Ohio taxes personal income (Flat 2.75% on nonbusiness income above $26,050 — but LLC profit usually falls under a separate regime), and LLCs owe Commercial Activity Tax (CAT). A Wyoming holding company does not erase Ohio's own entity-level obligations on a Ohio subsidiary, but it can still add liability separation and keep the parent's ownership off Ohio's public LLC filings.
Ohio has no LLC franchise tax and no minimum annual entity fee. The only entity-level tax that can touch an LLC is the Commercial Activity Tax, and it's threshold-triggered at $6 million in annual Ohio gross receipts — most small and mid-size LLCs will never owe a dollar of it, regardless of how they're taxed at the federal level.
The general federal tax treatment of holding companies (consolidated filings, dividends-received deductions, and the like) is set at the federal level and does not change state to state — what changes is the entity-level tax Ohio itself charges an LLC or corporation formed or registered there.
Ohio taxes the income that flows up through a holding structure on the members' personal returns rather than at the entity level. Starting with the 2026 tax year the state applies a single flat 2.75% rate (with no tax on the first $26,050), replacing the graduated brackets that topped out at 3.5%, and a separate 3% business-income rate can apply to qualifying business income. The Commercial Activity Tax, Ohio's gross-receipts tax, was overhauled in the 2023 budget: the exclusion climbed to $3 million in 2024 and $6 million in 2025 and after, so the 0.26% rate reaches only receipts above $6 million. A parent and its subsidiaries pay no Ohio franchise tax, no entity-level income tax, and in practice usually no CAT — leaving income taxed once, on the members' returns.
Ohio does not levy a traditional corporate income tax or a franchise tax on C-Corps. Instead, corporations are subject to the Commercial Activity Tax (CAT), a gross-receipts tax. For tax years 2025 and forward, businesses with $6 million or less in Ohio taxable gross receipts are excluded from the CAT entirely; above that threshold the rate is 0.26% on receipts exceeding $6 million, filed quarterly. The former annual minimum CAT tax has been eliminated. Ohio sales tax is 5.75% at the state level plus local rates (commonly 7% to 8% combined).
Ohio is one of only four states (alongside Arizona, Missouri, and New Mexico) that requires no annual or biennial report for domestic LLCs. The only recurring administrative touchpoint is keeping a valid Statutory Agent on file, which only costs the $25 update fee (Form 521) if that information ever changes.
A common structure pairs a Wyoming LLC as the parent with a Ohio entity handling operations, holding property, or running a Ohio-facing business.
The Ohio entity still owes whatever Ohio itself charges — Commercial Activity Tax (CAT) — regardless of where its parent is formed; pairing it with a Wyoming LLC does not change the Ohio subsidiary's own filing or tax obligations. What the Wyoming parent adds is liability separation, and the Wyoming company's own ownership stays out of Ohio's public LLC filings.
For more on the general structure, see the Wyoming holding company guide and how to set one up.
Tax agency reference: Ohio Department of Taxation (tax.ohio.gov).
Note: Tax rates, fees, and thresholds shown here reflect state tax research last verified July 2026; reconfirm current figures directly at tax.ohio.gov before relying on them for a specific filing.
Ohio's tax treatment of a holding structure comes down to its personal income tax (Flat 2.75% on nonbusiness income above $26,050 — but LLC profit usually falls under a separate regime) and its Commercial Activity Tax (CAT). If you have questions about structuring a Wyoming-Ohio holding arrangement, reach out through our contact form.
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