If any corporation, limited liability company, or business trust required to file returns pursuant to section 3734.904 of the Revised Code fails to remit to the state any fee due under sections 3734.90 to 3734.9014 of the Revised Code, any of its employees having control or supervision of or charged with the responsibility of filing returns and making payments, and any of its officers, members, managers, trustees, or other persons who are responsible for the execution of the corporation’s, limited liability company’s, or business trust’s fiscal responsibilities, is personally liable for the failure to remit the fee. The dissolution, termination, or bankruptcy of the corporation, limited liability company, or business trust does not discharge a responsible person‘s liability for the corporation’s, limited liability company’s, or business trust’s failure to remit the fee due. The tax commissioner may assess a responsible person under section 3734.907 of the Revised Code.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3734.908

  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Person: includes the state, any political subdivision and other state or local body, the United States and any agency or instrumentality thereof, and any legal entity defined as a person under section 1. See Ohio Code 3734.01
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59