5735.061 Commissioner certifying rates to dealers. - Ohio Statutes

5735.061 Commissioner certifying rates to dealers.

(A) By the fifteenth day of June of 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993, the tax commissioner shall certify to each dealer the following:

(1) The cents per gallon rate computed for the period that begins on the first day of July of the current year pursuant to section 5735.011 of the Revised Code;

(2) The difference between the cents per gallon rate presently in effect and the cents per gallon rate referred to in division (A)(1) of this section.

(B) By the thirty-first day of July of each year each motor fuel dealer shall file with the tax commissioner, on forms prescribed by the commissioner, a report signed by the motor fuel dealer showing the total number of gallons of all motor fuel that is held in the inventory of such motor fuel dealer as of the beginning of business on the first day of July of such year and on which the motor fuel tax has been paid.

(C) If the cents per gallon rate referred to in division (A)(1) of this section is greater than the cents per gallon rate it replaced, each motor fuel dealer shall pay to the tax commissioner, upon the filing of the report under division (B) of this section, an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the gallonage referred to in division (B) of this section by the cents per gallon rate difference referred to in division (A)(2) of this section. The tax commissioner shall immediately forward to the treasurer of state all money collected under this section, and such money shall be treated as revenue arising from the tax levied pursuant to section 5735.05 of the Revised Code.

(D) If the cents per gallon rate referred to in division (A)(1) of this section is lower than the cents per gallon rate it replaced, each motor fuel dealer shall be entitled to a refund in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the gallonage referred to in division (B) of this section by the cents per gallon rate difference referred to in division (A)(2) of this section. Within forty-five days from the date the motor fuel dealer files a report pursuant to division (B) of this section, the tax commissioner shall certify the amount of the refund to the director of budget and management and treasurer of state for payment from the tax refund fund created by section 5703.052 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 01-01-2003