News Releases - 2008
- 09/19/08 Last Tangible Personal Property Tax Payments Now Due
- EXCERPT: "The elimination of Ohio's century-and-a-half old local property tax on machinery, equipment and inventory used in business will soon be at hand. The final tax payments for 2008 – the last year of the tangible personal property tax for the vast majority of businesses in Ohio – are due to county treasurers by Monday, Sept. 22, unless extended locally.
- 09/16/08 Tax Commissioner Responds to Windstorm by Extending Tax Deadlines
- EXCERPT: "Ohio Tax Commissioner Richard A. Levin announced today that he is granting extensions to individuals and business taxpayers who have tax returns or bills due this week. The extension is a response to the massive power outages caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ike, which swept through Ohio on Sunday."
- 06/30/08 Department of Taxation Moving Forward with Technology Modernization Project
- EXCERPT: "The Ohio Department of Taxation is moving forward with a major technology upgrade designed to increase the scope of customer services, the efficiency of operations, and the effectiveness of tax collections. Over the next four-and-a-half years, the upgrade will replace the department’s 27 existing computer systems, some dating back to the 1980s, with a coordinated package of hardware and software called STARS, or the State Taxation and Revenue Accounting System."
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05/05/08 Smokers Billed for Cigarette and Sales Taxes on Internet Purchases
- EXCERPT: "Ohio smokers who’ve gone online in search of cheap cigarettes may find out that it cost them more than they anticipated. This week, the Ohio Department of Taxation has begun mailing letters that bill Internet purchasers for unpaid cigarette excise and sales taxes."
- 04/25/08 Streamlined Sales Tax Effort Takes Step Forward
EXCERPT: "Legislation signed by Governor Ted Strickland last week means that businesses engaging in delivery sales within Ohio will soon return to the state’s traditional way of calculating the sales tax: at the origin of the sale."
- 04/24/08 Tangible Personal Property Tax Nearing End: Final Returns Due April 30
- EXCERPT: "Ohio’s local property taxes on business machinery, equipment and inventory have long been a source of irritation for Ohio business owners. But, after more than a century and a half, these taxes are about to fade into the history books."
- 04/07/08 Accreditation Assessment Team Invites Public Comment
- EXCERPT: "The Ohio Department of Taxation’s Enforcement Division is holding a public comment period on April 28 as part of the division’s triennial accreditation assessment by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA)."
- 03/12/08 State Tax Burden Falls to 38th in the Nation
- EXCERPT: "The state tax burden in Ohio fell to 38th in the nation last year when ranked on a per capita basis, according to a new report. The new ranking, published by the Federation of Tax Administrators last week, represents a marked decline from 2005, when Ohio’s per capita state tax burden ranked 27th."
- 02/11/08 Ohio Offers Speedy New Way to File Income Tax Returns
- EXCERPT: "Income tax filing season is again underway in Ohio – and with the new season comes yet another way for Ohio taxpayers to cut through the red tape and get a state income tax refund fast. New for this year is eForms, a new electronic tax return filing service rolled out this year by the Ohio Department of Taxation that may be the first of its kind in the nation."
- 01/29/08 Ron Hohman Inducted into Ohio Tax Hall of Fame
- EXCERPT: "A career Ohio Department of Taxation employee was inducted into the Ohio Tax Hall of Fame here during a ceremony at the 17th annual Ohio Tax Conference Tuesday.
The late Ronald F. Hohman, who rose through the ranks in the department to achieve the high-ranking post of executive administrator for property taxes, is the eighth person to receive the honor since the hall was founded in 2001."
- 01/11/08 Taxation Names New Chief Legal Counsel
- EXCERPT: "The Ohio Department of Taxation today announced that Christine Mesirow will soon be joining the department as its new chief legal counsel. Mesirow, who lives in Columbus, will also serve as a deputy tax commissioner for the department starting on Feb. 4."
- 01/08/08 Homestead Exemption Applications Again Available
- EXCERPT: "Senior citizens who didn’t apply for the homestead exemption last year – and the tax savings it means on bills now being mailed to property owners – will now get another chance to sign up.
Starting today, county auditors throughout Ohio will again be accepting applications for the homestead exemption through June 2, 2008."
