Sales and Use Tax
State and Permissive (Local) Sales & Use Tax
Collections for Industries Directly and Indirectly Related to
Travel & Tourism, January - June 2010
The Ohio Department of Taxation is required under ORC Section
5739.36 to summarize and publish sales and use tax
collections for industries related directly and indirectly to
travel and tourism by industrial classification for each
preceding six month period. The following table covers tax
collections for January through June 2010.
For the last six months of fiscal year 2010, state and
permissive (i.e., local) sales and use tax collections
totaled $1.96 billion from a total of 77,806 accounts. Out of
the 26 classification groups, 12 are related directly to
travel and tourism while 14 are indirectly related. Sales tax
collections ranged from a high of $531.9 million by
department/general merchandise stores to a low of $144,197 by
firms in the “other passenger transportation services”
category. The number of accounts per classification ranged
from 28,892 miscellaneous store retailers to 33 air
transportation firms.
Figures shown in this publication are from records of the
Ohio Department of Taxation.