Title 57, Title 57. Taxation

(A) A retail dealer shall not receive, use, sell, or distribute any motor fuel or engage in business within this state unless the retail dealer holds an unrevoked license, for each retail location, issued by the tax commissioner to engage in such business. To obtain a retail deal…

(A) No person operating a retail service station shall store, sell, or attempt to sell or distribute any untaxed motor fuel, except K-1 kerosene, at a retail service station.(B) A licensed motor fuel dealer that operates a bulk storage plant and also maintains at the same locatio…

(A) No aviation fuel dealer shall purchase aviation fuel for resale in this state without first being licensed as an aviation fuel dealer by the tax commissioner to engage in such activities. (B) The failure to register with the commissioner as an aviation fuel dealer does not re…

(A) No person shall recklessly import, sell, use, deliver, transport, distribute, or store motor fuel within this state upon which the taxes imposed by this chapter are owed but have not first been paid to or reported by the holder of an unrevoked motor fuel dealer's license, or …

(A) The tax commissioner, for the purposes of administering this chapter, shall issue an exporter license to a person that receives motor fuel in this state and exports that fuel out of this state and that demonstrates to the tax commissioner's satisfaction that the person is an …

(A) No person shall act in the capacity of a terminal operator within this state unless the person holds an unrevoked license issued by the tax commissioner to engage as a terminal operator. A person desiring to be a terminal operator shall file with the commissioner an applicati…

Except as provided in division (C)(2) of section 5735.02 of the Revised Code, every motor fuel dealer shall file with the tax commissioner a surety bond of not less than five thousand dollars, but may be required by the tax commissioner to submit a surety bond equal to three mont…

If a motor fuel dealer files a false monthly report of the information required under section 5735.06 of the Revised Code, fails to file a monthly report as required by that section or section 5735.024 of the Revised Code, or fails to pay the full amount of the tax as required by…

(A) The tax commissioner may revoke the license of a retail dealer in the following circumstances: (1) The retail dealer sells or attempts to sell any motor fuel upon which any motor fuel tax imposed by this chapter has not been paid; (2) The retail dealer attempts to evade any m…

(A) The tax commissioner may revoke an exporter's license in the following circumstances: (1) An exporter licensed under section 5735.026 of the Revised Code purchases, for export, motor fuel in this state exclusive of the motor fuel tax, and subsequently diverts or causes the mo…

If a terminal operator files a false monthly report of the information required under section 5735.063 of the Revised Code, or fails to file the monthly report required by section 5735.063 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner may revoke the license of the terminal operator. …

If a permissive motor fuel dealer files a false monthly report of the information required under section 5735.06 of the Revised Code, fails to file the monthly report as required by section 5735.06 of the Revised Code, or fails to pay the full amount of the tax as required by thi…

(A) There is hereby levied a motor fuel excise tax on each motor fuel dealer, measured by gross gallons, upon the receipt of motor fuel within this state.The tax is levied at the rates prescribed by divisions (E) and (F) of this section.The revenue derived from twenty-eight cents…

Out of revenue from the tax levied by section 5735.05 of the Revised Code, the treasurer of state shall place to the credit of the tax refund fund established by section 5703.052 of the Revised Code amounts equal to the refunds certified by the tax commissioner pursuant to sectio…

The general assembly finds as a fact that, of the revenue from the tax imposed by section 5735.05 of the Revised Code, one per cent is attributable to the operation of motor vehicles upon waters within the boundaries of this state. Of this amount, seven-eighths shall be credited …

There is hereby created in the state treasury the motor fuel tax administration fund for the purpose of paying the expenses of the department of taxation incident to the administration of the motor fuel laws. After the treasurer of state credits the tax refund fund out of tax rec…

(A) On or before the last day of each month, each motor fuel dealer shall file with the tax commissioner a report for the preceding calendar month on a form prescribed by the commissioner for that purpose. The report shall include the following information: (1) An itemized statem…

(A) If the tax commissioner so requires, the dealer shall remit each monthly tax payment electronically as prescribed by division (B) of this section. The commissioner shall notify each dealer required to remit taxes electronically of the dealer's obligation to do so. Failure by …

(A) On or before the last day of each month, each terminal operator shall file with the tax commissioner a report for the preceding calendar month on forms prescribed by or in a form acceptable to the tax commissioner. The report shall include the following information:(1) The ph…

(A) On or before the last day of each month, each exporter of motor fuel, licensed under section 5735.026 of the Revised Code, shall file with the tax commissioner a report for the preceding calendar month on forms prescribed by or in a form acceptable to the tax commissioner. Th…

The tax commissioner shall publish on the department's web site a list of all motor fuel dealers, aviation fuel dealers, and retail dealers that have valid licenses or registrations issued under this chapter. The list shall contain the name, address, and federal identification nu…

(A) Every transporter shall register with the tax commissioner on a form prescribed by the commissioner. Each transporter shall report all deliveries of motor fuel made to points in this state to the commissioner on forms prescribed by the commissioner. Such reports shall cover m…

(A) Each motor fuel dealer and each retail dealer shall maintain complete and accurate records of purchases and sales of motor fuel and shall procure and retain all invoices, bills of lading, and other documents relating thereto, except that no retail dealer shall be required to …

No person, other than a motor fuel dealer, shall sell or dispose of any untaxed motor fuel without the prior written permission of the tax commissioner. Upon investigation, the commissioner shall determine whether any tax shall be imposed on the transaction. Full and complete doc…

Whenever the tax commissioner discovers any motor fuel subject to the taxes levied under Chapter 5735. of the Revised Code and upon which the taxes have not been paid, the commissioner may seize and take possession of the motor fuel. The motor fuel shall be forfeited to the state…

Whenever the tax commissioner discovers any motor fuel at a retail service station subject to the taxes levied under this chapter and upon which the taxes have not been paid, the commissioner may padlock the pumps of the retail service station until the taxes are paid.

(A) If the tax or any portion of the tax imposed by this chapter, whether determined by the tax commissioner or the motor fuel dealer, is not paid on or before the date prescribed in section 5735.06 of the Revised Code, interest shall be collected and paid in the same manner as t…

(A) Any person required by this chapter to file reports or pay the tax levied by this chapter who fails to do so within the time prescribed may be liable for an additional charge not exceeding the greater of ten per cent of the person's tax liability for that month or fifty dolla…

(A) If the tax commissioner finds that any person liable for tax under this chapter is about to depart from the state, remove property from the state, conceal self, or conceal the person's property, or do any other act tending to prejudice, obstruct, or render wholly or partly in…

The tax commissioner shall refund to dealers or to any person assessed motor fuel tax amounts paid illegally or erroneously or paid on an illegal or erroneous assessment. Applications for refund shall be filed with the tax commissioner, on the form prescribed by the commissioner,…

If any person imports, sells, uses, delivers, or stores, within this state, motor fuel upon which the tax imposed by this chapter has not first been paid or liability for the tax imposed by this chapter on the motor fuel has not accrued to the holder of an unrevoked motor fuel de…

(A)(1) Any person that sells or distributes dyed diesel fuel when that person knows or has reason to know that the dyed diesel fuel will be used in the operation of a motor vehicle on the public highways or upon waters within the boundaries of this state is subject to one or both…

A refund shall be made to any person for the motor fuel tax paid on any motor fuel that is lost or destroyed through leakage, fire, explosion, lightning, flood, tornado, windstorm, or any other cause, except theft, evaporation, shrinkage, and unaccounted-for losses. No refund sha…

(A) Any person who uses any motor fuel, on which the tax imposed by this chapter has been paid, for the purpose of operating stationary gas engines, tractors not used on public highways, unlicensed motor vehicles used exclusively in intraplant operations, vessels when used in tra…

Any retail dealer of motor fuel shall receive a refund for Ohio motor fuel taxes paid on fuel lost by a retail dealer through shrinkage and evaporation. This refund shall be one per cent of the Ohio motor fuel taxes paid on fuel purchased during any semiannual period ending the t…

(A)(1) Any person who uses any motor fuel, on which the tax imposed by section 5735.05 of the Revised Code has been paid, for the purpose of operating a transit bus shall be reimbursed in the amount of the total tax paid on motor fuel so used by public transportation systems prov…

If a person entitled to a refund under this chapter is indebted to the state for any tax or fee administered by the tax commissioner that is paid to the state or to the clerk of courts pursuant to section 4505.06 of the Revised Code, or any charge, penalty, or interest arising fr…

When motor fuel is sold to a person who claims to be entitled to a refund under section 5735.14 or 5735.142 of the Revised Code, the seller of such motor fuel shall provide to the person documentation that indicates that the liability to the state for the excise tax imposed under…

Any person other than a motor fuel dealer who purchases motor fuel upon which the tax has been paid to this state and who sells the same outside this state for use outside this state or who uses the same on highways or waters outside this state and pays a tax on such use or sells…

(A) The tax commissioner may examine, during the usual business hours of the day, the records, books, invoices, storage tanks, and any other equipment of any motor fuel dealer, retail dealer, exporter, terminal operator, purchaser, aviation fuel dealer, or transporter pertaining …

(A) No person shall do any of the following:(1) Knowingly collect or attempt to collect or cause to be repaid to the taxpayer or to any other person, either directly or indirectly, any refund of such tax without being entitled to the same;(2) Engage in business in the state as a …

(A) No person shall transport motor fuel in a bulk lot vehicle from or to a destination in this state unless the person possesses a shipping document created by a terminal or a bulk plant where the bulk lot vehicle received the fuel. The terminal or bulk plant shall provide the s…

(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the gasoline excise tax fund. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Revenue credited to the fund under section 5735.051 from the tax levied under section 5735.05 of the Revised Code shall be distribute…

Wherever a municipal corporation is on the line of the state highway system as designated by the director of transportation as an extension or continuance of the state highway system, seven and one-half per cent of the amount paid to any municipal corporation pursuant to sections…

For purposes of enforcing this chapter, the tax commissioner, in accordance with section 5743.45 of the Revised Code, may delegate any investigation powers of the commissioner to any employee of the department of taxation who has been certified by the Ohio peace officer training …

(A) If any motor fuel dealer sells that motor fuel dealer's entire business or discontinues operating that business, the taxes and any interest and penalties imposed under this chapter that arose prior to the date of sale or discontinuation become due and payable immediately. Wit…