WOSU News » Commercial Activity Tax http://wosu.org/2012/news Your All Day NPR News Station Tue, 21 May 2013 11:55:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Your All Day NPR News Station WOSU News no Your All Day NPR News Station WOSU News » Commercial Activity Tax http://wosu.org/2012/news/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://wosu.org/2012/news Some Ohio Businesses Get Surprise Tax Return http://wosu.org/2012/news/2012/12/18/some-ohio-businesses-get-surprise-tax-return/ http://wosu.org/2012/news/2012/12/18/some-ohio-businesses-get-surprise-tax-return/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:46:38 +0000 Bill Cohen http://wosu.org/2012/news/?p=40805 Ohio tax officials are starting to return more than $13 million to more than 3,000 Ohio companies that unknowingly overpaid their commercial activity tax.

Gov. John Kasich says that’s a reversal of earlier policies at the Ohio Department of Taxation, which knew about cases of over-payments but never informed the businesses.

“That’s just a rip-off,” Kasich said. “There’s no other way to describe it but a governmental rip-off.”

The governor says this policy change symbolizes what he calls a more jobs-friendly climate in Ohio.

He says many of the companies receiving surprise refunds are small businesses that might be able to use the bonanza to help hire new workers.

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