2019 Version ]
- March 27, 2020 – Amended by House Bill 197 - 133rd General Assembly [ View March 27, 2020 Version ]
- December 29, 2020 – Amended by Senate Bill 39 - 133rd General Assembly [ View December 29, 2020 Version ]
- September 30, 2021 – Amended by House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly [ View September 30, 2021 Version ]
- March 23, 2022 – Amended by Senate Bill 166 - 134th General Assembly [ View March 23, 2022 Version ]
- July 18, 2022 – Amended by Senate Bill 166 (GA 134), Senate Bill 246 (GA 134), House Bill 95 (GA 134) [ View July 18, 2022 Version ]
- April 7, 2023 – Amended by House Bill 45 (GA 134), House Bill 66 (GA 134) [ View April 7, 2023 Version ]
- October 3, 2023 – Amended by House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly [ View October 3, 2023 Version ]