BWC proposes $1 billion rebate to Ohio employers
By Mark Williams // The Columbus Dispatch The state fund for injured workers wants to give $1.1 billion back to Ohio’s private and public employers. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation…
West Virginia Governor Proposes Soda Tax, Higher Tobacco Taxes
Governor Justice calls for a penny-per-ounce soda tax NACS Online West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s second budget swaps lower sales, gas and business gross receipt taxes with higher tobacco…
Kasich Budget Boosts Sales Tax Rate and Base, Reduces Personal Income Tax Rates
Ohio Gov. John Kasich unveiled his final two-year budget on Monday, proposing to increase sales and other taxes to leverage a major reduction in personal income taxes. By far the…
Average Wholesale Prices – Petroleum Activity Tax (PAT) Calculated Gross Receipts
By Ohio Department of Taxation Period: 1/01/2017 – 3/31/2017 Pursuant to section 5736.02(C) of the Ohio Revised Code, the Tax Commissioner shall determine and publish online the statewide average wholesale…
MIRA Ohio End of Year Report
The Ohio General Assembly has recessed for the year and most likely will not return which means January of 2017 a new General Assembly will be seated and we start…
FREE Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Gas Station “Skimmer” Training Alert!
Cuyahoga County (OH) gas station owners and managers are invited to “The Skinny on Skimmers,” a free training on how to protect their stations from illegal credit card skimmers. ID…
Ohio Minimum Wage Increasing 5 Cents, to $8.15, in 2017
By Jackie Borchardt // cleveland.com Ohio’s minimum hourly wage will increase 5 cents next year because of inflation. Non-tipped workers must be paid at least $8.15 an hour and tipped…
MIRA granted proclamations in Michigan, Ohio and Illinois for “We Card Program”
West Bloomfield, MI (September 19, 2016) – The Midwest Independent Retailers Association (MIRA) continues its support of the We Card Program by ensuring that its members do not sell controlled…
Ohio Pays Off Debt, Saves Businesses From Tax Penalties
By The Associated Press Ohio paid off the remaining $271 million on its recession-era debt to the federal government last week, a move officials say will save employers hundreds of…
Students Encouraged to Connect and Continue Their Education Beyond the Classroom at 8th Annual Scholarship Luncheon
Students Encouraged to Connect and Continue Their Education Beyond the Classroom at 8th Annual Scholarship Luncheon MIRA Foundation’s Joseph D. Sarafa Scholarship Program invests more than $700,000 in tomorrow’s leaders…