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Number of Taxpayers and Tax Return Data, Fiscal Year 2008
The commercial activity tax went into effect on July 1, 2005. It is a privilege tax measured by gross receipts from activities in this state. The tax is a key component of the 2005 tax reform package enacted by Am. Sub. House Bill 66 (126th General Assembly). The major business tax components of the tax reform act consist of the phase-out of both the tangible personal property tax and the corporate franchise tax and the phase-in of the commercial activity tax.
The tax is levied and paid on a quarterly or annualized basis. Taxpayers with annual taxable gross receipts above $1 million must report and pay the tax quarterly. Taxpayers whose annual taxable gross receipts are between $150,000 and $1 million are considered annual taxpayers and are subject only to the $150 minimum tax. Taxpayers with annual gross receipts below $150,000 are not subject to the commercial activity tax.
The attached CAT-1 and CAT-2 tables reflect information reported on tax returns that were due and filed during fiscal year 2008. For quarterly taxpayers, these returns reflect activity for the April 2007 to March 2008 period; the returns were due and filed in August 2007, November 2007, February 2008 and May 2008. In addition, the data include tax returns filed by annual taxpayers for the calendar year 2008 period; the returns were due in February 2008. Additional factors affecting the data in these tables are explained below.
As shown in these tables, the total reported commercial activity tax liability for fiscal year 2008 was $929.7 million. Of this amount $25.6 million was attributable to the minimum tax and $904.1 million was attributable to the 0.156% tax rate. Taxable gross receipts amounted to $665.2 billion but the exclusion available on each return reduced taxable receipts by $85.7 billion, or 12.9%; the resulting net taxable gross receipts amounted to $579.5 billion.
Table CAT-1 shows tax return information for 19 industrial sectors. The industrial sector data is based on each taxpayer’s reported primary industrial code, using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The retail sector comprises the largest group of taxpayers, accounting for 12.8% of all taxpayers. This is followed by unclassified (10.8%) and construction (10.5%) taxpayers. In terms of tax liability, manufacturers account for the largest share at 30.8% of the total. The retail (17.9%) and wholesale sectors (14.6%) account for the next largest shares of total liability.
Table CAT-2 provides tax return information based on the size of each taxpayer’s taxable gross receipts (prior to the exclusion). Filers whose fiscal year 2008 taxable gross receipts were $1 million or below accounted for 72.9% of all returns but only 2.1% of the total liability. Filers with taxable gross receipts above $1 billion comprised less than 0.1% of all returns but accounted for 26.0% of total tax liability.
Data contained in these tables is derived from commercial activity tax returns filed by taxpayers with the Ohio Department of Taxation.
