Events & Webinars

In addition to the Use Tax Amnesty Program discussed in previous posts, the Ohio Budget Bill (H.B. 153) also provides for a General Tax Amnesty Program allowing delinquent taxpayers to resolve their Ohio Estate Tax, Corporate Franchise Tax, Motor Fuel Tax, Sales Tax (vendor obligation), Cigarette Tax, Individual Income Tax, School District Income Tax andRead More

Late Thursday night, Governor John Kasich signed the Ohio Budget Bill (Am. Sub. H.B. 153) setting forth the state’s nearly $56 billion budget for the next two fiscal years. As expected, the bill included two significant provisions with respect to Ohio consumer use tax. First, Section 757.42 of the bill requires the Tax Commissioner toRead More

Steve and Rich discuss the Ohio Use Tax Amnesty Program contained in the latest version of the Ohio Budget Bill and its effect on the Department of Taxation’s Use Tax Education Program, as well as several Ohio use tax exemptions that may your business may able to take advantage of. Click here to view theRead More

Steve Dimengo and Rich Fry invite you to join them on Monday, June 24th for the Webinar Ohio Use Tax Exposure Deadline Approaching: Your best 30 minute investment. During this Webinar, Steve and Rich will provide up-to-date commentary and answer your questions concerning Ohio use tax and the Department of Taxation’s Use Tax Education Program,Read More

The Ohio Department of Taxation, Audit Division recently put purchase audits (i.e., Ohio use tax audits) of unregistered busiinesses temporarily on hold. For these purposes, an unregistered business is a business that did not have an Ohio use tax account at any time during the audit period. Likewise, refund claims for sales tax paid toRead More

By: Jon R. Stefanik II On March 2, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service released a heavily redacted Appeals Settlement Guidelines document (the “Guidelines”) addressing the federal tax treatment of a corporation’s receipt of state and local tax (“SALT”) incentives to induce it to expand, maintain or relocate its facilities.  The Guidelines are available here. UnderRead More

  Click here for the Department’s announcement.  For more information regarding why it is critical to act now, please see our prior post regarding the Department’s Use Tax Initiative.  

Any Ohio business not consistently filing an Ohio use tax return is exposed to an Ohio Department of Taxation (“Department”) investigation. If any of the following apply, and you do not regularly file an Ohio use tax return, immediate action is required: Purchases from non-Ohio vendors that do not collect Ohio sales tax; Taxable purchasesRead More

Annually, The Tax Foundation ranks the 50 states according to how friendly their tax climate is to businesses. A friendly tax climate can be especially beneficial in difficult economic times, like the present, by attracting new business to the state thereby creating economic and job growth. “Taxes matter to business. Business taxes affect business decisions,Read More

Again and again, we see taxpayers lose their right to appeal assessments issued by the Ohio Department of Taxation due to clerical and administrative errors.  The requirements to perfect an appeal to the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals (BTA) are “finicky” to say the least, and taxpayers are not afforded any leniency in this regard. Read More