🚨 Ohio Sales Tax Changes – Effective April 1, 2025

Ohio has announced county-level sales and use tax rate changes that go into effect on April 1, 2025. These sales tax regulatory updates directly impact motor vehicle dealers in the following counties:

🔹 Delaware County

• COTA District (96): Increasing from 7.5% to 8.0%
• Non-COTA District (21): No change; remains at 7.0%

🔹 Fairfield County

• COTA District (93): Increasing from 7.25% to 7.75%
• Non-COTA District (23): No change; remains at 6.75%

🔹 Franklin County

• Countywide (25): Increasing from 7.5% to 8.0%

🔹 Licking County

• COTA District (94): Increasing from 7.75% to 8.25%
• Non-COTA District (45): No change; remains at 7.25%

🔹 Union County

• COTA District (98): Increasing from 7.5% to 8.0%
• Non-COTA District (80): No change; remains at 7.0%

🛑 Ohio Legislation Updates for Car Dealers – Effective April 9, 2025

HB 403

Ohio now allows licensed motor vehicle dealers to sell vehicles with tampered emissions systems only to other licensed dealers at auction.

Retail sale of these vehicles remains strictly prohibited.

HB 238 

This bill eliminates the Ohio motor vehicle salesperson license requirement. However:

• A salesperson may only work for one licensed dealer (unless dealers are under common ownership)
• Dealers may not compensate or solicit sales through anyone other than a registered salesperson

Stay Compliant with Real-Time Tax Rate Updates Using Deal Pack’s AutoTax Feature

🧾 How to Stay Compliant with Tax Changes

If you’re a Deal Pack user and not yet enrolled in AutoTax, please go to: Parameters > Others > Tax and manually update the tax rates for each affected district.

✅ Or, save time and reduce errors by enabling Deal Pack’s AutoTax integration — your tax tables will always be accurate and up to date in real time, without any manual intervention.

⛔ Avoid fines and compliance issues caused by outdated tax rates. AutoTax keeps your dealership aligned with the latest sales tax regulatory updates— automatically.

Deal Pack’s AutoTax integration helps dealerships stay compliant without the hassle. Real-time updates mean no more guessing and no more penalties.

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