Taxpayer permitted to correct fatal mistake by retroactively making consolidated election for Ohio commercial activity tax and excluding intercompany receipts from tax.
October 22, 2019
The Ohio Board of Tax Appeals recently allowed a taxpayer to retroactively elect to be taxed as a consolidated taxpayer for Ohio commercial activity tax, even after an audit had commenced. Nissan North America, Inc. v. McClain, Ohio BTA Case No. 2016-1076 (October 9, 2019). Even though Nissan failed to elect consolidated status when it… Read More
Paving the Way to Tax Refunds | Buckingham Wins Big for Ohio Heavy Highway Contractors
October 7, 2019
Buckingham Tax Attorneys Steve Dimengo and Rich Fry recently obtained a favorable ruling from the 9th District Court of Appeals for their client in Karvo Paving Co. v. Testa, 2019-Ohio-3974. This victory enables highway and road paving contractors to purchase traffic maintenance property, such as barrier walls, temporary traffic signs, etc., exempt from Ohio sales /… Read More
OSBA Sales & Use Tax Subcommittee Report Highlights Recent Cases
September 19, 2019
Click here to view the Sales & Use Tax Subcommittee Report that Steve and Rich presented to the Ohio State Bar Association’s Taxation Law Committee on September 19, 2019. The report highlights the recent changes to Ohio law requiring out-of-state sellers and marketplace facilitators to collect tax on sales into the state, as well as recent… Read More
Getting Counsel Involved Early can Save your Ohio Sales / Use Tax Refund
September 6, 2019
Recently, the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals (BTA) denied a taxpayer’s sales tax refund in part because it could not consider the taxpayer’s improperly submitted evidence. In Environmental Quality Management Inc. v. McClain, BTA No. 2018-1194 (August 8, 2019), the taxpayer sought a refund for sales tax paid on software used by non-Ohio employees. The… Read More
Practical Law – Sales and Use Tax for Remote Sellers: Ohio
August 28, 2019
A Q&A guide to remote sellers’ exposure to sales and use tax in Ohio after the US Supreme Court’s decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. in 2018. This Q&A addresses issues including nexus for remote sellers, taxability based on economic nexus and software nexus, economic nexus thresholds (including the threshold measurement period), the Streamlined… Read More
Ohio Sales / Use Tax: Ohio joins the wave by enacting Wayfair economic nexus standards and expanding collection obligations to marketplace facilitators
July 31, 2019
Nexus for Ohio sales / use tax collection expands effective August 1, 2019 to include out-of-state sellers and marketplace facilitators that deliver at least $100,000 of sales or 200 transactions to Ohio. Ohio’s General Assembly recently enacted Am Sub. H.B. 166, the biennial budget bill, which adopted economic nexus provisions replacing the previous click-through, software,… Read More