• 09/28/06 Streamlined Sales Tax Amnesty to End

(EXCERPT: "Ohio businesses are reminded that an amnesty program offered by all the full member and associate states of the Streamlined Sales Tax Project expires September 30. Interested businesses must act quickly to take advantage of this opportunity to avoid potential sales tax liability in the 13 full member states (listed below). Ohio, as one of 5 associate member states (listed below), is required by the streamlined sales tax agreement to provide amnesty through December 31, 2008."

• 04/25/06 Smokers Alert: Ohio Department of Taxation Collecting for Unpaid Taxes

(EXCERPT: "Smokers across Ohio who’ve been surfing the Internet to purchase cheaper cigarettes may soon be getting an unexpected notice in the mail – the Ohio Department of Taxation (ODT) is sending out bills for unpaid cigarette and sales taxes. More than 8,000 people will be billed for taxes they didn’t pay for online cigarette purchases between 2002 and 2005. The bills total more than $2.5 million in unpaid cigarette excise and use taxes. In a similar program last year, ODT collected $16,000 from a much smaller list of tax violators."

• 04/19/06 Ohio Department of Taxation Reports Final Results of Successful 2006 Tax Amnesty Program, Recovering More Than $66 Million in Delinquent Taxes

(EXCERPT: "The Ohio Department of Taxation collected approximately $66.7 million in delinquent taxes previously owed to the State, which is more than six and one half times the initial goal set, through the six-week 2006 Ohio Tax Amnesty Program."

• 04/03/06 Electronic Tax Filings Up Again; Savings Too

(EXCERPT: "With the April 17th filing deadline near, Ohio Tax Commissioner William W. Wilkins is urging taxpayers who have not yet filed their state income tax return to follow the increasingly large crowd and file electronically. Paperless returns are up by more than 100,000 compared to last year and Wilkins thinks the upward trend will continue."

• 02/01/2006 CAT First Return Deadline is Feb. 10: Businesses Can Go Online for Smooth Filing

EXCERPT: "Ohio business taxpayers have fewer than ten days to go before the due date of the inaugural return of the state’s new business tax, the Commercial Activity Tax (CAT). The CAT’s first filing deadline is Friday, Feb. 10. The Ohio Department of Taxation (ODT) is encouraging businesses to file their CAT returns online through the Ohio Business Gateway (obg.ohio.gov) to save time and avoid a last-minute mailing crunch."

• 01/30/2006 Tax Filing Delivers Income Tax Cuts to Ohio Taxpayers - Savings on 2005 income taxes estimated at $340 million
  (EXCERPT: "Every Ohio income tax filer will find their rates cut 4.2 percent this filing season and Tax Commissioner William W. Wilkins says the quickest way to take advantage of that tax cut is to file electronically."
• 01/26/2006 Veteran Tax Attorney Picked for Ohio Tax Hall of Fame - Inductee’s career spanned government, academia and corporate tax worlds
  (EXCERPT: "A veteran Ohio tax attorney, Earl Goldhammer, was announced today as the 2006 Ohio Tax Hall of Fame inductee. The announcement was made jointly by the Ohio Tax Commissioner and Ohio Chamber of Commerce at the 15 th annual Ohio Tax Conference in Columbus."