Next Ohio Budget Expected to Include Significant Tax Changes
Ohio Govenor John Kasich will unveil his proposed budget for FY 2014-15 next month. During the last budget, Gov. Kasich focused on closing a substantial deficit. This time around, he…
Protecting Construction Contractors From Erroneous Property Classifications – Real versus Personal
The rules concerning which components of a construction project become real property upon installation and those that are business fixtures (remaining personal property) are often confusing. Even the Ohio Department…
Ohio State Bar Association Sales/Use Tax Subcommittee Report For September 21, 2012
Click here to view Steve's September 21, 2012 report which will be presented to the Taxation Section of the Ohio State Bar Association as Chair of the Sales/Use Tax Subcommittee.
Ohio Job Creation Credit Expanded To Include Telecommuting Employees
Ohio has expanded its job creation credit to employers of “home-based employees.” Sub. H.B. 327 (effective Sept. 6, 2012). A “home-based employee” is an employee who works primarily from the…
Gov. Kasich Discusses Significant Tax Reform Potentially on the Horizon for Ohio
As reported by the Columbus Dispatch, Gov. Kasich is strongly considering reforming Ohio taxes, again. Over the last decade, Ohio’s tax structure dramatically changed due to the advent of the…
Ohio Department of Taxation Targeting Quick Service Restaurants
The Ohio Department of Taxation (the “Department”) has a new initiative to audit quick service (or fast food) restaurants (“QSR”) throughout the state premised on the Department’s perception that QSRs…
Low Tax Rates and Incentives Give Ohio a Business-Friendly Landscape, Spurring Economic Recovery and Growth
This article appears in and is reproduced with the permission of the Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives, Vol. 22, No. 3, June 2012. Published by Warren, Gorham & Lamont, an imprint…
Ohio General Tax Amnesty – May 1 through June 15, 2012
Ohio's General Tax Amnesty program begins today and runs through June 15, 2012. The program allows deliquent taxpayers to self-report essentially all Ohio taxes (except consumer's use tax) that were…
ALERT: Ohio Use Tax Amnesty Teleconference (December 6, 2011)
Join Steve and Rich to hear their unique perspective on Ohio’s new use tax amnesty program. They are presenting a National Business Institute (NBI) LIVE teleconference on Tuesday, December 6,…
InvestOhio Registration Begins for Qualifying Ohio Small Business Investments
Registration for InvestOhio, a 10% personal income tax credit for investments into Ohio small businesses, has begun. First, each investor and the small business must register for InvestOhio through the…