Loading...
§ 33.01 ANNUAL LICENSE PLATE TAX.
   (A)   There is hereby levied an annual license plate tax upon the operation of motor vehicles on the public roads or highways pursuant to R.C. § 4504.172 for the purposes of paying the costs of the expenses of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in this section; and to provide additional revenue for the purposes set forth in R.C. § 4504.06; and to supplement the revenue already available for such purposes.
   (B)   The revenues from said annual license plate tax are to be used for the following purposes: planning, constructing, improving, maintaining, and repairing public roads, highways, and streets; maintaining and repairing bridges and viaducts; paying the municipal corporation’s portion of the costs and expenses of cooperating with the Department of Transportation in the planning, improvement, and construction of state highways; paying the municipal corporation’s portion of the compensation, damages, costs, and expenses of planning, constructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining, and repairing roads and streets; paying any costs apportioned to the municipal corporation under R.C. § 4907.47; paying debt service charges on notes or bonds of the municipal corporation issued for such purposes; purchasing, erecting, and maintaining street and traffic signs and markers; and purchasing, erecting, and maintaining traffic lights and signals.
   (C)   Such tax shall be at the rate of $5 per motor vehicle on each and every motor vehicle the district of registration of which, as defined in R.C. § 4503.10, resides in the village.
   (D)   As used in this section, the term MOTOR VEHICLE means any and all vehicles included within the definition of motor vehicle in R.C. §§ 4501.01 and 4505.01.
   (E)   The tax imposed by this section shall apply to, and be in effect for, the registration year commencing January 1, 1988, and shall continue in effect and application during each registration year thereafter.
   (F)   The tax imposed by this section shall be paid to the Registrar of Motor Vehicles of the state, or to a Deputy Registrar at the time application for registration of a motor vehicle is made, as provided in R.C. § 4503.10.
   (G)   All monies derived from the tax herein above levied shall be used by the village for the purposes specified in this section.
(Ord. 480, passed 8-19-1987)
INCOME TAX
§ 33.15 AUTHORITY TO LEVY TAX; PURPOSE OF TAX; RATE.
   (A)   Authority to levy tax.
      (1)   The tax on income and the withholding tax established by this section are authorized by Article XVIII, § 3 of the State Constitution. The tax on income and the withholding tax established by this section are deemed to be levied in accordance with, and to be consistent with, the provisions and limitations of R.C. Chapter 718. This subchapter is deemed to incorporate the provisions of R.C. Chapter 718.
      (2)   The tax is an annual tax levied on the income of every person residing in, or earning or receiving income in, the municipal corporation, and shall be measured by municipal taxable income. The municipality shall tax income at a uniform rate. The tax is levied on municipal taxable income, as defined herein.
   (B)   Purpose of tax rate.
      (1)   To provide funds for the purpose of general municipal operations, maintenance of equipment, extension, enlargement, and improvement of municipal services and facilities, and capital improvements of the village.
      (2)   Subject to the provisions of this subchapter, an annual tax for the purposes specified herein shall be imposed at the rate of 1% per annum.
   (C)   Allocation of funds. The funds collected under the provisions of this subchapter shall be applied for the following purposes, and in the following order, to wit:
      (1)   Such part thereof as shall be necessary to defray all of the costs and expenses of collecting the taxes levied by this subchapter, and the cost of administering and enforcing the provisions hereof; and
      (2)   The remaining revenue, after the cost and expenses of collecting, administering, and enforcing the taxes levied under this subchapter, shall be paid into the General Fund of the village.
(Ord. 16-903, passed 12-19-2016)
Statutory reference:
   Authority to tax income and withhold tax, see R.C. § 718.04
§ 33.16 DEFINITIONS.
   (A)   Any term used in this subchapter that is not otherwise defined in this subchapter has the same meaning as when used in a comparable context in laws of the United States relating to federal income taxation or R.C. Title LVII, unless a different meaning is clearly required. If a term used in this subchapter that is not otherwise defined in this subchapter is used in a comparable context in both the laws of the United States relating to federal income tax and in R.C. Title LVII and the use is not consistent, then the use of the term in the laws of the United States relating to federal income tax shall control over the use of the term in R.C. Title LVII.
   (B)   For purposes of this section, the singular shall include the plural, and the masculine shall include the feminine and the gender-neutral.
   (C)   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.
      ADJUSTED FEDERAL TAXABLE INCOME. For a person required to file as a C corporation, or for a person that has elected to be taxed as a C corporation under division (d) of the definition for NET PROFITS, means a C corporation’s federal taxable income before net operating losses and special deductions as determined under the Internal Revenue Code, adjusted as follows:
         (a)   Deduct intangible income to the extent included in federal taxable income. The deduction shall be allowed regardless of whether the intangible income relates to assets used in a trade or business, or assets held for the production of income;
         (b)   Add an amount equal to 5% of intangible income deducted under division (a) above, but excluding that portion of intangible income directly related to the sale, exchange, or other disposition of property described in I.R.C. § 1221;
         (c)   Add any losses allowed as a deduction in the computation of federal taxable income if the losses directly relate to the sate, exchange, or other disposition of an asset described in I.R.C. §§ 1221 or 1231;
         (d)   1.   Except as provided in division (d)2. below, deduct income and gain included in federal taxable income to the extent the income and gain directly relate to the sale, exchange, or other disposition of an asset described in I.R.C. §§ 1221 or 1231; and
            2.    Division (d)1. above does not apply to the extent the income or gain is income or gain described in I.R.C. §§ 1245 or 1250.
         (e)   Add taxes on, or measured by, net income allowed as a deduction in the computation of federal taxable income;
         (f)   In the case of a real estate investment trust or regulated investment company, add all amounts with respect to dividends to, distributions to, or amounts set aside for, or credited to, the benefit of investors and allowed as a deduction in the computation of federal taxable income;
         (g)   Deduct, to the extent not otherwise deducted or excluded in computing federal taxable income, any income derived from a transfer agreement, or from the enterprise transferred under that agreement under R.C. § 4313.02;
         (h)   1.   a.   Except as limited by divisions (h)2., (h)3., and (h)4. below, deduct any net operating loss incurred by the person in a taxable year beginning on, or after, January 1,2017. The amount of such net operating loss shall be deducted from net profit that is reduced by exempt income to the extent necessary to reduce municipal taxable income to zero, with any remaining unused portion of the net operating loss carried forward to not more than five consecutive taxable years following the taxable year in which the loss was incurred, but in no case for more years than necessary for the deduction to be fully utilized; and
               b.   No person shall use the deduction allowed by this division (h)1. to offset qualifying wages.
            2.   a.   For taxable years beginning in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022, a person may not deduct more than 50% of the amount of the deduction otherwise allowed by division (h)1. above; and
               b.   For taxable years beginning in 2023 or thereafter, a person may deduct the full amount allowed by division (h)1. above.
            3.   Any pre-2017 net operating loss carry forward deduction that is available must be utilized before a taxpayer may deduct any amount pursuant to this division (h); and
            4.   Nothing in division (h)2.a. above precludes a person from carrying forward, for use with respect to any return filed for a taxable year beginning after 2018, any amount of net operating loss that was not fully utilized by operation of division (h)2.a. above. To the extent that an amount of net operating loss that was not fully utilized in one or more taxable years by operation of division (h)2.a. above is carried forward for use with respect to a return filed for a taxable year beginning in 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022, the limitation described in division (h)3.a. above shall apply to the amount carried forward.
         (i)   Deduct any net profit of a pass-through entity owned directly or indirectly by the taxpayer, and included in the taxpayer’s federal taxable income unless an affiliated group of corporations includes that net profit in the group’s federal taxable income in accordance with § 33.19(C)(5)(c)2.;
         (j)   1.   Add any loss incurred by a pass-through entity owned directly or indirectly by the taxpayer, and included in the taxpayer’s federal taxable income unless an affiliated group of corporations includes that loss in the group’s federal taxable income in accordance with § 33.19(C)(5)(c)2. If the taxpayer is not a C corporation, is not a disregarded entity that has made the election described in division (b) of the definition for “taxpayer”, is not a publicly traded partnership that has made the election described in division (d) of the definition of “net profit”, and is not an individual, the taxpayer shall compute adjusted federal taxable income under this section as if the taxpayer were a C corporation, except guaranteed payments and other similar amounts paid or accrued to a partner, former partner, shareholder, former shareholder, member, or former member shall not be allowed as a deductible expense unless such payments are in consideration for the use of capital and treated as payment of interest under I.R.C. § 469 or United States treasury regulations. Amounts paid or accrued to a qualified self-employed retirement plan with respect to a partner, former partner, shareholder, former shareholder, member, or former member of the taxpayer, amounts paid or accrued to, or for, health insurance for a partner, former partner, shareholder, former shareholder, member, or former member, and amounts paid or accrued to, or for, life insurance for a partner, former partner, shareholder, former shareholder, member, or former member shall not be allowed as a deduction; and
            2.   Nothing in the definition of ADJUSTED FEDERAL TAXABLE INCOME shall be construed as allowing the taxpayer to add or deduct any amount more than once, or shall be construed as allowing any taxpayer to deduct any amount paid to, or accrued for, purposes of federal self-employment tax.
      ASSESSMENT. 
         (a)   Any of the following:
            1.   A written finding by the Tax Administrator that a person has underpaid municipal income tax, or owes penalty and interest, or any combination of tax, penalty, or interest, to the municipal corporation;
            2.   A full or partial denial of a refund request issued under § 33.22(F)(2)(b);
            3.   A Tax Administrator’s denial of a taxpayer’s request for use of an alternative apportionment method issued under § 33.19(B)(2)(b);
            4.   A Tax Administrator’s requirement for a taxpayer to use an alternative apportionment method issued under § 33.19(B)(2)(c); and
            5.   For purposes of divisions (a)1., (a)2., (a)3., and (a)4. above, an ASSESSMENT shall commence the person’s time limitation for making an appeal to the Local Board of Tax Review pursuant to § 33.31, and shall have “assessment” written in all capital letters at the top of such finding.
         (b)   ASSESSMENT does not include notice(s) denying a request for refund issued under § 33.22(F)(2)(c), a billing statement notifying a taxpayer of current or past-due balances owed to the municipal corporation, a Tax Administrator’s request for additional information, a notification to the taxpayer of mathematical errors, or a Tax Administrator’s other written correspondence to a person or taxpayer that does not meet the criteria prescribed by division (a) above.
      AUDIT. The examination of a person or the inspection of the books, records, memoranda, or accounts of a person, ordered to appear before the Tax Administrator, for the purpose of determining liability for a municipal income tax.
      BOARD OF REVIEW. Has same meaning as LOCAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW.
      CALENDAR QUARTER. The three-month period ending on the last day of March, June, September, or December.
      CASINO OPERATOR and CASINO FACILITY. Have the same meanings as in R.C. § 3772.01.
      CERTIFIED MAIL, EXPRESS MAIL, UNITED STATES MAIL, POSTAL SERVICE, AND SIMILAR TERMS. Include any delivery service authorized pursuant to R.C. § 5703.056.
      COMPENSATION. Any form of remuneration paid to an employee for personal services.
      DISREGARDED ENTITY. A single member limited liability company, a qualifying subchapter S subsidiary, or another entity if the company, subsidiary, or entity is a disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes.
      DOMICILE. The true, fixed, and permanent home of the taxpayer to which, whenever absent, the taxpayer intends to return.
      EXEMPT INCOME. All of the following:
         (a)   The military pay or allowances of members of the armed forces of the United States, or members of their reserve components, including the National Guard of any state;
         (b)   1.   Except as provided in division (b)2. below, intangible income; and
            2.   A municipal corporation that taxed any type of intangible income on March 29, 1988, pursuant to § 3 of S.B. 238 of the 116th General Assembly, may continue to tax that type of income if a majority of the electors of the municipal corporation voting on the question of whether to permit the taxation of that type of intangible income after 1988 voted in favor thereof at an election held on November 8, 1988.
         (c)   Social Security benefits, railroad retirement benefits, unemployment compensation, pensions, retirement benefit payments, payments from annuities, and similar payments made to an employee, or to the beneficiary of an employee under a retirement program or plan, disability payments received from private industry or local, state, or federal governments or from charitable, religious, or educational organizations, and the proceeds of sickness, accident, or liability insurance policies. As used in this division (c), UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION does not include supplemental unemployment compensation described in I.R.C. § 3402(o)(2);
         (d)   The income of religious, fraternal, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational institutions to the extent such income is derived from tax-exempt real estate, tax-exempt tangible or intangible property, or tax-exempt activities;
         (e)   Compensation paid under R.C. §§ 3501.28 or 3501.36 to a person serving as a precinct election official to the extent that such compensation does not exceed $1,000 for the taxable year. Such compensation in excess of $1,000 for the taxable year may be subject to taxation by a municipal corporation. A municipal corporation shall not require the payer of such compensation to withhold any tax from that compensation;
         (f)   Dues, contributions, and similar payments received by charitable, religious, educational, or literary organizations or labor unions, lodges, and similar organizations;
         (g)   Alimony and child support received;
         (h)   Awards for personal injuries or for damages to property from insurance proceeds or otherwise, excluding compensation paid for lost salaries or wages or awards for punitive damages;
         (i)   Income of a public utility when that public utility is subject to the tax levied under R.C. §§ 5727.24 or 5727.30. Division (h) above does not apply for purposes of R.C. Chapter 5745;
         (j)   Gains from involuntary conversions, interest on federal obligations, items of income subject to a tax levied by the state and that a municipal corporation is specifically prohibited by law from taxing, and income of a decedent’s estate during the period of administration except such income from the operation of a trade or business;
         (k)   Compensation or allowances excluded from federal gross income under I.R.C. § 107 of the;
         (l)   Employee compensation that is not qualifying wages as defined under QUALIFYING WAGES;
         (m)   Compensation paid to a person employed within the boundaries of a United States Air Force base under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force that is used for the housing of members of the United States Air Force and is a center for air force operations, unless the person is subject to taxation because of residence or domicile; if the compensation is subject to taxation because of residence or domicile, tax on such income shall be payable only to the municipal corporation of residence or domicile;
         (n)   A S corporation shareholder’s distributive share of net profits of the S corporation, other than any part of the distributive share of net profits that represents wages as defined in § 3121(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or net earnings from self-employment as defined in I.R.C. § 1402(a);
         (o)   1.   Except as provided in divisions (o)2., (o)3., and (o)4. below, qualifying wages described in §§ 33.18(B)(2)(a) or 33.18(B)(5) to the extent the qualifying wages are not subject to withholding for the municipality under either of those divisions;
            2.   The exemption provided in division (o)1. above does not apply with respect to the municipal corporation in which the employee resided at the time the employee earned the qualifying wages;
            3.   The exemption provided in division (o)1. above does not apply to qualifying wages that an employer elects to withhold under § 33.18(B)(4)(b); and
            4.   The exemption provided in division (o)1. above does not apply to qualifying wages if both of the following conditions apply:
               a.   For qualifying wages described in § 33.18(B)(2)(a), the employee’s employer withholds and remits tax on the qualifying wages to the municipal corporation in which the employee’s principal place of work is situated, or, for qualifying wages described in § 33.18(B)(5), the employee’s employer withholds and remits tax on the qualifying wages to the municipal corporation in which the employer’s fixed location is located; or
               b.   The employee receives a refund of the tax described in division (o)4.a. above on the basis of the employee not performing services in that municipal corporation.
         (p)   1.   Except as provided in division (p)2. or (p)3. below, compensation that is not qualifying wages paid to a nonresident individual for personal services performed in the municipality on not more than 20 days in a taxable year;
            2.   The exemption provided in division (p)1. above does not apply under either of the following circumstances:
               a.   The individual’s base of operation is located in the municipality; or
               b.   The individual is a professional athlete, professional entertainer, or public figure, and the compensation is paid for the performance of services in the individual’s capacity as a professional athlete, professional entertainer, or public figure. For purposes of this division (p)2.b., PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE, PROFESSIONAL ENTERTAINER, and PUBLIC FIGURE have the same meanings as in § 33.18(B).
            3.   Compensation to which this division (p) applies shall be treated as earned or received at the individual’s base of operation. If the individual does not have a base of operation, the compensation shall be treated as earned or received where the individual is domiciled; and
            4.   For purposes of this division (p), BASE OF OPERATION means the location where an individual owns or rents an office, storefront, or similar facility to which the individual regularly reports, and at which the individual regularly performs personal services for compensation.
         (q)   Compensation paid to a person for personal services performed for a political subdivision on property owned by the political subdivision, regardless of whether the compensation is received by an employee of the subdivision or another person performing services for the subdivision under a contract with the subdivision, if the property on which services are performed is annexed to a municipal corporation pursuant to R.C. § 709.023 on, or after, March 27, 2013, unless the person is subject to such taxation because of residence. If the compensation is subject to taxation because of residence, municipal income tax shall be payable only to the municipal corporation of residence; and
         (r)   Income the taxation of which is prohibited by the constitution or laws of the United States. Any item of income that is exempt income of a pass-through entity under this definition is exempt income of each owner of the pass-through entity to the extent of that owner’s distributive or proportionate share of that item of the entity’s income.
      FORM 2106. The Internal Revenue Service Form 2106 filed by a taxpayer pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
      GENERIC FORM. An electronic or paper form that is not prescribed by a particular municipal corporation and that is designed for reporting taxes withheld by an employer, agent of an employer, or other payer, estimated municipal income taxes, or annual municipal income tax liability, including a request for refund.
      INCOME. The following:
         (a)   1.   For residents, all income, salaries, qualifying wages, commissions, and other compensation from whatever source earned or received by the resident, including the resident’s distributive share of the net profit of pass-through entities owned directly or indirectly by the resident and any net profit of the resident, except as provided in division (d) of the definition “net profit”;
            2.   For the purposes of division (a)1. above:
               a.   Any net operating loss of the resident incurred in the taxable year and the resident’s distributive share of any net operating loss generated in the same taxable year and attributable to the resident’s ownership interest in a pass-through entity shall be allowed as a deduction for that taxable year and the following five taxable years, against any other net profit of the resident or the resident’s distributive share of any net profit attributable to the resident’s ownership interest in a pass-through entity until fully utilized, subject to division (a)4. below; and
               b.   The resident’s distributive share of the net profit of each pass-through entity owned directly or indirectly by the resident shall be calculated without regard to any net operating loss that is carried forward by that entity from a prior taxable year and applied to reduce the entity’s net profit for the current taxable year.
            3.   Division (a)2. above does not apply with respect to any net profit or net operating loss attributable to an ownership interest in an S corporation unless shareholders’ distributive shares of net profits from S corporations are subject to tax in the municipal corporation, as provided in division (n) of the definition “exempt income”; and
            4.   Any amount of a net operating loss used to reduce a taxpayer’s net profit for a taxable year shall reduce the amount of net operating loss that may be carried forward to any subsequent year for use by that taxpayer. In no event shall the cumulative deductions for all taxable years with respect to a taxpayer’s net operating loss exceed the original amount of that net operating loss available to that taxpayer.
         (b)   In the case of nonresidents, all income, salaries, qualifying wages, commissions, and other compensation from whatever source earned or received by the nonresident for work done, services performed or rendered, or activities conducted in the municipality, including any net profit of the nonresident, but excluding the nonresident’s distributive share of the net profit or loss of only pass-through entities owned directly or indirectly by the nonresident;
         (c)   For taxpayers that are not individuals, net profit of the taxpayer; and
         (d)   Lottery, sweepstakes, gambling and sports winnings, winnings from games of chance, and prizes and awards. If the taxpayer is a professional gambler for federal income tax purposes, the taxpayer may deduct related wagering losses and expenses to the extent authorized under the Internal Revenue Code and claimed against such winnings. Credit for tax withheld or paid to another municipal corporation on such winnings paid to the municipal corporation where winnings occur is limited to the credit as specified in § 33.21(A).
      INTANGIBLE INCOME. Income of any of the following types: income yield; interest; capital gains; dividends; or other income arising from the ownership, sale, exchange, or other disposition of intangible property, including, but not limited to, investments, deposits, money, or credits as those terms are defined R.C. Chapter 5701, and patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, investments in real estate investment trusts, investments in regulated investment companies, and appreciation on deferred compensation. INTANGIBLE INCOME does not include prizes, awards, or other income associated with any lottery winnings, gambling winnings, or other similar games of chance.
      INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, 26 U.S.C. For example, where reference is made to “§ 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code,” the complete citation would then be “26 U.S.C. § 1221.”
      LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. A limited liability company formed under R.C. Chapter 1705, or under the laws of another state.
      LOCAL BOARD OF TAX REVIEW AND BOARD OF TAX REVIEW. The entity created under § 33.31.
      MUNICIPAL CORPORATION. A status conferred upon a local government unit by state law giving the unit certain autonomous operating authority such as the power of taxation, power of eminent domain, police power, and regulatory power, and includes a joint economic development district or joint economic development zone that levies an income tax under R.C. §§ 718.691, 715.70, or 715.71.
      MUNICIPAL TAXABLE INCOME. The following:
         (a)   1.   For a person other than an individual, income reduced by exempt income to the extent otherwise included in income and then, as applicable, apportioned or sitused to the municipality under § 33.19(B), and further reduced by any pre-2017 net operating loss carry forward available to the person for the municipality;
            2.   a.   For an individual who is a resident of a municipality, other than a qualified municipal corporation, income reduced by exempt income to the extent otherwise included in income, then reduced as provided in division (b) below, and further reduced by any pre-2017 net operating loss carry forward available to the individual for the municipality; and
               b.   For an individual who is a resident of a qualified municipal corporation, state adjusted gross income reduced by income exempted, and increased by deductions excluded, by the qualified municipal corporation from the qualified municipal corporation’s tax on, or before, December 31, 2013. If a qualified municipal corporation, on, or before, December 31, 2013, exempts income earned by individuals who are not residents of the qualified municipal corporation and net profit of persons that are not wholly located within the qualified municipal corporation, such individual or person shall have no municipal taxable income for the purposes of the tax levied by the qualified municipal corporation, and may be exempted by the qualified municipal corporation from the requirements of R.C. § 718.03.
            3.   For an individual who is a nonresident of the municipality, income reduced by exempt income to the extent otherwise included in income and then, as applicable, apportioned or sitused to the municipality under § 33.19(B), then reduced as provided in division (b) below, and further reduced by any pre-2017 net operating loss carry forward available to the individual for the municipality.
         (b)   In computing the municipal taxable income of a taxpayer who is an individual, the taxpayer may subtract, as provided in division (a)2.a. or (a)3. above, the amount of the individual’s employee business expenses reported on the individual’s Form 2106 that the individual deducted for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, subject to the limitation imposed by I.R.C. § 67. For the municipal corporation in which the taxpayer is a resident, the taxpayer may deduct all such expenses allowed for federal income tax purposes. For a municipal corporation in which the taxpayer is not a resident, the taxpayer may deduct such expenses only to the extent the expenses are related to the taxpayer’s performance of personal services in that nonresident municipal corporation.
      MUNICIPALITY. The Village of St. Paris, Ohio.
      NET OPERATING LOSS. A loss incurred by a person in the operation of a trade or business. NET OPERATING LOSS does not include unutilized losses resulting from basis limitations, at-risk limitations, or passive activity loss limitations.
      NET PROFIT.
         (a)   NET PROFIT for a person other than an individual means adjusted federal taxable income.
         (b)   NET PROFIT for a person who is an individual means the individual’s net profit required to be reported on schedule C, schedule E, or schedule F reduced by any net operating loss carried forward. For the purposes of division (a) above, the net operating loss carried forward shall be calculated and deducted in the same manner as provided in division (h) of the definition “adjusted federal taxable income”.
         (c)   For the purposes of this subchapter, and notwithstanding division (a) above, NET PROFIT of a disregarded entity shall not be taxable as against that disregarded entity, but shall instead be included in the net profit of the owner of the disregarded entity.
         (d)   1.   For purposes of this division (d), PUBLICLY TRADED PARTNERSHIP means any partnership, an interest in which is regularly traded on an established securities market. A PUBLICLY TRADED PARTNERSHIP may have any number of partners.
            2.   For the purposes of this subchapter, and not withstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the NET PROFIT of a publicly traded partnership that makes the election described in this division (d) shall be taxed as if the partnership were a C corporation, and shall not be treated as the net profit or income of any owner of the partnership.
            3.   A publicly traded partnership that is treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes and that is subject to tax on its net profits in one or more municipal corporations in this state may elect to be treated as a C corporation for municipal income tax purposes. The publicly traded partnership shall make the election in every municipal corporation in which the partnership is subject to taxation on its net profits. The election shall be made on the annual tax return filed in each such municipal corporation. Once the election is made, the election is binding for a five-year period beginning with the first taxable year of the initial election. The election continues to be binding for each subsequent five-year period unless the taxpayer elects to discontinue filing municipal income tax returns as a C corporation for municipal purposes under division (d)4. below.
            4.   An election to discontinue filing as a C corporation must be made in the first year following the last year of a five-year election period in effect under division (d)3. above. The election to discontinue filing as a C corporation is binding for a five-year period beginning with the first taxable year of the election, and continues to be binding for each subsequent five-year period unless the taxpayer elects to discontinue filing municipal income tax returns as a partnership for municipal purposes. An election to discontinue filing as a partnership must be made in the first year following the last year of a five-year election period.
            5.   The publicly traded partnership shall not be required to file the election with any municipal corporation in which the partnership is not subject to taxation on its net profits, but this division (d) applies to all municipal corporations in which an individual owner of the partnership resides.
            6.   The individual owners of the partnership not filing as a C corporation shall be required to file with their municipal corporation of residence, and report partnership distribution of net profit.
      NONRESIDENT. An individual that is not a resident of the municipality.
      OHIO BUSINESS GATEWAY. The online computer network system, created under R.C. § 125.30, that allows persons to electronically file business reply forms with state agencies, and includes any successor electronic filing and payment system.
      OTHER PAYER. Any person, other than an individual’s employer or the employer’s agent, that pays an individual any amount included in the federal gross income of the individual. OTHER PAYER includes casino operators and video lottery terminal sales agents.
      PASS-THROUGH ENTITY. A partnership not treated as an association taxable as a C corporation for federal income tax purposes, a limited liability company not treated as an association taxable as a C corporation for federal income tax purposes, a S corporation, or any other class of entity from which the income or profits of the entity are given pass-through treatment for federal income tax purposes. PASS-THROUGH ENTITY does not include a trust, estate, grantor of a grantor trust, or disregarded entity.
      PENSION. Any amount paid to an employee or former employee that is reported to the recipient on an TRS form S099-R, or successor form. PENSION does not include deferred compensation, or amounts attributable to nonqualified deferred compensation plans, reported as FICA/Medicare wages on an IRS form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, or successor form.
      PERSON. Includes individuals, firms, companies, joint stock companies, business trusts, estates, trusts, partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited liability companies, associations, C corporations, S corporations, governmental entities, and any other entity.
      POSTAL SERVICE. The United States Postal Service, or private delivery service delivering documents and packages within an agreed upon delivery schedule, or any other carrier service delivering the item.
      POSTMARK DATE, DATE OF POSTMARK, AND SIMILAR TERMS. Includes the date recorded and marked by a delivery service and recorded electronically to a database kept in the regular course if its business and marked on the cover in which the payment or document is enclosed, the date on which the payment or document was given to the delivery service for delivery.
      PRE-2017 NET OPERATING LOSS CARRYFORWARD.
         (a)   Any net operating loss incurred in a taxable year beginning before January 1, 2017, to the extent such loss was permitted, by a resolution or ordinance of the municipality that was adopted by the municipality before January 1, 2016, to be carried forward and utilized to offset income or net profit generated in such municipality in future taxable years.
         (b)   For the purpose of calculating municipal taxable income, any PRE-2017 NET OPERATING LOSS CARRY FORWARD may be carried forward to any taxable year, including taxable years beginning in 2017 or thereafter, for the number of taxable years provided in the resolution or ordinance, or until fully utilized, whichever is earlier.
      QUALIFIED MUNICIPAL CORPORATION. A municipal corporation that, by resolution or ordinance adopted on, or before, December 31, 2011, adopted state adjusted gross income, as defined by R.C. § 5747.01, as the income subject to tax for the purposes of imposing a municipal income tax.
      QUALIFYING WAGES. Wages, as defined in I.R.C. § 3121(a), without regard to any wage limitations, adjusted as follows:
         (a)   Deduct the following amounts:
            1.   Any amount included in wages if the amount constitutes compensation attributable to a plan or program described in I.R.C. § 125;
            2.   Any amount included in wages if the amount constitutes payment on account of a disability related to sickness or an accident paid by a party unrelated to the employer, agent of an employer, or other payer; and
            3.   Any amount included in wages that is exempt income.
         (b)   Add the following amounts:
            1.   Any amount not included in wages solely because the employee was employed by the employer before April 1, 1986;
            2.   Any amount not included in wages because the amount arises from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of a stock option, the exercise of a stock option, or the sale, exchange, or other disposition of stock purchased under a stock option. This division (b)2. applies only to those amounts constituting ordinary income;
            3.   Any amount not included in wages if the amount is an amount described in I.R.C. §§ 401(k), 403(b), or 457. This division (b)3. applies only to employee contributions and employee deferrals;
            4.   Any amount that is supplemental unemployment compensation benefits described in I.R.C. § 3402(o)(2) and not included in wages;
            5.   Any amount received that is treated as self-employment income for federal tax purposes in accordance with I.R.C. § 1402(a)(8); and
            6.   Any amount not included in wages if all of the following apply:
               a.   For the taxable year, the amount is employee compensation that is earned outside of the United States and that either is included in the taxpayer’s gross income for federal income tax purposes, or would have been included in the taxpayer’s gross income for such purposes if the taxpayer did not elect to exclude the income under I.R.C. § 911;
               b.   For no preceding taxable year did the amount constitute wages as defined in I.R.C. § 3121(a);
               c.   For no succeeding taxable year will the amount constitute wages; and
               d.   For any taxable year the amount has not otherwise been added to wages pursuant to either this division (b) or R.C. § 718.03, as that section existed before the effective date of H.B. 5 of the 130th General Assembly, March 23, 2015.
      RELATED ENTITY. Any of the following:
         (a)   An individual stockholder, or a member of the stockholder’s family enumerated in I.R.C. § 318, if the stockholder, and the members of the stockholder’s family, own directly, indirectly, beneficially, or constructively, in the aggregate, at least 50% of the value of the taxpayer’s outstanding stock;
         (b)   A stockholder, or a stockholder’s partnership, estate, trust, or corporation, if the stockholder and the stockholder’s partnerships, estates, trusts, or corporations own directly, indirectly, beneficially, or constructively, in the aggregate, at least 50% of the value of the taxpayer’s outstanding stock;
         (c)   A corporation, or a party related to the corporation in a manner that would require an attribution of stock from the corporation to the party, or from the party to the corporation under division (d) below; provided the taxpayer owns directly, indirectly, beneficially, or constructively at least 50% of the value of the corporation’s outstanding stock; and
         (d)   The attribution rules described in I.R.C. § 318 apply for the purpose of determining whether the ownership requirements in divisions (a) through (c) above have been met.
      RELATED MEMBER. A person that, with respect to the taxpayer during all or any portion of the taxable year, is either a related entity, a component member as defined in I.R.C. § 1563(b), or a person to or from whom there is attribution of stock ownership in accordance with I.R.C. § 1563(e) except, for purposes of determining whether a person is a related member under this definition, 20% shall be substituted for 5% wherever 5% appears in I.R.C. § 1563(e).
      RESIDENT. An individual who is domiciled in the municipality as determined under § 33.17(B).
      S CORPORATION. A person that has made an election under I.R.C. Subchapter S of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A, being 26 U.S.C. §§ 1361 et seq., for its taxable year.
      SCHEDULE C. Internal Revenue Service Schedule C (Form 1040) filed by a taxpayer pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
      SCHEDULE E. Internal Revenue Service Schedule E (Form 1040) filed by a taxpayer pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
      SCHEDULE F. Internal Revenue Service Schedule F (Form 1040) filed by a taxpayer pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
      SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. A limited liability company that has one direct member.
      SMALL EMPLOYER. Any employer that had total revenue of less than $500,000 during the preceding taxable year. For purposes of this definition, TOTAL REVENUE means receipts of any type or kind, including, but not limited to, sales receipts; payments; rents; profits; gains, dividends, and other investment income; commissions; premiums; money; property; grants; contributions; donations; gifts; program service revenue; patient service revenue; premiums; fees, including premium fees and service fees; tuition payments; unrelated business revenue; reimbursements; any type of payment from a governmental unit, including grants and other allocations; and any other similar receipts reported for federal income tax purposes or under generally accepted accounting principles. SMALL EMPLOYER does not include the federal government; any state government, including any state agency or instrumentality; any political subdivision; or any entity treated as a government for financial accounting and reporting purposes.
      TAX ADMINISTRATOR. The individual charged with direct responsibility for administration of an income tax levied by a municipal corporation in accordance with this subchapter, and also includes the following:
         (a)   A municipal corporation acting as the agent of another municipal corporation;
         (b)   A person retained by a municipal corporation to administer a tax levied by the municipal corporation, but only if the municipal corporation does not compensate the person in whole or in part on a contingency basis; and
         (c)   The Central Collection Agency (CCA) or the Regional Income Tax Agency (RITA), or their successors in interest, or another entity organized to perform functions similar to those performed by the Central Collection Agency and the Regional Income Tax Agency.
      TAX RETURN PREPARER. Any individual described in I.R.C. § 7701(a)(36) Code and 26 C.F.R. § 301.7701-15.
      TAXABLE YEAR. The corresponding tax reporting period as prescribed for the taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code.
      TAXPAYER.
         (a)   A person subject to a tax levied on income by a municipal corporation in accordance with this subchapter. TAXPAYER does not include a grantor trust or, except as provided in division (b)1. below, a disregarded entity.
         (b)   1.   A single member limited liability company that is a disregarded entity for federal tax purposes may be a separate taxpayer from its single member in all state municipal corporations in which it either filed as a separate taxpayer or did not file for its taxable year ending in 2003, if all of the following conditions are met:
               a.   The limited liability company’s single member is also a limited liability company;
               b.   The limited liability company and its single member were formed and doing business in one or more state municipal corporations for at least five years before January 1, 2004;
               c.   Not later than December 31, 2004, the limited liability company and its single member each made an election to be treated as a separate taxpayer under R.C. § 718.01(L) as this section existed on December 31, 2004;
               d.   The limited liability company was not formed for the purpose of evading or reducing state municipal corporation income tax liability of the limited liability company or its single member; and
               e.   The state municipal corporation that was the primary place of business of the sole member of the limited liability company consented to the election.
            2.   For purposes of division (b)1.c. above, a municipal corporation was the primary place of business of a limited liability company if, for the limited liability company’s taxable year ending in 2003, its income tax liability was greater in that municipal corporation than in any other municipal corporation in the state, and that tax liability to that municipal corporation for its taxable year ending in 2003 was at least $400,000.
      TAXPAYERS’ RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. The rights provided to taxpayers in R.C. §§ 718.11, 718.12, 718.19, 718.23, 718.36, 718.37, 718.38, 5717.011, and 5717.03 and any corresponding ordinances of the municipality, and the responsibilities of taxpayers to file, report, withhold, remit, and pay municipal income tax and otherwise comply with R.C. Chapter 718 and resolutions, ordinances, and rules adopted by a municipal corporation for the imposition and administration of a municipal income tax.
      VIDEO LOTTERY TERMINAL. Has the same meaning as in R.C. § 3770.21.
      VIDEO LOTTERY TERMINAL SALES AGENT. A lottery sales agent licensed under R.C. Chapter 3770 to conduct video lottery terminals on behalf of the state pursuant to R.C. § 3770.21.
(Ord. 16-903, passed 12-19-2016)
Statutory reference:
   Related definitions, see R.C. § 718.01
§ 33.17 INCOME SUBJECT TO TAX FOR INDIVIDUALS.
   (A)   Determining municipal taxable income for individuals.
      (1)   Municipal taxable income for a resident of the municipality is calculated as follows:
         (a)   Income reduced by exempt income to the extent such exempt income is otherwise included in income, reduced by allowable employee business expense deduction as found in the definition of MUNICIPAL TAXABLE INCOME, division (b) of § 33.16;
         (b)   It shall be further reduced by any pre-2017 net operating loss carry forward equals municipal taxable income:
            1.   INCOME is defined in § 33.16:
               a.   QUALIFYING WAGES is defined in § 33.16;
               b.   NET PROFIT is included in INCOME, and is defined in § 33.16. This definition also provides that the net operating loss carry forward shall be calculated and deducted in the same manner as provided in division (h)1. of the definition ADJUSTED TAXABLE FEDERAL INCOME in § 33.16. Treatment of net profits received by an individual taxpayer from rental real estate is provided in § 33.19(B)(5);
               c.   The definition of INCOME in § 33.16 provides the following: offsetting and net operating loss carry forward treatment of the definition of INCOME, division (a)2.a. of § 33.16; resident’s distributive share of net profit from pass-through entity treatment in the definition of INCOME, division (a)2.b. of § 33.16; treatment of S corporation distributive share of net profit in the hands of the shareholder in the definition of INCOME, division (a)3. of § 33.16; restriction of amount of loss permitted to be carried forward for use by taxpayer in a subsequent taxable year in the definition of INCOME, division (a)4. of § 33.16; and
               d.   PASS-THROUGH ENTITY is defined in § 33.16.
            2.   EXEMPT INCOME is defined in § 33.16;
            3.   Allowable employee business expense deduction is described in the definition of MUNICIPAL TAXABLE INCOME, division (b) of § 33.16, and is subject to the limitations provided in that definition; and
            4.   PRE-2017 NET OPERATING LOSS CARRY FORWARD is defined in § 33.16.
      (2)   Municipal taxable income for a nonresident of the municipality is calculated as follows:
         (a)   Income reduced by exempt income to the extent such exempt income is otherwise included in income, as applicable, apportioned or sitused to the municipality as provided in § 33.19(B), reduced by allowable employee business expense deduction as found in the definition of MUNICIPAL TAXABLE INCOME, division (b) of § 33.16;
         (b)   It shall be further reduced by any pre-2017 net operating loss carry forward equals municipal taxable income:
            1.   INCOME is defined in § 33.16:
               a.   QUALIFYING WAGES is defined in § 33.16;
               b.   NET PROFIT is included in INCOME, and is defined in § 33.16. This definition also provides that the net operating loss carry forward shall be calculated and deducted in the same manner as provided in division (h)1. of the definition of ADJUSTABLE TAXABLE FEDERAL INCOME in § 33.16. Net profit for a nonresident individual includes any net profit of the nonresident, but excludes the distributive share of net profit or loss of only pass-through entity owned directly or indirectly by the nonresident; and
               c.   PASS-THROUGH ENTITY is defined in § 33.16.
            2.   EXEMPT INCOME is defined in § 33.16;
            3.   Apportioned or sitused to the municipality as provided in § 33.19(B) includes the apportionment of net profit income attributable to work done or services performed in the municipality. Treatment of net profits received by an individual taxpayer from rental real estate is provided in § 33.19(B)(5);
            4.   Allowable employee business expense deduction, as described in the definition of MUNICIPAL TAXABLE INCOME, division (b), of § 33.16, is subject to the limitations provided in that section. For a nonresident of the municipality, the deduction is limited to the extent the expenses are related to the performance of personal services by the nonresident in the municipality; and
            5.   PRE-2017 NET OPERATING LOSS CARRY FORWARD is defined in § 33.16.
   (B)   Domicile.
      (1)   As used in this division (B):
         (a)   DOMICILE means the true, fixed, and permanent home of the taxpayer to which, whenever absent, the taxpayer intends to return;
         (b)   An individual is presumed to be domiciled in the municipality for all or part of a taxable year if the individual was domiciled in the municipality on the last day of the immediately preceding taxable year, or if the Tax Administrator reasonably concludes that the individual is domiciled in the municipality for all, or part, of the taxable year; and
         (c)   An individual may rebut the presumption of domicile described in division (B)(1)(a) above if the individual establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that the individual was not domiciled in the municipality for all, or part, of the taxable year.
      (2)   For the purpose of determining whether an individual is domiciled in the municipality for all, or part, of a taxable year, factors that may be considered include, but are not limited to, the following:
         (a)   The individual’s domicile in other taxable years;
         (b)   The location at which the individual is registered to vote;
         (c)   The address on the individual’s driver’s license;
         (d)   The location of real estate for which the individual claimed a property tax exemption or reduction allowed on the basis of the individual’s residence or domicile;
         (e)   The location and value of abodes owned or leased by the individual;
         (f)   Declarations, written or oral, made by the individual regarding the individual’s residency;
         (g)   The primary location at which the individual is employed;
         (h)   The location of educational institutions attended by the individual’s dependents, as defined in I.R.C. § 152, to the extent that tuition paid to such educational institution is based on the residency of the individual or the individual’s spouse in the municipal corporation or state where the educational institution is located; and
         (i)   The number of contact periods the individual has with the municipality. For the purposes of this division (B)(2), an individual has one contact period with the municipality if the individual is away overnight from the individual’s abode located outside of the municipality, and while away overnight from that abode spends at least some portion, however minimal, of each of two consecutive days in the municipality. For purposes of this section, the state’s contact period test or bright-line test and resulting determination have no bearing on municipal residency or domicile.
      (3)   All applicable factors are provided in R.C. § 718.012.
   (C)   Exemption for member or employee of General Assembly and certain judges.
      (1)   Only the municipal corporation of residence shall be permitted to levy a tax on the income of any member or employee of the State General Assembly, including the Lieutenant Governor, whose income is received as a result of services rendered as such member or employee, and is paid from appropriated funds of this state.
      (2)   Only the municipal corporation of residence and the city of Columbus shall levy a tax on the income of the Chief Justice or a Justice of the Supreme Court received as a result of services rendered as the Chief Justice or Justice. Only the municipal corporation of residence shall levy a tax on the income of a judge sitting by assignment of the Chief Justice, or on the income of a district court of appeals judge sitting in multiple locations within the district, received as a result of services rendered as a judge.
(Ord. 16-903, passed 12-19-2016)
Statutory reference:
   Domicile, see R.C. § 718.012
   Exclusion of General Assembly employee or member and certain judges from tax, see R.C. § 718.50
§ 33.18 COLLECTION AT SOURCE.
   (A)   Collection at source; withholding from qualifying wages.
      (1)   (a)   Each employer, agent of an employer, or other payer located or doing business in the municipality shall withhold from each employee an amount equal to the qualifying wages of the employee earned by the employee in the municipality multiplied by the applicable rate of the municipality’s income tax, except for qualifying wages for which withholding is not required under division (B) below or divisions (A)(4) or (A)(6) below. An employer, agent of an employer, or other payer shall deduct and withhold the tax from qualifying wages on the date that the employer, agent, or other payer directly, indirectly, or constructively pays the qualifying wages to, or credits the qualifying wages to the benefit of, the employee.
         (b)   In addition to withholding the amounts required under division (A)(1)(a) above, an employer, agent of an employer, or other payer may also deduct and withhold, on the request of an employee, taxes for the municipal corporation in which the employee is a resident.
      (2)   An employer, agent of an employer, or other payer shall remit to the Tax Administrator of the municipality the greater of the income taxes deducted and withheld, or the income taxes required to be deducted and withheld, by the employer, agent, or other payer, along with any report required by the Tax Administrator to accompany such payment, according to the following schedule:
         (a)   Any employer, agent of an employer, or other payer not required to make payments under division (A)(2)(b) below of taxes required to be deducted and withheld shall make quarterly payments to the Tax Administrator not later than the fifteenth day of the month following the end of each calendar quarter; and
         (b)   Taxes required to be deducted and withheld shall be remitted monthly to the Tax Administrator if the total taxes deducted and withheld, or required to be deducted and withheld, by the employer, agent, or other payer on behalf of the municipal corporation in the preceding calendar year exceeded $2,399, or if the total amount of taxes deducted and withheld, or required to be deducted and withheld, on behalf of the municipality in any month of the preceding calendar quarter exceeded $200. Payment under this division (A)(2)(b) shall be made so that the payment is received by the Tax Administrator not later than 15 days after the last day of each month.
      (3)   An employer, agent of an employer, or other payer shall make and file a return showing the amount of tax withheld by the employer, agent, or other payer from the qualifying wages of each employee and remitted to the Tax Administrator. A return filed by an employer, agent, or other payer under this division (A)(3) shall be accepted by the municipality as the return required of an employee whose sole income, subject to the tax under this subchapter, is the qualifying wages reported by the employee’s employer, agent of an employer, or other payer, unless the municipality requires all resident individual taxpayers to file a tax return under § 33.22(A).
      (4)   An employer, agent of an employer, or other payer is not required to withhold municipal income tax with respect to an individual’s disqualifying disposition of an incentive stock option if, at the time of the disqualifying disposition, the individual is not an employee of either the corporation with respect to whose stock the option has been issued or of such corporation’s successor entity.
      (5)   (a)   An employee is not relieved from liability for a tax by the failure of the employer, agent of an employer, or other payer to withhold the tax as required under this subchapter, or by the employer’s, agent’s, or other payer’s exemption from the requirement to withhold the tax.
         (b)   The failure of an employer, agent of an employer, or other payer to remit to the municipality the tax withheld relieves the employee from liability for that tax unless the employee colluded with the employer, agent, or other payer in connection with the failure to remit the tax withheld.
      (6)   Compensation deferred before June 26, 2003 is not subject to any municipal corporation income tax or municipal income tax withholding requirement to the extent the deferred compensation does not constitute qualifying wages at the time the deferred compensation is paid or distributed.
      (7)   Each employer, agent of an employer, or other payer required to withhold taxes is liable for the payment of that amount required to be withheld, whether or not such taxes have been withheld, and such amount shall be deemed to be held in trust for the municipality until such time as the withheld amount is remitted to the Tax Administrator.
      (8)   On, or before, the last day of February of each year, an employer shall file a withholding reconciliation return with the Tax Administrator listing the names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of all employees from whose qualifying wages tax was withheld, or should have been withheld, for the municipality during the preceding calendar year, the amount of tax withheld, if any, from each such employee’s qualifying wage, the total amount of qualifying wages paid to such employee during the preceding calendar year, the name of every other municipal corporation for which tax was withheld, or should have been withheld, from such employee during the preceding calendar year, any other information required for federal income tax reporting purposes on Internal Revenue Service Form W-2, or its equivalent form, with respect to such employee, and other information as may be required by the Tax Administrator.
      (9)   The officer or the employee of the employer, agent of an employer, or other payer with control or direct supervision of, or charged with the responsibility for, withholding the tax or filing the reports and making payments as required by this section, shall be personally liable for a failure to file a report or pay the tax due as required by this section. The dissolution of an employer, agent of an employer, or other payer does not discharge the officer’s or employee’s liability for a failure of the employer, agent of an employer, or other payer to file returns or pay any tax due.
      (10)   An employer is required to deduct and withhold municipal income tax on tips and gratuities received by the employer’s employees and constituting qualifying wages only to the extent that the tips and gratuities are under the employer’s control. For the purposes of this division (A)(10), a tip or gratuity is under the employer’s control if the tip or gratuity is paid by the customer to the employer for subsequent remittance to the employee, or if the customer pays the tip or gratuity by credit card, debit card, or other electronic means.
      (11)   A Tax Administrator shall consider any tax withheld by an employer at the request of an employee when such tax is not otherwise required to be withheld by this subchapter to be tax required to be withheld and remitted for the purposes of this section.
   (B)   Collection at source; occasional entrant.
      (1)   For the purpose of this division (B), the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.
         EMPLOYER. Includes a person that is a related member to, or of, an employer.
         FIXED LOCATION. A permanent place of doing business in this state, such as an office, warehouse, storefront, or similar location owned or controlled by an employer.
         PRINCIPAL PLACE OF WORK.
            1.   The fixed location to which an employee is required to report for employment duties on a regular and ordinary basis. If the employee is not required to report for employment duties on a regular and ordinary basis to a fixed location, PRINCIPAL PLACE OF WORK means the worksite location in this state to which the employee is required to report for employment duties on a regular and ordinary basis. If the employee is not required to report for employment duties on a regular and ordinary basis to a fixed location or worksite location, PRINCIPAL PLACE OF WORK means the location in this state at which the employee spends the greatest number of days in a calendar year performing services for, or on behalf of, the employee’s employer.
            2.   If there is not a single municipal corporation in which the employee spent the greatest number of days in a calendar year performing services for, or on behalf of, the employer, but instead there are two or more municipal corporations in which the employee spent an identical number of days that is greater than the number of days the employee spent in any other municipal corporation, the employer shall allocate any of the employee’s qualifying wages, subject to division (B)(2)(a) below, among those two or more municipal corporations. The allocation shall be made using any fair and reasonable method, including, but not limited to, an equal allocation among such municipal corporations or an allocation based upon the time spent or sales made by the employee in each such municipal corporation. A municipal corporation to which qualifying wages are allocated under this division (B) shall be the employee’s PRINCIPAL PLACE OF WORK with respect to those qualifying wages for the purposes of this section.
            3.   For the purposes of this division (B), the location at which an employee spends a particular day shall be deemed in accordance with division (B)(2)(b) below, except that location shall be substituted for municipal corporation wherever municipal corporation appears in that division.
         PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE. An athlete who performs services in a professional athletic event for wages or other remuneration.
         PROFESSIONAL ENTERTAINER. A person who performs services in the professional performing arts for wages or other remuneration on a per-event basis.
         PUBLIC FIGURE. A person of prominence who performs services at discrete events, such as speeches, public appearances, or similar events, for wages or other remuneration on a per-event basis.
         WORKSITE LOCATION. A construction site or other temporary worksite in this state at which the employer provides services for more than 20 days during the calendar year. WORKSITE LOCATION does not include the home of an employee.
      (2)   (a)   Subject to divisions (B)(3), (B)(4), (B)(6), and (B)(7) below, an employer is not required to withhold municipal income tax on qualifying wages paid to an employee for the performance of personal services in a municipal corporation that imposes such a tax if the employee performed such services in the municipal corporation on 20 or fewer days in a calendar year, unless one of the following conditions applies:
            1.   The employee’s principal place of work is located in the municipality;
            2.   The employee performed services at one or more presumed worksite locations in the municipality. For the purposes of this division (B)(2), PRESUMED WORKSITE LOCATION means a construction site or other temporary worksite in this state at which the employer provides services that can reasonably be expected by the employer to last more than 20 days in a calendar year. Services can reasonably be expected by the employer to last more than 20 days if either of the following applies at the time the services commence:
               a.   The nature of the services are such that it will require more than 20 days of actual services to complete the services; or
               b.   The agreement between the employer and its customer to perform services at a location requires the employer to perform actual services at the location for more than 20 days.
            3.   The employee is a resident of the municipality and has requested that the employer withhold tax from the employee’s qualifying wages as provided in division (A) above; and/or
            4.   The employee is a professional athlete, professional entertainer, or public figure, and the qualifying wages are paid for the performance of services in the employee’s capacity as a professional athlete, professional entertainer, or public figure within the municipality.
         (b)   For the purposes of this division (B)(2), an employee shall be considered to have spent a day performing services in a municipal corporation only if the employee spent more time performing services for, or on behalf of, the employer in that municipal corporation than in any other municipal corporation on that day. For the purposes of determining the amount of time an employee spent in a particular location, the time spent performing one or more of the following activities shall be considered to have been spent at the employee’s principal place of work:
            1.   Traveling to the location at which the employee will first perform services for the employer for the day;
            2.   Traveling from a location at which the employee was performing services for the employer to any other location;
            3.   Traveling from any location to another location in order to pick up or load, for the purpose of transportation or delivery, property that has been purchased, sold, assembled, fabricated, repaired, refurbished, processed, remanufactured, or improved by the employee’s employer;
            4.   Transporting or delivering property described in division (B)(2)(b)3. above; provided that, upon delivery of the property, the employee does not temporarily or permanently affix the property to real estate owned, used, or controlled by a person other than the employee’s employer; and
            5.   Traveling from the location at which the employee makes the employee’s final delivery or pick up for the day to either the employee’s principal place of work or a location at which the employee will not perform services for the employer.
      (3)   If the principal place of work of an employee is located in a municipal corporation that imposes an income tax in accordance with this subchapter, the exception from withholding requirements described in division (B)(2)(a) above shall apply only if, with respect to the employee’s qualifying wages described in that division, the employer withholds and remits tax on such qualifying wages to the municipal corporation in which the employee’s principal place of work is located.
      (4)   (a)   Except as provided in division (B)(4)(b) below, if, during a calendar year, the number of days an employee spends performing personal services in a municipal corporation exceeds the 20-day threshold described in division (B)(2)(a) above, the employer shall withhold and remit tax to that municipal corporation for any subsequent days in that calendar year on which the employer pays qualifying wages to the employee for personal services performed in that municipal corporation.
         (b)   An employer required to begin withholding tax for a municipal corporation under division (B)(4)(a) above may elect to withhold tax for that municipal corporation for the first 20 days on which the employer paid qualifying wages to the employee for personal services performed in that municipal corporation.
         (c)   If an employer makes the election described in division (B)(4)(b) above, the taxes withheld and paid by such an employer during those first 20 days to the municipal corporation in which the employee’s principal place of work is located are refundable to the employee.
      (5)   Without regard to the number of days in a calendar year on which an employee performs personal services in any municipal corporation, an employer shall withhold municipal income tax on all of the employee’s qualifying wages for a taxable year, and remit that tax only to the municipal corporation in which the employer’s fixed location is located if the employer qualifies as a SMALL EMPLOYER, as defined in § 33.16. To determine whether an employer qualifies as a small employer for a taxable year, a Tax Administrator may require the employer to provide the Tax Administrator with the employer’s federal income tax return for the preceding taxable year.
      (6)   Divisions (B)(2)(a) and (B)(4) above shall not apply to the extent that a Tax Administrator and an employer enter into an agreement regarding the manner in which the employer shall comply with the requirements of division (A) above.
      (7)   (a)   In the case of a person performing personal services at a petroleum refinery located in a municipal corporation that imposes a tax on income, an employer is not required to withhold municipal income tax on the qualifying wages of such a person if the person performs those services on 12 or fewer days in a calendar year, unless the principal place of work of the employer is located in another municipal corporation in this state that imposes a tax applying to compensation paid to the person for services performed on those days, and the person is not liable to that other municipal corporation for tax on the compensation paid for such services. For the purposes of this division (B)(7), a PETROLEUM REFINERY is a facility with a standard industrial classification code facility classification of 2911, petroleum refining.
         (b)   Notwithstanding division (B)(4) above, if, during a calendar year, the number of days an individual performs personal services at a petroleum refinery exceeds 12, the employer shall withhold tax for the municipal corporation for the first 12 days for which the employer paid qualifying wages to the individual, and for all subsequent days in the calendar year on which the individual performed services at the refinery.
   (C)   Collection at source; casino and VLT.
      (1)   The municipality shall require a casino facility or a casino operator, as defined in § 6(C)(9) of Article XV, State Constitution, and R.C. § 3772.01, respectively, or a lottery sales agent conducting video lottery terminals sales on behalf of the state to withhold and remit municipal income tax with respect to amounts other than qualifying wages as provided in this section.
      (2)   If a person’s winnings at a casino facility are an amount for which reporting to the Internal Revenue Service of the amount is required by I.R.C. § 6041, as amended, the casino operator shall deduct and withhold municipal income tax from the person’s winnings at the rate of the tax imposed by the municipal corporation in which the casino facility is located.
      (3)   Amounts deducted and withheld by a casino operator are held in trust for the benefit of the municipal corporation to which the tax is owed.
         (a)   On, or before, the tenth day of each month, the casino operator shall file a return electronically with the Tax Administrator of the municipality, providing the name, address, and Social Security number of the person from whose winnings amounts were deducted and withheld, the amount of each such deduction and withholding during the preceding calendar month, the amount of the winnings from which each such amount was withheld, the type of casino gaming that resulted in such winnings, and any other information required by the Tax Administrator. With this return, the casino operator shall remit electronically to the municipality all amounts deducted and withheld during the preceding month.
         (b)   Annually on, or before, January 31, a casino operator shall file an annual return electronically with the Tax Administrator of the municipal corporation in which the casino facility is located, indicating the total amount deducted and withheld during the preceding calendar year. The casino operator shall remit electronically with the annual return any amount that was deducted and withheld and that was not previously remitted. If the name, address, or Social Security number of a person, or the amount deducted and withheld with respect to that person, was omitted on a monthly return for that reporting period, that information shall be indicated on the annual return.
         (c)   Annually on, or before, January 31, a casino operator shall issue an information return to each person with respect to whom an amount has been deducted and withheld during the preceding calendar year. The information return shall show the total amount of municipal income tax deducted from the person’s winnings during the preceding year. The casino operator shall provide to the Tax Administrator a copy of each information return issued under this division (C)(3). The Administrator may require that such copies be transmitted electronically.
         (d)   A casino operator that fails to file a return and remit the amounts deducted and withheld shall be personally liable for the amount withheld and not remitted. Such personal liability extends to any penalty and interest imposed for the late filing of a return or the late payment of tax deducted and withheld.
         (e)   If a casino operator sells the casino facility or otherwise quits the casino business, the amounts deducted and withheld, along with any penalties and interest thereon, are immediately due and payable. The successor shall withhold an amount of the purchase money that is sufficient to cover the amounts deducted and withheld, along with any penalties and interest thereon, until the predecessor casino operator produces either of the following:
            1.   A receipt from the Tax Administrator showing that the amounts deducted and withheld, and penalties and interest thereon, have been paid; and
            2.   A certificate from the Tax Administrator indicating that no amounts are due. If the successor fails to withhold purchase money, the successor is personally liable for the payment of the amounts deducted and withheld, and penalties and interest thereon.
         (f)   The failure of a casino operator to deduct and withhold the required amount from a person’s winnings does not relieve that person from liability for the municipal income tax with respect to those winnings.
      (4)   If a person’s prize award from a video lottery terminal is an amount for which reporting to the Internal Revenue Service is required by I.R.C. § 6041, as amended, the video lottery sales agent shall deduct and withhold municipal income tax from the person’s prize award at the rate of the tax imposed by the municipal corporation in which the video lottery terminal facility is located.
      (5)   Amounts deducted and withheld by a video lottery sales agent are held in trust for the benefit of the municipal corporation to which the tax is owed.
         (a)   The video lottery sales agent shall issue to a person from whose prize award an amount has been deducted and withheld a receipt for the amount deducted and withheld, and shall obtain from the person receiving a prize award the person’s name, address, and Social Security number in order to facilitate the preparation of returns required by this section.
         (b)   On, or before, the tenth day of each month, the video lottery sales agent shall file a return electronically with the Tax Administrator of the municipality providing the names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of the persons from whose prize awards amounts were deducted and withheld, the amount of each such deduction and withholding during the preceding calendar month, the amount of the prize award from which each such amount was withheld, and any other information required by the Tax Administrator. With the return, the video lottery sales agent shall remit electronically to the Tax Administrator all amounts deducted and withheld during the preceding month.
         (c)   A video lottery sales agent shall maintain a record of all receipts issued under this division (C)(5) and shall make those records available to the Tax Administrator upon request. Such records shall be maintained in accordance with R.C. § 5747.17 and any rules adopted pursuant thereto.
         (d)   Annually on, or before, January 31, each video lottery terminal sales agent shall file an annual return electronically with the Tax Administrator of the municipal corporation in which the facility is located, indicating the total amount deducted and withheld during the preceding calendar year. The video lottery sales agent shall remit electronically with the annual return any amount that was deducted and withheld, and that was not previously remitted. If the name, address, or Social Security number of a person, or the amount deducted and withheld with respect to that person, was omitted on a monthly return for that reporting period, that information shall be indicated on the annual return.
         (e)   Annually on, or before, January 31, a video lottery sales agent shall issue an information return to each person with respect to whom an amount has been deducted and withheld during the preceding calendar year. The information return shall show the total amount of municipal income tax deducted and withheld from the person’s prize award by the video lottery sales agent during the preceding year. A video lottery sales agent shall provide to the Tax Administrator of the municipal corporation a copy of each information return issued under this division (C)(5). The Tax Administrator may require that such copies be transmitted electronically.
         (f)   A video lottery sales agent who fails to file a return and remit the amounts deducted and withheld is personally liable for the amount deducted and withheld, and not remitted. Such personal liability extends to any penalty and interest imposed for the late filing of a return or the late payment of tax deducted and withheld.
      (6)   (a)   If a video lottery sales agent ceases to operate video lottery terminals, the amounts deducted and withheld, along with any penalties and interest thereon, are immediately due and payable. The successor of the video lottery sales agent that purchases the video lottery terminals from the agent shall withhold an amount from the purchase money that is sufficient to cover the amounts deducted and withheld, and any penalties and interest thereon, until the predecessor video lottery sales agent operator produces either of the following:
            1.   A receipt from the Tax Administrator showing that the amounts deducted and withheld, and penalties and interest thereon, have been paid; and
            2.   A certificate from the Tax Administrator indicating that no amounts are due.
         (b)   If the successor fails to withhold purchase money, the successor is personally liable for the payment of the amounts deducted and withheld and penalties and interest thereon.
      (7)   The failure of a video lottery sales agent to deduct and withhold the required amount from a person’s prize award does not relieve that person from liability for the municipal income tax with respect to that prize award.
      (8)   If a casino operator or lottery sales agent files a return late, fails to file a return, remits amounts deducted and withheld late, or fails to remit amounts deducted and withheld as required under this section, the Tax Administrator of a municipal corporation may impose the following applicable penalty:
         (a)   For the late remittance of, or failure to remit, tax deducted and withheld under this section, a penalty equal to 50% of the tax deducted and withheld; and
         (b)   For the failure to file, or the late filing of, a monthly or annual return, a penalty of $500 for each return not filed or filed late. Interest shall accrue on past due amounts deducted and withheld at the rate prescribed in R.C. § 5703.47.
      (9)   Amounts deducted and withheld on behalf of a municipal corporation shall be allowed as a credit against payment of the tax imposed by the municipal corporation, and shall be treated as taxes paid for purposes of § 33.20. This division (C) applies only to the person for whom the amount is deducted and withheld.
      (10)   The Tax Administrator shall prescribe the forms of the receipts and returns required under this section.
(Ord. 16-903, passed 12-19-2016)
Statutory reference:
   Definitions, see R.C. § 718.01
   Occasional entrant, personal services; withholding, see R.C. § 718.011
   Withholding by casinos and lottery sales agents, see R.C. § 718.031
   Withholding from qualifying wages, see R.C. § 718.03
§ 33.19 INCOME SUBJECT TO NET PROFIT TAX.
   (A)   Determining municipal taxable income for taxpayers who are not individuals. Municipal taxable income for a taxpayer who is not an individual for the municipality is calculated as follows:
      (1)   Income reduced by exempt income to the extent otherwise included in income, multiplied by apportionment;
      (2)   Income shall further be reduced by any pre-2017 net operating loss carry forward equals municipal taxable income;
         (a)   Income for a taxpayer that is not an individual means the net profit of the taxpayer;
            1.   NET PROFIT for a person other than an individual is defined in § 33.16; and
            2.   ADJUSTED FEDERAL TAXABLE INCOME is defined in § 33.16.
         (b)   EXEMPT INCOME is defined in § 33.16;
         (c)   APPORTIONMENT means the apportionment as determined by division (B) below; and
         (d)   PRE-2017 NET OPERATING LOSS CARRY FORWARD is defined in § 33.16.
   (B)   Net profit; income subject to net profit tax; alternative apportionment. This division (B) applies to any taxpayer engaged in a business or profession in the municipality, unless the taxpayer is an individual who resides in the municipality or the taxpayer is an electric company, combined company, or telephone company that is subject to, and required to, file reports under R.C. Chapter 5745.
      (1)   Net profit from a business or profession conducted both within and without the boundaries of the municipality shall be considered as having a taxable situs in the municipality for purposes of municipal income taxation in the same proportion as the average ratio of the following:
         (a)   The average original cost of the real property and tangible personal property owned or used by the taxpayer in the business or profession in the municipality during the taxable period to the average original cost of all of the real and tangible personal property owned or used by the taxpayer in the business or profession during the same period, wherever situated. As used in this division (B), TANGIBLE PERSONAL OR REAL PROPERTY shall include property rented or leased by the taxpayer and the value of such property shall be determined by multiplying the annual rental thereon by eight;
         (b)   Wages, salaries, and other compensation paid during the taxable period to individuals employed in the business or profession for services performed in the municipality to wages, salaries, and other compensation paid during the same period to individuals employed in the business or profession, wherever the individual’s services are performed, excluding compensation from which taxes are not required to be withheld under § 33.18(B); and
         (c)   Total gross receipts of the business or profession from sales and rentals made and services performed during the taxable period in the municipality to total gross receipts of the business or profession during the same period from sales, rentals, and services, wherever made or performed.
      (2)   (a)   If the apportionment factors described in division (B)(1) above do not fairly represent the extent of a taxpayer’s business activity in the municipality, the taxpayer may request, or the Tax Administrator of the municipality may require, that the taxpayer use, with respect to all or any portion of the income of the taxpayer, an alternative apportionment method involving one or more of the following:
            1.   Separate accounting;
            2.   The exclusion of one or more of the factors;
            3.   The inclusion of one or more additional factors that would provide for a more fair apportionment of the income of the taxpayer to the municipality; and
            4.   A modification of one or more of the factors.
         (b)   A taxpayer request to use an alternative apportionment method shall be in writing, and shall accompany a tax return, timely filed appeal of an assessment, or timely filed amended tax return. The taxpayer may use the requested alternative method unless the Tax Administrator denies the request in an assessment issued within the period prescribed by § 33.32(A).
         (c)   A Tax Administrator may require a taxpayer to use an alternative apportionment method as described in division (B)(2)(a) above only by issuing an assessment to the taxpayer within the period prescribed by § 33.32(A).
         (d)   Nothing in this division (B)(2) nullifies or otherwise affects any alternative apportionment arrangement approved by a Tax Administrator, or otherwise agreed upon by both the Tax Administrator and taxpayer before January 1, 2016.
      (3)   As used in division (B)(1)(b) above, WAGES, SALARIES, AND OTHER COMPENSATION includes only wages, salaries, or other compensation paid to an employee for services performed at any of the following locations:
         (a)   A location that is owned, controlled, or used by, rented to, or under the possession of one of the following:
            1.   The employer;
            2.   A vendor, customer, client, or patient of the employer, or a related member of such a vendor, customer, client, or patient; or
            3.   A vendor, customer, client, or patient of a person described in division (B)(3)(a)2. above, or a related member of such a vendor, customer, client, or patient.
         (b)   Any location at which a trial, appeal, hearing, investigation, inquiry, review, court martial, or similar administrative, judicial, or legislative matter or proceeding is being conducted; provided that the compensation is paid for services performed for, or on behalf of, the employer or that the employee’s presence at the location directly or indirectly benefits the employer;
         (c)   Any other location, if the Tax Administrator determines that the employer directed the employee to perform the services at the other location in lieu of a location described in divisions (B)(3)(a) or (B)(3)(b) above solely in order to avoid or reduce the employer’s municipal income tax liability. If a Tax Administrator makes such a determination, the employer may dispute the determination by establishing, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the Tax Administrator’s determination was unreasonable;
      (4)   For the purposes of division (B)(1)(c) above, receipts from sales and rentals made and services performed shall be sitused to a municipal corporation as follows:
         (a)   Gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property shall be sitused to the municipal corporation in which the sale originated. For the purposes of this division (B)(4), a sale of property originates in a municipal corporation if, regardless of where title passes, the property meets any of the following criteria:
            1.   The property is shipped to, or delivered within, the municipal corporation from a stock of goods located within the municipal corporation;
            2.   The property is delivered within the municipal corporation from a location outside the municipal corporation; provided the taxpayer is regularly engaged through its own employees in the solicitation or promotion of sales within such municipal corporation, and the sales result from such solicitation or promotion; and/or
            3.   The property is shipped from a place within the municipal corporation to purchasers outside the municipal corporation; provided that the taxpayer is not, through its own employees, regularly engaged in the solicitation or promotion of sales at the place where delivery is made.
         (b)   Gross receipts from the sale of services shall be sitused to the municipal corporation to the extent that such services are performed in the municipal corporation;
         (c)   To the extent included in income, gross receipts from the sale of real property located in the municipal corporation shall be sitused to the municipal corporation;
         (d)   To the extent included in income, gross receipts from rents and royalties from real property located in the municipal corporation shall be sitused to the municipal corporation; and
         (e)   Gross receipts from rents and royalties from tangible personal property shall be sitused to the municipal corporation based upon the extent to which the tangible personal property is used in the municipal corporation.
      (5)   (a)   The net profit received by an individual taxpayer from the rental of real estate owned directly by the individual, or by a disregarded entity owned by the individual, shall be subject to tax only by the municipal corporation in which the property generating the net profit is located, and the municipal corporation in which the individual taxpayer that receives the net profit resides.
         (b)   A municipal corporation shall allow such taxpayers to elect to use separate accounting for the purpose of calculating net profit sitused under this division (B) to the municipal corporation in which the property is located.
      (6)   (a)   Except as provided in division (B)(6)(b) below, commissions received by a real estate agent or broker relating to the sale, purchase, or lease of real estate shall be sitused to the municipal corporation in which the real estate is located. Net profit reported by the real estate agent or broker shall be allocated to a municipal corporation based upon the ratio of the commissions the agent or broker received from the sale, purchase, or lease of real estate located in the municipal corporation to the commissions received from the sale, purchase, or lease of real estate everywhere in the taxable year.
         (b)   An individual who is a resident of a municipal corporation that imposes a municipal income tax shall report the individual’s net profit from all real estate activity on the individual’s annual tax return for that municipal corporation. The individual may claim a credit for taxes the individual paid on such net profit to another municipal corporation to the extent that such credit is allowed under § 33.21(A).
      (7)   (a)   If, in computing a taxpayer’s adjusted federal taxable income, the taxpayer deducted any amount with respect to a stock option granted to an employee, and if the employee is not required to include in the employee’s income any such amount, or a portion thereof, because it is exempted from taxation under the definition of “exempt income”, division (l), and under the definition of “qualifying wages”, division (a)4., of § 33.16, by a municipal corporation to which the taxpayer has apportioned a portion of its net profit, the taxpayer shall add the amount that is exempt from taxation to the taxpayer’s net profit that was apportioned to that municipal corporation. In no case shall a taxpayer be required to add to its net profit that was apportioned to that municipal corporation any amount other than the amount upon which the employee would be required to pay tax were the amount related to the stock option not exempted from taxation.
         (b)   This division (B)(7) applies solely for the purpose of making an adjustment to the amount of a taxpayer’s net profit that was apportioned to a municipal corporation under this section.
      (8)   When calculating the ratios described in division (B)(1) above for the purposes of that division, or division (B)(2) above, the owner of a disregarded entity shall include in the owner’s ratios the property, payroll, and gross receipts of such disregarded entity.
   (C)   Consolidated federal income tax return.
      (1)   For the purpose of this division (C), the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.
         AFFILIATED GROUP OF CORPORATIONS. An affiliated group, as defined in § 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code, except that, if such a group includes at least one incumbent local exchange carrier that is primarily engaged in the business of providing local exchange telephone service in this state, the affiliated group shall not include any incumbent local exchange carrier that would otherwise be included in the group.
         CONSOLIDATED FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURN. A consolidated return filed for federal income tax purposes pursuant to I.R.C. § 1501.
         CONSOLIDATED FEDERAL TAXABLE INCOME. The consolidated taxable income of an affiliated group of corporations, as computed for the purposes of filing a consolidated federal income tax return, before consideration of net operating losses or special deductions. CONSOLIDATED FEDERAL TAXABLE INCOME does not include income or loss of an incumbent local exchange carrier that is excluded from the affiliated group under this division (C)(1).
         INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIER. Has the same meaning as in R.C. § 4927.01.
         LOCAL EXCHANGE TELEPHONE SERVICE. Has the same meaning as in R.C. § 5727.01.
      (2)   (a)   For taxable years beginning on, or after, January 1, 2016, a taxpayer that is a member of an affiliated group of corporations may elect to file a consolidated municipal income tax return for a taxable year if at least one member of the affiliated group of corporations is subject to the municipal income tax in that taxable year, and if the affiliated group of corporations filed a consolidated federal income tax return with respect to that taxable year.
            1.   The election is binding for a five-year period beginning with the first taxable year of the initial election unless a change in the reporting method is required under federal law.
            2.   The election continues to be binding for each subsequent five-year period unless the taxpayer elects to discontinue filing consolidated municipal income tax returns under division (C)(2)(b) below.
            3.   A taxpayer receives permission from the Tax Administrator. The Tax Administrator shall approve such a request for good cause shown.
         (b)   An election to discontinue filing consolidated municipal income tax returns under this division (C)(2) must be made in the first year following the last year of a five-year consolidated municipal income tax return election period in effect under division (C)(2)(a) above. The election to discontinue filing a consolidated municipal income tax return is binding for a five-year period beginning with the first taxable year of the election.
         (c)   An election made under division (C)(2)(a) or (C)(2)(b) above is binding on all members of the affiliated group of corporations subject to a municipal income tax.
      (3)   A taxpayer that is a member of an affiliated group of corporations that filed a consolidated federal income tax return for a taxable year shall file a consolidated municipal income tax return for that taxable year if the Tax Administrator determines, by a preponderance of the evidence, that intercompany transactions have not been conducted at arm’s length, and that there has been a distortive shifting of income or expenses with regard to allocation of net profits to the municipal corporation. A taxpayer that is required to file a consolidated municipal income tax return for a taxable year shall file a consolidated municipal income tax return for all subsequent taxable years unless the taxpayer requests and receives written permission from the Tax Administrator to file a separate return or a taxpayer has experienced a change in circumstances.
      (4)   A taxpayer shall prepare a consolidated municipal income tax return in the same manner as is required under the United States Department of Treasury regulations that prescribe procedures for the preparation of the consolidated federal income tax return required to be filed by the common parent of the affiliated group of which the taxpayer is a member.
      (5)   (a)   Except as otherwise provided in divisions (C)(5)(b), (C)(5)(c), and (C)(5)(d) below, corporations that file a consolidated municipal income tax return shall compute “adjusted federal taxable income”, as defined in § 33.16, by substituting consolidated federal taxable income for federal taxable income wherever federal taxable income appears in that division, and by substituting an affiliated group of corporation’s for a C corporation’s wherever a C corporation’s appears in that division.
         (b)   No corporation filing a consolidated municipal income tax return shall make any adjustment otherwise required under the definition of “adjusted federal taxable income” of § 33.16 to the extent that the item of income or deduction otherwise subject to the adjustment has been eliminated or consolidated in the computation of consolidated federal taxable income.
         (c)   If the net profit or loss of a pass-through entity having at least 80% of the value of its ownership interest owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by an affiliated group of corporations is included in that affiliated group’s consolidated federal taxable income for a taxable year, the corporation filing a consolidated municipal income tax return shall do one of the following with respect to that pass-through entity’s net profit or loss for that taxable year:
            1.   Exclude the pass-through entity’s net profit or loss from the consolidated federal taxable income of the affiliated group and, for the purpose of making the computations required in division (B) above, exclude the property, payroll, and gross receipts of the pass-through entity in the computation of the affiliated group’s net profit sitused to a municipal corporation. If the entity’s net profit or loss is so excluded, the entity shall be subject to taxation as a separate taxpayer on the basis of the entity’s net profits that would otherwise be included in the consolidated federal taxable income of the affiliated group; or
            2.   Include the pass-through entity’s net profit or loss in the consolidated federal taxable income of the affiliated group and, for the purpose of making the computations required in division (B) above, include the property, payroll, and gross receipts of the pass-through entity in the computation of the affiliated group’s net profit sitused to a municipal corporation. If the entity’s net profit or loss is so included, the entity shall not be subject to taxation as a separate taxpayer on the basis of the entity’s net profits that are included in the consolidated federal taxable income of the affiliated group.
         (d)   If the net profit or loss of a pass-through entity having less than 80% of the value of its ownership interest owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by an affiliated group of corporations is included in that affiliated group’s consolidated federal taxable income for a taxable year, all of the following shall apply:
            1.   The corporation filing the consolidated municipal income tax return shall exclude the pass-through entity’s net profit or loss from the consolidated federal taxable income of the affiliated group and, for the purposes of making the computations required in division (B) above, exclude the property, payroll, and gross receipts of the pass-through entity in the computation of the affiliated group’s net profit sitused to a municipal corporation; and
            2.   The pass-through entity shall be subject to municipal income taxation as a separate taxpayer in accordance with this subchapter on the basis of the entity’s net profits that would otherwise be included in the consolidated federal taxable income of the affiliated group.
      (6)   Corporations filing a consolidated municipal income tax return shall make the computations required under division (B) above by substituting “consolidated federal taxable income attributable to” for “net profit from” wherever “net profit from” appears in that section, and by substituting “affiliated group of corporations” for “taxpayer” wherever “taxpayer” appears in that section.
      (7)   Each corporation filing a consolidated municipal income tax return is jointly and severally liable for any tax, interest, penalties, fines, charges, or other amounts imposed by a municipal corporation in accordance with this subchapter on the corporation, an affiliated group of which the corporation is a member for any portion of the taxable year, or any one or more members of such an affiliated group.
      (8)   Corporations and their affiliates that made an election, or entered into an agreement, with a municipal corporation before January 1, 2016 to file a consolidated or combined tax return with such municipal corporation may continue to file consolidated or combined tax returns in accordance with such election or agreement for taxable years beginning on, and after, January 1, 2016.
   (D)   Tax credit for businesses that foster new jobs in the state. The municipality, by ordinance, may grant a refundable or nonrefundable credit against its tax on income to a taxpayer to foster job creation in the municipality. If a credit is granted under this section, it shall be measured as a percentage of the new income tax revenue the municipality derives from new employees of the taxpayer, and shall be for a term not exceeding 15 years. Before the municipality passes an ordinance granting a credit, the municipality and the taxpayer shall enter into an agreement specifying all the conditions of the credit.
   (E)   Tax credits to foster job retention. The municipality, by ordinance, may grant a refundable or nonrefundable credit against its tax on income to a taxpayer for the purpose of fostering job retention in the municipality. If a credit is granted under this section, it shall be measured as a percentage of the income tax revenue the municipality derives from the retained employees of the taxpayer, and shall be for a term not exceeding 15 years. Before the municipality passes an ordinance allowing such a credit, the municipality and the taxpayer shall enter into an agreement specifying all the conditions of the credit.
(Ord. 16-903, passed 12-19-2016)
Statutory reference:
   Consolidated municipal tax return, see R.C. § 718.06
   Definitions, see R.C. § 718.01
   Fostering job retention; tax credits, see R.C. § 718.151
   Fostering new jobs; tax credits, see R.C. § 718.15
   Income subject to tax, see R.C. § 718.02
Loading...