Congress passed several Reconstruction Acts. Congress overrode a presidential veto of an act that divided the South into military districts and placed the former Confederate states under martial law pending their adoption of constitutions guaranteeing civil liberties to former slaves.
Ohio does not apply its sales tax to sales of goods to churches, charities, schools, colleges, universities, government agencies, public utility companies, restaurants, cafeterias, farmers, ranchers, food processors, commercial fishermen and volunteer fire departments.
The big news for Ohio sales and use taxes is that the General Assembly did not. embrace the increases proposed by the Governor including an 8.7% increase in. the state sales tax (5.75% to 6.25%) before addition of county and other local. rates. The General Assembly also rejected the application of sales and use taxes.