Text of Statute
As used in this section, "local tax" means a tax imposed pursuant to section 5739.021 [5739.02.1], 5739.023 [5739.02.3], 5739.026 [5739.02.6], 5741.021 [5741.02.1], 5741.022 [5741.02.2], or 5741.023 [5741.02.3] of the Revised Code.
(A) The taxes levied by sections 5739.02 and 5741.02 of the Revised Code shall be collected in accordance with the following schedule:
If the price But not The amount
is at least more than of the tax is
$ .01 $ .15 No tax
.16 .20 1c
.21 .40 2c
.41 .60 3c
.61 .80 4c
.81 1.00 5c
If the price exceeds one dollar, the tax is five cents on each one dollar. If the price exceeds one dollar or a multiple thereof by not more than twenty cents, the amount of tax is five cents for each one dollar plus one cent. If the price exceeds one dollar or a multiple thereof by more than twenty cents, the amount of tax is five cents for each one dollar plus the amount of tax for prices twenty-one cents through ninety-nine cents in accordance with the schedule above.
(B) The combined taxes levied by sections 5739.02 and 5741.02 and pursuant to sections 5739.021 [5739.02.1], 5739.023 [5739.02.3], 5739.026 [5739.02.6], 5741.021 [5741.02.1], 5741.022 [5741.02.2], and 5741.023 [5741.02.3] of the Revised Code shall be collected in accordance with the following schedules:
(1) When the total rate of local tax is one-fourth per cent:
If the price But not The amount
is at least more than of the tax is
$ .01 $ .15 No tax
.16 .19 1c
.20 .38 2c
.39 .57 3c
.58 .76 4c
.77 .95 5c
.96 1.14 6c
1.15 1.33 7c
1.34 1.52 8c
1.53 1.71 9c
1.72 1.90 10c
1.91 2.09 11c
2.10 2.28 12c
2.29 2.47 13c
2.48 2.66 14c
2.67 2.85 15c
2.86 3.04 16c
3.05 3.23 17c
3.24 3.42 18c
3.43 3.61 19c
3.62 3.80 20c
3.81 4.00 21c
If the price exceeds four dollars, the tax is twenty-one cents on each four dollars. If the price exceeds four dollars or a multiple thereof by not more than nineteen cents, the amount of tax is twenty-one cents for each four dollars plus one cent. If the price exceeds four dollars or a multiple thereof by more than nineteen cents, the amount of tax is twenty-one cents for each four dollars plus the amount of tax for prices twenty cents through three dollars and ninety-nine cents in accordance with the schedule above.
(2) When the combined rate of local tax is one-half per cent:
If the price But not The amount
is at least more than of the tax is
$ .01 $ .15 No tax
.16 .18 1c
.19 .36 2c
.37 .54 3c
.55 .72 4c
.73 .90 5c
.91 1.09 6c
1.10 1.27 7c
1.28 1.46 8c
1.47 1.64 9c
1.65 1.82 10c
1.83 2.00 11c
If the price exceeds two dollars, the tax is eleven cents on each two dollars. If the price exceeds two dollars or a multiple thereof by not more than eighteen cents, the amount of tax is eleven cents for each two dollars plus one cent. If the price exceeds two dollars or a multiple thereof by more than eighteen cents, the amount of tax is eleven cents for each two dollars plus the amount of tax for prices nineteen cents through one dollar and ninety-nine cents in accordance with the schedule above.
(3) When the combined rate of local tax is three-fourths per cent:
If the price But not The amount
is at least more than of the tax is
$ .01 $ .15 No tax
.16 .17 1c
.18 .34 2c
.35 .52 3c
.53 .69 4c
.70 .86 5c
.87 1.04 6c
1.05 1.21 7c
1.22 1.39 8c
1.40 1.56 9c
1.57 1.73 10c
1.74 1.91 11c
1.92 2.08 12c
2.09 2.26 13c
2.27 2.43 14c
2.44 2.60 15c
2.61 2.78 16c
2.79 2.95 17c
2.96 3.13 18c
3.14 3.30 19c
3.31 3.47 20c
3.48 3.65 21c
3.66 3.82 22c
3.83 4.00 23c
If the price exceeds four dollars, the tax is twenty-three cents on each four dollars. If the price exceeds four dollars or a multiple thereof by not more than seventeen cents, the amount of tax is twenty-three cents for each four dollars plus one cent. If the price exceeds four dollars or a multiple thereof by more than seventeen cents, the amount of tax is twenty-three cents for each four dollars plus the amount of tax for prices eighteen cents through three dollars and ninety-nine cents in accordance with the schedule above.
(4) When the combined rate of local tax is one per cent:
If the price But not The amount
is at least more than of the tax is
$ .01 $ .15 No tax
.16 .17 1c
.18 .34 2c
.35 .50 3c
.51 .67 4c
.68 .83 5c
.84 1.00 6c
If the price exceeds one dollar, the tax is six cents on each one dollar. If the price exceeds one dollar or a multiple thereof by not more than seventeen cents, the amount of tax is six cents for each one dollar plus one cent. If the price exceeds one dollar or a multiple thereof by more than seventeen cents, the amount of tax is six cents for each one dollar plus the amount of tax for prices eighteen cents through ninety-nine cents in accordance with the schedule above.
(5) When the combined rate of local tax is one and one-fourth per cent:
If the price But not The amount
is at least more than of the tax is
$ .01 $ .15 No tax
.16 .16 1c
.17 .32 2c
.33 .48 3c
.49 .64 4c
.65 .80 5c
.81 .96 6c
.97 1.12 7c
1.13 1.28 8c
1.29 1.44 9c
1.45 1.60 10c
1.61 1.76 11c
1.77 1.92 12c
1.93 2.08 13c
2.09 2.24 14c
2.25 2.40 15c
2.41 2.56 16c
2.57 2.72 17c
2.73 2.88 18c
2.89 3.04 19c
3.05 3.20 20c
3.21 3.36 21c
3.37 3.52 22c
3.53 3.68 23c
3.69 3.84 24c
3.85 4.00 25c
If the price exceeds four dollars, the tax is twenty-five cents on each four dollars. If the price exceeds four dollars or a multiple thereof by not more than sixteen cents, the amount of tax is twenty-five cents for each four dollars plus one cent. If the price exceeds four dollars or a multiple thereof by more than sixteen cents, the amount of tax is twenty-five cents for each four dollars plus the amount of tax for prices seventeen cents through three dollars and ninety-nine cents in accordance with the schedule above.
(6) When the combined rate of local tax is one and one-half per cent:
If the price But not The amount
is at least more than of the tax is
$ .01 $ .15 No tax
.16 .30 2c
.31 .46 3c
.47 .61 4c
.62 .76 5c
.77 .92 6c
.93 1.07 7c
1.08 1.23 8c
1.24 1.38 9c
1.39 1.53 10c
1.54 1.69 11c
1.70 1.84 12c
1.85 2.00 13c
If the price exceeds two dollars, the tax is thirteen cents on each two dollars. If the price exceeds two dollars or a multiple thereof by not more than fifteen cents, the amount of tax is thirteen cents for each two dollars plus one cent. If the price exceeds two dollars or a multiple thereof by more than fifteen cents, the amount of tax is thirteen cents for each two dollars plus the amount of tax for prices sixteen cents through one dollar and ninety-nine cents in accordance with the schedule above.
(7) When the combined rate of local tax is one and three-fourths per cent:
If the price But not The amount
is at least more than of the tax is
$ .01 $ .15 No tax
.16 .29 2c
.30 .44 3c
.45 .59 4c
.60 .74 5c
.75 .88 6c
.89 1.03 7c
1.04 1.18 8c
1.19 1.33 9c
1.34 1.48 10c
1.49 1.62 11c
1.63 1.77 12c
1.78 1.92 13c
1.93 2.07 14c
2.08 2.22 15c
2.23 2.37 16c
2.38 2.51 17c
2.52 2.66 18c
2.67 2.81 19c
2.82 2.96 20c
2.97 3.11 21c
3.12 3.25 22c
3.26 3.40 23c
3.41 3.55 24c
3.56 3.70 25c
3.71 3.85 26c
3.86 4.00 27c
If the price exceeds four dollars, the tax is twenty-seven cents on each four dollars. If the price exceeds four dollars or a multiple thereof by not more than fourteen cents, the amount of tax is twenty-seven cents for each four dollars plus one cent. If the price exceeds four dollars or a multiple thereof by more than fourteen but by not more than twenty-nine cents, the amount of tax is twenty-seven cents for each four dollars plus two cents. If the price exceeds four dollars or a multiple thereof by more than twenty-nine cents the amount of tax is twenty-seven cents for each four dollars plus the amount of tax for prices thirty cents through three dollars and ninety-nine cents in accordance with the schedule above.
(8) When the combined rate of local tax is two per cent:
If the price But not The amount
is at least more than of the tax is
$ .01 $ .15 No tax
.16 .28 2c
.29 .42 3c
.43 .57 4c
.58 .71 5c
.72 .85 6c
.86 1.00 7c
If the price exceeds one dollar, the tax is seven cents on each one dollar. If the price exceeds one dollar or a multiple thereof by not more than fifteen cents, the amount of tax is seven cents for each one dollar plus one cent. If the price exceeds one dollar or a multiple thereof by more than fifteen cents, the amount of tax is seven cents for each one dollar plus the amount of tax for prices sixteen cents through ninety-nine cents in accordance with the schedule above.
(9) When the combined rate of local tax is two and one-fourth per cent:
If the price But not The amount
is at least more than of the tax is
$ .01 $ .15 No tax
.16 .27 2c
.28 .41 3c
.42 .55 4c
.56 .68 5c
.69 .82 6c
.83 .96 7c
.97 1.10 8c
1.11 1.24 9c
1.25 1.37 10c
1.38 1.51 11c
1.52 1.65 12c
1.66 1.79 13c
1.80 1.93 14c
1.94 2.06 15c
2.07 2.20 16c
2.21 2.34 17c
2.35 2.48 18c
2.49 2.62 19c
2.63 2.75 20c
2.76 2.89 21c
2.90 3.03 22c
3.04 3.17 23c
3.18 3.31 24c
3.32 3.44 25c
3.45 3.58 26c
3.59 3.72 27c
3.73 3.86 28c
3.87 4.00 29c
If the price exceeds four dollars, the tax is twenty-nine cents on each four dollars. If the price exceeds four dollars or a multiple thereof by not more than thirteen cents, the amount of tax is twenty-nine cents for each four dollars plus one cent. If the price exceeds four dollars or a multiple thereof by more than thirteen cents but by not more than twenty-seven cents, the amount of tax is twenty-nine cents for each four dollars plus two cents. If the price exceeds four dollars or a multiple thereof by more than twenty-seven cents, the amount of tax is twenty-nine cents for each four dollars plus the amount of tax for prices twenty-eight cents through three dollars and ninety-nine cents in accordance with the schedule above.
(10) When the combined rate of local tax is two and one-half per cent:
If the price But not The amount
is at least more than of the tax is
$ .01 $ .15 No tax
.16 .26 2c
.27 .40 3c
.41 .53 4c
.54 .65 5c
.66 .80 6c
.81 .93 7c
.94 1.06 8c
1.07 1.20 9c
1.21 1.33 10c
1.34 1.46 11c
1.47 1.60 12c
1.61 1.73 13c
1.74 1.86 14c
1.87 2.00 15c
If the price exceeds two dollars, the tax is fifteen cents on each two dollars. If the price exceeds two dollars or a multiple thereof by not more than fifteen cents, the amount of tax is fifteen cents for each two dollars plus one cent. If the price exceeds two dollars or a multiple thereof by more than fifteen cents, the amount of tax is fifteen cents for each two dollars plus the amount of tax for prices sixteen cents through one dollar and ninety-nine cents in accordance with the schedule above.
(11) When the combined rate of local tax is two and three-fourths per cent:
If the price But not The amount
is at least more than of the tax is
$ .01 $ .15 No tax
.16 .25 2c
.26 .38 3c
.39 .51 4c
.52 .64 5c
.65 .77 6c
.78 .90 7c
.91 1.03 8c
1.04 1.16 9c
1.17 1.29 10c
1.30 1.41 11c
1.42 1.54 12c
1.55 1.67 13c
1.68 1.80 14c
1.81 1.93 15c
1.94 2.06 16c
2.07 2.19 17c
2.20 2.32 18c
2.33 2.45 19c
2.46 2.58 20c
2.59 2.70 21c
2.71 2.83 22c
2.84 2.96 23c
2.97 3.09 24c
3.10 3.22 25c
3.23 3.35 26c
3.36 3.48 27c
3.49 3.61 28c
3.62 3.74 29c
3.75 3.87 30c
3.88 4.00 31c
If the price exceeds four dollars, the tax is thirty-one cents on each four dollars. If the price exceeds four dollars or a multiple thereof by not more than twelve cents, the amount of tax is thirty-one cents for each four dollars plus one cent. If the price exceeds four dollars or a multiple thereof by more than twelve cents but not more than twenty-five cents, the amount of tax is thirty-one cents for each four dollars plus two cents. If the price exceeds four dollars or a multiple thereof by more than twenty-five cents, the amount of tax is thirty-one cents for each four dollars plus the amount of tax for prices twenty-six cents through three dollars and ninety-nine cents in accordance with the schedule above.
(12) When the combined rate of local tax is three per cent:
If the price But not The amount
is at least more than of the tax is
$ .01 $ .15 No tax
.16 .25 2c
.26 .37 3c
.38 .50 4c
.51 .62 5c
.63 .75 6c
.76 .87 7c
.88 1.00 8c
If the price exceeds one dollar, the tax is eight cents on each one dollar. If the price exceeds one dollar or a multiple thereof by not more than twelve cents, the amount of tax is eight cents for each one dollar plus one cent. If the price exceeds one dollar or a multiple thereof by more than twelve cents but not more than twenty-five cents, the amount of tax is eight cents for each one dollar plus two cents. If the price exceeds one dollar or a multiple thereof by more than twenty-five cents, the amount of tax is eight cents for each one dollar plus the amount of tax for prices twenty-six cents through ninety-nine cents in accordance with the schedule above.
(C) In lieu of collecting the tax pursuant to the schedules set forth in divisions (A) and (B) of this section, a vendor may compute the tax on each sale as follows:
(1) On sales of fifteen cents or less, no tax shall apply.
(2) On sales in excess of fifteen cents, multiply the price by the aggregate rate of taxes in effect under sections 5739.01 and 5741.02 and sections 5739.021 [5739.02.1], 5739.023 [5739.02.3], 5739.026 [5739.02.6], 5741.021 [5741.02.1], 5741.022 [5741.02.2], and 5741.023 [5741.02.3] of the Revised Code. The computation shall be carried out to six decimal places. If the result is a fractional amount of a cent, the calculated tax shall be increased to the next highest cent and that amount shall be collected by the vendor.
(D) In auditing a vendor, the tax commissioner shall consider the method prescribed by this section that was used by the vendor in determining and collecting the tax due under this chapter on taxable transactions. If the vendor correctly collects and remits the tax due under this chapter in accordance with the schedules in divisions (A) and (B) of this section or in accordance with the computation prescribed in division (C) of this section, the commissioner shall not assess any additional tax on those transactions.
HISTORY: 139 v H 552 (Eff 11-24-81); 141 v H 583 (Eff 2-20-86); 142 v H 274 (Eff 7-20-87); 142 v H 708. Eff 4-19-88.
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Containing legislation passed and filed through August 1, 2000.