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Ohio Sales Tax Exemptions Businesses Should Know

Generally, in Ohio, sales of tangible property are taxable unless an exemption exists, whereas services are generally nontaxable unless specifically enumerated as taxable under the Ohio Revised Code. However, Ohio has many...more

Ohio Extends 2024 Sales Tax Holiday

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced an extension for the state’s 2024 sales tax holiday, which will take place from 12 a.m. on Tuesday, July 30th, through 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, August 8th....more

What to Do If Your Business Receives a Tax Audit

When your business receives an audit engagement letter, don’t panic. While an audit may be time-consuming, costly, and invasive, having an experienced advocate on your side to navigate you through the process and represent...more

Maximizing Ohio Sales and Use Tax Exemptions for Businesses

In Ohio, sales of tangible personal property are presumed taxable unless an exemption exists. On the other hand, services are presumed nontaxable unless specifically enumerated as taxable under Ohio’s Revised Code. Many of...more

Employee Retention Credit on the Chopping Block as Congress Mulls Tax and Spending Bills

The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 (H.R. 7024) would terminate the employee retention credit (ERC) for claims filed after January 31, 2024. Initially authorized by the CARES Act to incentivize...more

Ohio CAT Tax Changes for 2024 and 2025.

Preparing for significant changes to Ohio commercial activity tax for 2024 – Majority of taxpayers will no longer be subject to CAT following increases in annual exclusions. Ohio’s Budget Bill (H.B. 33) significantly...more

Ohio BTA Denies CAT Agent Exclusion in Aramark v. Harris

Ohio Commercial Activity Tax has an exclusion from gross receipts for property or money received or acquired as an agent in excess of the agent’s commission fee or other reimbursement. R.C. 5751.02(F)(2)(l). Aramark Corp.,...more

OSBA Sales & Use Tax Subcommittee Highlights Recent Cases - September 2023

1. EXEMPTIONS - A. Equipment Used in Production of Crude Oil and Natural Gas: Stingray Pressure Pumping, LLC v. Harris, Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-2598. Reversing the BTA, the Court determined five categories of...more

Ohio Budget Bill highlighted by substantial tax cuts and expanded tax credits, continuing Ohio’s vision of becoming more tax...

Ohio’s Biennial Budget Bill (H.B. 33) was signed into law by Governor DeWine on July 4, 2023. The Bill focused on investments to boost Ohio economic development, education, and healthcare, but also included significant cuts...more

Ohio State Bar Association Taxation Committee - Sales/Use Tax Subcommittee Report - February 2023

I. EXEMPTIONS - A. Transportation for Hire: Battle Axe Construction v. McClain, Ohio BTA Case No. 2022-559 (October 11, 2022). Exemption denied for truck not used primarily to transport property belonging to others....more

Employee Retention Credits – Supporting eligibility becomes crucial amidst aggressive promotion of ERC claims as Internal Revenue...

The employee retention credit (ERC) can be a tremendous boon for eligible employers to claim substantial cash refunds for keeping their employees on the payroll during the COVID-19 pandemic. To qualify, the employer must have...more

Ohio Commercial Activity Tax: NASCAR laps the field as Ohio Supreme Court rules broadcast and media revenue is not subject to Ohio...

The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that NASCAR’s broadcast, media, licensing, and sponsorship revenue is not subject to Ohio’s Commercial Activity Tax (“CAT”). Ohio’s CAT statute situses gross receipts from intellectual...more

OSBA Sales & Use Tax Subcommittee Highlights Recent Cases - January 2022 Update

The OSBA Sales/Use Tax Subcommittee Report discusses recent developments concerning the scope of taxable services, as well as the federal preemption of taxation on internet services which were previously taxable in Ohio....more

OSBA Sales & Use Tax Subcommittee Highlights Recent Cases - September 2021

The OSBA Sales/Use Tax Subcommittee Report discusses recent developments concerning the scope of taxable services, as well as the federal preemption of taxation on internet services which were previously taxable in Ohio....more

Once-in-a-Lifetime Tax Incentive: Employee Retention Credit extended to Q3 and Q4 2021, and expanded for start-ups and struggling...

On August 4, 2021, the IRS released additional guidance concerning the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) for Q3 and Q4 2021. See IRS Notice 2021-49. A notable expansion to eligible businesses includes any business started after...more

Ohio Sales / Use Tax: Who controls your trash? Critical contractual distinction determines tax exemption for waste haulers,...

The Ohio Supreme Court recently ruled that a waste-hauler was entitled to Ohio’s transportation-for-hire exemption from sales / use tax on trucks used to haul trash to customer-designated locations. In N.A.T. Transportation,...more

Out-of-State Remote Workers may Create Substantial Nexus as COVID-19 Protections Expire

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as work-from-home became the norm, many states provided safe harbors such that remote workers teleworking in the state would not create nexus for corporate income tax and sales / use tax...more

Challenge to Ohio’s COVID-19 Remote Worker Withholding Statute Dismissed

In the fall 2020, Ohio passed a law giving employers flexibility to withhold income taxes as if employees were still working at the office, even if they were working remotely in a different municipality due to COVID-19. See...more

Significant Real Property Tax Savings Available for Property Owners Affected by COVID-19

On April 27, 2021, Governor DeWine signed S.B. 57 into law, which allows property owners to reduce their 2020 property tax bills by filing a special “COVID-19 Complaint” with the county due by August 25, 2021. Complaints may...more

Ohio Domicile:Taxpayer could have prevailed with simple affidavit

In a recent Board of Tax Appeals Case, taxpayers contested the Department’s assessment of personal income taxes, asserting that they were not Ohio residents. See Anthony R. Joy & Robin E. Miller, (et. Al.), v. Jeffrey A....more

Ohio Commercial Activity Tax: Proposed Rule Allows Retroactive Consolidated Filing Election

In our previous post, we explained the Ohio Department of Taxation proposed a regulation change to limit a taxpayer’s ability to make a retroactive consolidated filing election for Ohio Commercial Activity Tax purposes (CAT)....more

Ohio CAT – Ohio Supreme Court holds sale of intangible contract rights sitused outside Ohio

Ohio Commercial Activity Tax – Ohio Supreme Court applies market-based sourcing and grants taxpayer refund by situsing intangible revenue to purchaser’s physical locations. Situsing gross receipts often becomes a...more

OSBA Sales & Use Tax Subcommittee Report Highlights Recent Cases - September 2020

I. EXEMPTIONS - Resale Exemption - Domokur Aviation Services, LLC v. McClain, Ohio BTA Case No. 2019-694 (September 15, 2020). Applying the Supreme Court’s decision in Pi in the Sky, LLC v. Testa, 155 Ohio State 113,...more

Ohio Board of Tax Appeals denies Taxpayers Business Income Deduction due to Improperly Introduced Evidence

Retaining experienced counsel with knowledge of not only proper procedure but how to present a case is critical to prevailing at the Board of Tax Appeals (BTA). Recently, the BTA denied the taxpayer’s claim for a business...more

Ohio Clarifies SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Grants Are Taxable Gross Receipts For CAT Purposes

In a previous post, we noted that forgiven Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan amounts are excluded from Ohio’s commercial activity tax (CAT) to provide taxpayer relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. H.B. 481. However, the...more

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