Effective: March 27, 2020
Latest Legislation: House Bill 197 - 133rd General Assembly
Except as provided in section 5743.331 of the Revised Code, every person who has acquired cigarettes for use, storage, or other consumption subject to the tax levied under section 5743.32, 5743.321, 5743.323, or 5743.324 of the Revised Code, shall, on or before the fifteenth day of the month following receipt of such cigarettes, file with the tax commissioner a return showing the amount of cigarettes acquired, together with remittance of the tax thereon. No such person shall transport within this state, cigarettes that have a wholesale value in excess of three hundred dollars, unless that person has obtained consent to transport the cigarettes from the department of taxation prior to such transportation. Such consent shall not be required if the applicable taxes levied under sections 5743.02, 5743.021, 5743.024, and 5743.026 of the Revised Code have been paid. Application for the consent shall be in the form prescribed by the tax commissioner.
Every person transporting such cigarettes shall possess the consent while transporting or possessing the cigarettes within this state and shall produce the consent upon request of any law enforcement officer or authorized agent of the tax commissioner.
Any person transporting such cigarettes without the consent required by this section, shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter, including the applicable taxes imposed under sections 5743.02, 5743.021, 5743.024, and 5743.026 of the Revised Code.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Section 5743.01 | Cigarette Tax Definitions.
Section 5743.02 | Excise Tax on Sale of Cigarettes.
Section 5743.021 | Regional Arts and Cultural District Cigarette Sales Tax.
Section 5743.024 | County Cigarette Sales Tax - Local Excise Tax Administrative Fund.
Section 5743.025 | Return for County Tax.
Section 5743.026 | Election on Convention Facility Authority Tax.
Section 5743.03 | Purchase and Use of Tax Stamps.
Section 5743.031 | Affixing of Tax Stamps - Purchase and Sale - Shipping Regulations.
Section 5743.04 | Powers and Duties of Tax Commissioner.
Section 5743.05 | Sale of Stamps; Delivery; Redemption of Stamps.
Section 5743.051 | Remitting Payment for Tax Stamps by Electronic Funds Transfer.
Section 5743.071 | Wholesale and Retail Dealers to Maintain Records.
Section 5743.072 | Monthly Report by Persons Shipping Cigarettes.
Section 5743.08 | Seizure and Sale of Cigarettes on Which No Tax Has Been Paid.
Section 5743.081 | Assessments for Failure to File Return.
Section 5743.082 | Jeopardy Assessments.
Section 5743.09 | Issuance of Warrant for Collection of Taxes - Preferred Claim.
Section 5743.10 | Cigarettes in Possession Must Be Stamped.
Section 5743.11 | Duty to Affix Stamp.
Section 5743.111 | Possessing Cigarettes Not Bearing Stamps.
Section 5743.112 | Trafficking in Cigarettes With Intent to Avoid Payment of Tax.
Section 5743.12 | Prohibition Against Making False Entries.
Section 5743.13 | Prohibition Against Forging, Altering or Counterfeiting Stamps.
Section 5743.14 | Prohibition Against Hindering Inspection.
Section 5743.15 | Cigarette License Required - Application - Cigarette Tax Enforcement Fund.
Section 5743.16 | Lists of Licensees - Supplemental Lists - Index.
Section 5743.17 | Revocation of License by Court.
Section 5743.18 | Revocation of License by Tax Commissioner.
Section 5743.19 | Trafficking in Cigarettes Without License.
Section 5743.20 | Separate Place of Business - Sale and Purchase Restricted to Licensed Dealers.
Section 5743.21 | Stamp Not to Affixed to Certain Packages - Seizure and Destruction of Packages.
Section 5743.31 | Cigarette Use and Storage Tax Definitions.
Section 5743.32 | Excise Tax on Use, Storage or Consumption of Cigarettes - Use of Revenue.
Section 5743.321 | Regional Arts and Cultural District Cigarette Use Tax.
Section 5743.323 | County Tax on Use, Consumption, or Storage for Consumption of Cigarettes.
Section 5743.324 | Resolution for Convention Facility Authority Tax.
Section 5743.33 | Returns - Remittance - Consent to Transport.
Section 5743.34 | Assessment on Failure to Pay Use Tax.
Section 5743.35 | Failure to Make Return or Pay Applicable Taxes.
Section 5743.41 | Failure to Post License or Comply With Law.
Section 5743.42 | Tobacco Containing Substances Deleterious to Health.
Section 5743.45 | Tax Commissioner May Delegate Investigation Powers.
Section 5743.46 | Department of Taxation to Cooperate With Law Enforcement Agencies.
Section 5743.52 | Filing Monthly Return With Payment.
Section 5743.53 | Refunds - Credits.
Section 5743.54 | Maintaining Records.
Section 5743.55 | Tax Evasion.
Section 5743.56 | Liability for Tax.
Section 5743.57 | Corporation's Liability for Tax.
Section 5743.58 | Levy Against and Sale of Property of Delinquent.
Section 5743.59 | Retail Dealer - Prohibited Acts.
Section 5743.60 | Distribution of Tobacco or Vapor Products With Intent to Avoid Payment of Tax.
Section 5743.62 | Excise Tax on Seller of Tobacco or Vapor Products to Consumer.
Section 5743.63 | Excise Tax on Storage, Use or Other Consumption of Tobacco or Vapor Products.
Section 5743.64 | Consent to Transport Tobacco or Vapor Products Within State Required.
Section 5743.65 | Failure of Seller or Consumer to File Return or Pay Tax.
Section 5743.71 | Consent for Consumer Shipment of Cigarettes Not Reasonably Available.