Gross receipts from healthcare services delivered to dialysis patients were properly sourced to Ohio where the treatments were performed. Accordingly, the patients received the benefit of the dialysis services at the...more
2/17/2025
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From understanding how businesses are taxed to navigating changes in Ohio tax regulations, it’s important to be aware of potential tax hurdles and how to proactively avoid them. This article from Buckingham, Doolittle &...more
12/2/2024
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Tax Reform
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 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
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
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
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
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
2/17/2023
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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
7/8/2021
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State Taxes ,
Telecommuting
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
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
11/18/2020
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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
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
9/28/2020
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Technology Sector
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ohio General Assembly passed H.B. 197 to provide tax relief to Ohio citizens through deadline extensions and flexible tax policy. One provision gave employers flexibility to withhold...more
Most states have recently passed laws requiring marketplace facilitator to collect tax on e-commerce sales by remote sellers made through the marketplace’s platform. Ohio, for example, broadly defines a marketplace...more
Sourcing sales is critical to determine the appropriate jurisdiction and tax rate for Ohio sales tax collection purposes. Recently, the Ohio Department of Taxation revised Information Release ST 2009-03 to reflect that sales...more
To provide some taxpayer relief in the wake of COVID-19, Ohio is excluding forgiven PPP loan amounts from Ohio’s commercial activity tax (CAT). While generally debt forgiveness is treated as taxable gross receipts for CAT...more
A former Ohio resident could not avoid Cleveland municipal income tax even after retiring and moving to Florida. The Ohio Supreme Court held income generated from employee stock options received as compensation while employed...more
Beginning July 1, 2020, federal law will permanently prohibit state sales tax on internet access services under the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA). Although Ohio was amongst seven states previously exempt from the federal...more
The Tenth District Ohio Court of Appeals recently applied a statutory amendment clarifying the oil & gas exemption for Ohio sales & use tax retroactively. Interestingly, while this appeal was pending at the Board of Tax...more
12/31/2019
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