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 today proposed a rebate that is equal to two-thirds of the premiums more than 200,000 private and public employers paid in their most recent policy…
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 taxes and a new sugared drink tax, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reports. “Here’s what it has to be for me: Balance the budget, but don’t cripple…
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 biggest shift would occur in the state sales tax, which would increase by a half a cent to 6.25%, be broadened to include more services…
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 prices of a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline, of a gallon of propane, and of a gallon of diesel fuel for each calendar quarter. The…
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 all over again. As usual a flurry of bills were passed in a lame duck session (that means they are nearing the end and all…
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 thieves use a variety of ploys to distract station employees while they plant illegal skimmers on gas pumps. The Cuyahoga County and Cleveland Weights and…
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 workers $4.08 an hour starting Jan. 1, 2017. The wage increase reflects an increase in the Consumer Price Index, which rose .7 percent in the…
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 substances to minors. This support was recognized by the governors of Michigan, Ohio and Illinois in their proclamations, which are given for service that increase…
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 millions of dollars in tax penalties. The debt came from a loan needed to cover benefits to jobless workers and was paid off prior to…
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 since 1999 West Bloomfield, Mich. (June 29, 2016) — The 8th Annual Joseph D. Sarafa Scholarship luncheon was held at the Detroit Athletic Club (DAC)…