Ohio is one of a handful of states that don't impose corporate income or franchise taxes. Instead, it levels a type of gross receipts tax called the Commercial Activity Tax (CAT). Ohio also has several other types of tax filing obligations that small business owners need to know about.
Ohio levies sales tax of 5.75% on a state level plus 0.75% to 2.25% on a county level and in some cases there is a 0.5% special sales tax. As of October 2022, the average combined sales tax rate is 7.26%.
Under O.R.C. 5751.033(E), Ohio law requires the following for the sourcing of tangible personal property: Gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property shall be sitused to this state if the property is received in this state by the purchaser.
H.B. 33 of the 135th Ohio General Assembly, the Commercial Activity Tax (CAT) underwent major changes beginning January 1, 2024. For tax periods beginning on and after January 1, 2024, the CAT annual minimum tax is eliminated, and the exclusion amount is increased from $1 million to $3 million.
Calculate Ohio adjusted gross income by applying Ohio additions and deductions to federal adjusted gross in come, as reported on the federal form 1040. Calculate Ohio taxable income by subtracting personal and dependent exemptions from Ohio adjusted gross income.
The amount of business income and deductions apportioned to Ohio is determined by multiplying the net business income by an Ohio apportionment ratio, which is the sum of the property, payroll and sales factors (please refer to the business income worksheet on Ohio IT 2023, Part III).
Apportionment is the determination of the percentage of a business' profits subject to a given jurisdiction's corporate income or other business taxes. U.S. states apportion business profits based on some combination of the percentage of company property, payroll, and sales located within their borders.
Business income could include income from a sole proprietorship, farming, or a pass-through entity (including any partnership, S Corporation, or LLC). “Nonbusiness Income” means income that is not business income.
“Business income” includes both business gains and business losses. Thus, if the loss is included in the calculation of your federal adjusted gross income, you must include it when calculating your business income.
This division of income is called apportionment. To apportion income among the states in which a taxpayer does business, the taxpayer must calculate a percentage based on the business done in each state. This percentage is multiplied by the taxpayer's modified federal taxable income to arrive at state taxable income.