Vendor’s License

Email questions to: license@coshoctoncounty.net

To view the application: Forms & Links/License & Miscellaneous

Ohio Department of Taxation workshops offer detailed presentations on the options available for electronically filing sales tax, filing the commercial activity tax annual return, and filing the minimum tax payment return. Help resources are available at the department’s Taxpayer Services location and business filings can be done using the Ohio Business Gateway.

Every Ohio retailer (vendor) making taxable retail sales must obtain a vendor’s license, collect sales tax, file sales and use tax returns with payment of tax collected, and maintain complete records of transactions.

All vendors must obtain one or more of the following licenses depending on the nature of business:

Regular Vendor’s License – Issued by the County Auditor to vendors with a fixed place of business in Ohio. Vendors must have one regular vendor’s license for each sales location. Application fee is $25 with no annual renewal fee. All questions regarding sales tax must be directed to the Department of Taxation at 1-888-405-4039.

Transient Vendor’s License – Issued by the Department of Taxation to vendors who lease motor vehicles, vendors who transport stocks of goods to temporary places of business, or exhibits in a county where they have no fixed place of business. Application fee is $25 with no annual renewal fee.