Sales and Use Tax
Sales and Use Tax Collections for July 2008 through
December 2008, by Industrial Classification
For the July 1 through December 31, 2008 period,
approximately $4.2 billion in state and permissive (local)
sales & use tax was collected from 177,041 different
sales vendors. The following table summarizes the sales tax
data by type of industry classification for the indicated
six-month period.
Out of the 30 classification groups, sales tax collections
ranged from a high of $601.5 million by general merchandise
stores to a low of $1.2 million by holding companies. The
number of accounts per classification ranged from 30,239
miscellaneous store retailers to 31 holding companies.
Figures shown in this publication are from records of the
Ohio Department of Taxation.