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Ohio Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2021) |
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5717 Board of Tax Appeals |
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Chapter5717-1. General Provisions |
5717-1-07. Case management schedules and special case management procedures
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(A) The board presumes that no hearing is required in any appeal unless scheduled pursuant to paragraph (A) of rule 5717-1-16 of the Administrative Code. Parties will be noticed by the board upon the filing of the appeal of the date on which written legal argument may be presented or the date on which the appeal will be heard. Other than appeals diverted to the board's small claims docket, appeals will proceed on the board's regular docket as set forth below. In appeals proceeding under case management schedules established by this rule, the board will only consider evidence contained within the transcript certified to it, submitted by joint agreement of all parties, or received at hearing. If no hearing before the board is scheduled and an appeal is submitted upon the existing record, disclosure deadlines are inapplicable and rendered moot. Failure to adhere to established deadlines may result in the denial of requests to adjust or amend a case management schedule, the exclusion of written legal argument, the prohibition against introducing documents and testimony into evidence, or such other action as deemed appropriate.
(1) Appeals identified by the board as appropriate for accelerated calendaring due to the routine nature of the issues presented, e.g., jurisdictional issues, or involving appeals which appear to qualify for the small claims docket but were not selected, shall adhere to the following schedule:
(a) The transcript from the lower tribunal shall be certified within forty-five days of the filing of a notice of appeal;
(b) Only if a hearing is scheduled, appellant shall disclose to all other parties the witnesses and evidence upon which the appeal is based sixty days after the filing of an appeal;
(c) Dispositive motions shall be filed sixty days after the filing of an appeal;
(d) Only if a hearing is scheduled, appellee(s) shall disclose to all other parties the witnesses and evidence upon which it relies and discovery shall be completed no more than seventy-five days after the filing of a notice of appeal, said deadline also serving as the last date for a party to seek the board's involvement in contested discovery matters;
(e) The last date for parties to file written legal argument, or the date of hearing if scheduled, shall be ninety days after the filing of an appeal.
Event
Latest Date of Occurrence After Appeal Filed (in days)
Transcript certified
45
Appellant disclosure of witnesses and evidence / Dispositive motions filed with
60
the board
Appellee disclosure of witnesses and evidence / Discovery completed / Last date for seeking the board's involvement in contested discovery
75
Last date to file written legal argument
90
(2) Appeals from decisions of county boards of revision not proceeding on the small claims docket or under paragraph (A)(1) of this rule shall adhere to the following schedule:
(a) The transcript from the lower tribunal shall be certified within forty-five days of the filing of a notice of appeal;
(b) Dispositive motions shall be filed ninety days after the filing of an appeal;
(c) Only if a hearing is scheduled, discovery shall be completed not more than one hundred twenty days after the filing of a notice of appeal, said deadline also serving as the last date for a party to seek the board's involvement in contested discovery matters;
(d) Only if a hearing is scheduled, appellant shall disclose to all other parties the witnesses and evidence upon which the appeal is based not more than one hundred fifty days after the filing of a notice of appeal;
(e) Only if a hearing is scheduled, appellee(s) shall disclose to all other parties the witnesses and evidence upon which it relies not more than one hundred eighty days after the filing of a notice of appeal;
(f) The last date for parties to file written legal argument, or the date of hearing if scheduled, shall be two hundred ten days after the filing of an appeal.
Event
Latest Date of Occurrence After Appeal Filed (in days)
Transcript certified
45
Dispositive motions filed with the board
90
Discovery completed / Last date for seeking board's involvement in contested discovery
120
Appellant disclosure of witnesses and evidence
150
Appellee disclosure of witnesses and evidence
180
Last date to file written legal argument
210
(3) Appeals that are not from decisions of county boards of revision and are not proceeding on the small claims docket or under paragraph (A)(1) of this rule, shall adhere to the following schedule:
(a) The transcript from the lower tribunal shall be certified within forty-five days of the filing of a notice of appeal;
(b) Last date to amend appeal shall be sixty days after the transcript has been certified;
(c) Dispositive motions shall be filed one hundred twenty days after the filing of an appeal;
(d) Only if a hearing is scheduled, discovery shall be completed not more than one hundred fifty days after the filing of a notice of appeal, said deadline also serving as the last date for a party to seek the board's involvement in contested discovery matters;
(e) Only if a hearing is scheduled, appellant shall disclose to all other parties the witnesses and evidence upon which the appeal is based;
(f) Only if a hearing is scheduled, appellee(s) shall disclose to all other parties the witnesses and evidence upon which it relies not more than two hundred ten days after the filing of the appeal;
(g) The last date for parties to file written legal argument, or the date of hearing if scheduled, shall be two hundred forty days after the filing of an appeal.
Event
Latest Date of Occurrence After Appeal Filed (in days)
Transcript certified
45
Last date to amend appeal is sixty days after transcript has been certified
Dispositive motions filed with the board
120
Discovery completed / Last date for seeking the board's involvement in contested discovery
150
Appellant disclosure of witnesses and evidence
180
Appellee disclosure of witnesses and evidence
210
Last date to file written legal argument
240
(4) Upon motion and for good cause shown, the parties may request, and the board may approve, an alternate case management schedule, extending or reducing any event or the schedule in its entirety. In appeals proceeding without hearing, the assigned date for submitting written legal argument may be extended upon request and shall be generally limited to no more than two extensions of not more than thirty days each. The parties may, by mutual agreement and without the board's approval or involvement, alter dates other than those that require board action. Prior to seeking modification of a case management schedule, the movant shall seek to obtain approval from all parties, demonstrating within its motion its efforts to secure such approval, and shall submit a proposed amended case schedule for board consideration. Whenever possible, a request for an alternate case management schedule shall be jointly submitted by the parties.
(B) Where an appeal presents unusual or complex issues or warrants increased board supervision, a party may, within ninety days after the filing of a notice of appeal, move the board to establish special case management procedures. Such motion shall be accompanied by a brief statement describing the circumstances which justify such treatment and a proposed case management schedule. The movant shall seek to secure agreement from all parties regarding the proposed case management schedule prior to its submission. Upon motion and good cause shown, the board may adjust or amend a case management schedule and take such action as deemed appropriate for the expeditious resolution of the appeal, including waiver of an applicable board rule, when deemed necessary.