(A) If any corporation required to file a report under this chapter fails to file the report within the time prescribed, files an incorrect report, or fails to remit the full amount of the tax due for the period covered by the report, the tax commissioner may make an assessment against the corporation for any deficiency for the period for which the report or tax is due, based upon any information in the commissioner's possession.
No assessment shall be made or issued against a corporation more than three years after the later of the final date the report subject to assessment was required to be filed or the date the report was filed. Such time limit may be extended if both the corporation and the commissioner consent in writing to the extension or if an agreement waiving or extending the time limit has been entered into pursuant to section122.171of the Revised Code. Any such extension shall extend the three-year time limit in division (B) of section5733.12of the Revised Code for the same period of time. There shall be no bar or limit to an assessment against a corporation that fails to file a report subject to assessment as required by this chapter, or that files a fraudulent report.
The commissioner shall give the corporation assessed written notice of the assessment in the manner provided in section5703.37of the Revised Code. With the notice, the commissioner shall provide instructions on how to petition for reassessment and request a hearing on the petition.
(B) Unless the corporation assessed files with the tax commissioner within sixty days after service of the notice of assessment, either personally or by certified mail, a written petition for reassessment, signed by the corporation's authorized agent having knowledge of the facts, the assessment becomes final, and the amount of the assessment is due and payable from the corporation assessed to the treasurer of state. The petition shall indicate the corporation's objections, but additional objections may be raised in writing if received by the commissioner prior to the date shown on the final determination. If the petition has been properly filed, the commissioner shall proceed under section5703.60of the Revised Code.
(C) After an assessment becomes final, if any portion of the assessment remains unpaid, including accrued interest, a certified copy of the tax commissioner's entry making the assessment final may be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas in the county in which the corporation has an office or place of business in this state, the county in which the corporation's statutory agent is located, or Franklin county.
Immediately upon the filing of the entry, the clerk shall enter a judgment against the corporation assessed in the amount shown on the entry. The judgment may be filed by the clerk in a loose-leaf book entitled "special judgments for state corporate franchise and litter taxes," and shall have the same effect as other judgments. Execution shall issue upon the judgment upon the request of the tax commissioner, and all laws applicable to sales on execution shall apply to sales made under the judgment.
If the assessment is not paid within sixty days after the day the assessment was issued, the portion of the assessment consisting of tax due shall bear interest at the rate per annum prescribed by section5703.47of the Revised Code from the day the tax commissioner issues the assessment until the assessment is paid or until it is certified to the attorney general for collection under section131.02of the Revised Code, whichever comes first. If the unpaid portion of the assessment is certified to the attorney general for collection, the entire unpaid portion of the assessment shall bear interest at the rate per annum prescribed by section5703.47of the Revised Code from the date of certification until the date it is paid in its entirety. Interest shall be paid in the same manner as the tax and may be collected by issuing an assessment under this section.
(D) All money collected under this section shall be considered as revenue arising from the taxes imposed by this chapter.
(E) The portion of an assessment that must be paid upon the filing of a petition for reassessment shall be as follows:
(1) If the sole item objected to is the assessed penalty or interest, payment of the assessment, including interest but not penalty, is required;
(2) If the corporation assessed failed to file, prior to the date of issuance of the assessment, the annual report required by section5733.02of the Revised Code, any amended report required by division (C) of section5733.031of the Revised Code for the tax year at issue, or any amended report required by division (D) of section5733.067of the Revised Code to indicate a reduction in the amount of the credit provided under that section, payment of the assessment, including interest but not penalty, is required;
(3) If the corporation assessed filed, prior to the date of issuance of the assessment, the annual report required by section5733.02of the Revised Code, all amended reports required by division (C) of section5733.031of the Revised Code for the tax year at issue, and all amended reports required by division (D) of section5733.067of the Revised Code to indicate a reduction in the amount of the credit provided under that section, and a balance of the taxes shown due on the reports as computed on the reports remains unpaid, payment of only that portion of the assessment representing the unpaid balance of tax and interest is required;
(4) If the corporation assessed does not dispute that it is a taxpayer but claims the protections of section 101 of Public Law 86-272, 73 Stat. 555, 15 U.S.C.A. 381, as amended, payment of only that portion of the assessment representing any balance of taxes shown due on the corporation's annual report required by section5733.02of the Revised Code, as computed on the report, that remains unpaid, and that represents taxes imposed by division (C) of section5733.06, division (C)(2) of section5733.065, and division (C) of section5733.066of the Revised Code, together with all related interest, is required;
(5) If none of the conditions specified in divisions (E)(1) to (4) of this section apply, or if the corporation assessed disputes that it is a taxpayer, no payment is required.
(F) Notwithstanding the fact that a petition for reassessment is pending, the corporation may pay all or a portion of the assessment that is the subject of the petition. The acceptance of a payment by the treasurer of state does not prejudice any claim for refund upon final determination of the petition.
If upon final determination of the petition an error in the assessment is corrected by the tax commissioner, upon petition so filed or pursuant to a decision of the board of tax appeals or any court to which the determination or decision has been appealed, so that the amount due from the corporation under the corrected assessment is less than the portion paid, there shall be issued to the corporation, its assigns, or legal representative a refund in the amount of the overpayment as provided by section5733.12of the Revised Code, with interest on that amount as provided by section5733.26of the Revised Code, subject to section5733.121of the Revised Code.