252 sections in this chapter.
ORS 314.302 Interest on deferred tax liabilities with respect to installment obligations; rules. (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4) of this section, if interest on deferred tax liability with respect to an installment obligation is required to be paid for federal income tax purposes under section 453A of the Internal Revenue Code, then interest on that same deferred tax liability shall be paid in the same manner (including the pledging rules under section 453A(d) of the Internal Revenue Code) for state tax purposes and shall, in the amount added, increase the tax imposed under ORS chapter 316, 317 or 318, whichever is appropriate
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(2) Interest added to tax pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be determined in the same manner as interest is determined under section 453A(c) of the Internal Revenue Code except that in determining the interest to be added using section 453A(c) of the Internal Reven…
ORS 314.304 [1995 c.556 §42; 1999 c.21 §33; repealed by 1999 c.21 §34]
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ORS 314.306 Income from discharge of indebtedness; bankruptcy; insolvency. (1) If a taxpayer excludes an amount from federal gross income by reason of the discharge of indebtedness of the taxpayer under section 108(a)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code (relating to discharge of indebtedness in a bankruptcy declared under U.S.C. Title 11), then, with respect to that portion of the excluded amount that is apportioned to Oregon, the taxpayer shall apply the rules in 11 U.S.C. 346(j), as amended and in effect on December 31, 2023
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(2) If a taxpayer excludes an amount from federal gross income by reason of the discharge of indebtedness of the taxpayer under section 108(a)(1)(B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code (relating to discharge of indebtedness in insolvency or discharge of qualified farm indebtednes…
ORS 314.307 Definitions; reportable transactions. As used in this section and ORS 314.308, 314.403 and 314.404
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(1) “Listed transaction” means any of the following transactions: (a) A listed transaction under section 6707A of the Internal Revenue Code. (b) A transaction without economic substance in which an Oregon taxable corporation: (A) Transfers income-producing assets to a real estate…
ORS 314.308 Reportable transactions; rules. (1) If required by rules adopted by the Department of Revenue
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(a) Any person who engages in a reportable transaction as a buyer or transferor shall report the transaction to the department. (b) Any person who, as the result of a reportable transaction, acquires an interest in property, a present or future right to income, a present or futur…
ORS 314.310 Liability of transferee of taxpayer for taxes imposed on taxpayer. (1) When a taxpayer ceases to exist or is no longer subject to the jurisdiction of this state (although subject to the courts of a state having comity or reciprocity with the State of Oregon), being indebted for taxes upon or measured by net income, the transferee of the money or property of the taxpayer shall be liable for any such tax or deficiency in tax, including penalties and interest, imposed by law on the taxpayer and accruing or accrued upon the date of transfer, to the extent of the amount of money or value of the property received by the transferee. Property received by the transferee shall be valued at the fair market value of said property at the time of transfer to the initial transferee by the taxpayer
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(2) The amount for which a transferee of the property of a taxpayer is liable in respect of any such tax or deficiency in tax, including penalties and interest, whether shown on the return of the taxpayer or determined as a deficiency in the tax, shall be assessed against such tr…
ORS 314.330 Lien if grantor or other person determined to be owner of trust. (1) If a final determination treats the grantor of a trust or any other person as the owner of any portion of a trust pursuant to sections 671 to 679 of the federal Internal Revenue Code or any other law, the lien of the State of Oregon imposed by ORS 314.417 shall attach to all property and rights to property, whether real or personal, of that portion of the trust. The lien may be foreclosed pursuant to ORS 314.419 or collected by warrant pursuant to ORS 314.430
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(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, “final determination” means: (a) An assessment which has become final due to failure to exercise or exhaust rights of appeal to the Oregon Tax Court. (b) A decision of the Oregon Tax Court which has become final. (c) A decis…
ORS 314.355 Returns when tax year changed. If a taxpayer changes the tax year on the basis of which net income is computed, the taxpayer shall, at the time and in the manner the Department of Revenue prescribes, make a separate return of net income received during the period intervening between the end of the former income year of the taxpayer and the beginning of the new income year. [1957 c.632 §6 (enacted in lieu of 316.520); 1987 c.293 §58]
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ORS 314.360 Information returns; penalties. (1) Fiduciaries required to make returns under laws imposing tax upon or measured by net income, proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, joint stock companies or associations or insurance companies, having places of business in this state, in whatever capacity acting, including lessees or mortgagors of real or personal property, fiduciaries, employers, purchasers of stumpage and all officers and employees of the state or of any political subdivisions of the state, having the control, custody, disposal or payment of interest (other than interest coupons payable to bearer), rent, dividends, salaries, fees, wages, the purchase price of stumpage, emoluments or other fixed or determinable annual or periodical gains, profits and income, paid or payable, during any year to any taxpayer, shall make return thereof, under oath, to the Department of Revenue, under such regulations and in such form and manner and to such extent as it may prescribe
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(2)(a) Every person doing business as a broker shall, when required by the department, render a correct return duly verified under oath, under such rules and regulations as the department may prescribe, showing the names of customers for whom such person has transacted any busine…
ORS 314.362 Filing return on magnetic media or other machine-readable form; rules. (1) The information return and the employer’s annual return, described in ORS 314.360 and 316.202 (3) shall be filed on magnetic media or other machine-readable form if the corresponding federal return is required to be filed on magnetic media or other machine-readable form by section 6011 (e) of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations, revenue rulings and revenue procedures adopted pursuant to that section
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(2) The Department of Revenue may, by administrative rule, adopt the regulations, revenue rulings or revenue procedures which are adopted pursuant to section 6011 (e) of the Internal Revenue Code whenever such regulations, revenue rulings or revenue procedures may be adopted. (3)…
ORS 314.363 [1975 c.760 §2; repealed by 1984 c.1 §18]
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ORS 314.364 Authority of department to require filing of returns by electronic means; rules. (1) As used in this section
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(a) “Electronic means” includes computer-generated electronic or magnetic media, Internet-based applications or similar computer-based methods or applications. (b) “Paid tax preparer” means a person who prepares a tax return for another or advises or assists in the preparation of…
ORS 314.365 [1957 c.632 §8 (enacted in lieu of 316.550 and 317.365); 1961 c.533 §51; repealed by 1985 c.266 §6]
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ORS 314.370 Department requiring return or supplementary return. If the Department of Revenue is of the opinion that a taxpayer has failed to file a return, or to include in a return filed, either intentionally or through error, items of taxable income, it may require from the taxpayer a return or supplementary return, under oath, in such form as it shall prescribe, of all the items of income which the taxpayer received during the year for which the return is made, whether or not taxable under the provisions of the applicable tax law. If from a supplementary return, or otherwise, the department finds that any items of taxable income have been omitted from the original return it may require the items so omitted to be disclosed under oath of the taxpayer, and to be added to the original return. Such supplementary return and the correction of the original return shall not relieve the taxpayer from any of the penalties to which the taxpayer may be liable under any provisions of law whether or not the department required a return or a supplementary return under this section. [1957 c.632 §9 (enacted in lieu of 316.555)]
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ORS 314.380 Furnishing copy of federal or other state return or report; action required when return filed or changed or tax assessed. (1) Every taxpayer shall, upon request of the Department of Revenue, furnish a copy of the return for the corresponding year, which the taxpayer has filed or may file with the federal government, showing the taxpayer’s net income and how obtained and the several sources from which derived. Every taxpayer shall, upon request of the department, furnish a copy of any federal revenue agent’s report or other audit report made upon any audit or adjustment of the taxpayer’s federal income tax return or income tax return of another state
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(2)(a) The taxpayer shall report to the department any change in the taxpayer’s taxable income that is subject to tax by this state or any change in the taxpayer’s tax liability paid to or owing this state because: (A) The Internal Revenue Service or other competent authority has…
ORS 314.385 Form of returns; time for filing; alternative filing formats; rules. (1)(a) For purposes of ORS chapter 316, returns shall be filed with the Department of Revenue on or before the due date of the corresponding federal return for the tax year as prescribed under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto
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(b) For purposes of ORS chapters 317 and 318, returns shall be filed with the department on or before the 15th day of the month following the due date of the corresponding federal return for the tax year, as prescribed under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations adopted p…
ORS 314.395 Time for payment of tax; interest on delayed return. (1) The tax shall be paid to the Department of Revenue at the time fixed by ORS 314.385 for filing the return without regard to extensions
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(2) When the time for filing a return of income is extended at the request of the taxpayer, interest at the rate established under ORS 305.220, from the time the return was originally required to be filed to the time of payment, shall be added and paid. [1969 c.166 §2; 1971 c.354…
ORS 314.397 Manner of payment. The tax may be paid with uncertified check under any rules as the Department of Revenue shall adopt, but if a check so received is not paid by the financial institution on which it is drawn, the taxpayer by whom the check is tendered remains liable for the payment of the tax and for all legal penalties the same as if the check had not been tendered. [1989 c.625 §61 (enacted in lieu of 316.407); 1997 c.631 §451]
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ORS 314.400 Penalty for failure to file report or return or to pay tax when due; interest; limitation on penalty. (1) If a taxpayer fails to file a report or return or fails to pay a tax by the date on which the filing or payment is due, the Department of Revenue shall add to the amount required to be shown as tax on the report or return a delinquency penalty of five percent of the amount of the unpaid tax
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(2) In the case of a report or return that is required to be filed annually or for a one-year period, if the failure to file the report or return continues for a period in excess of three months after the due date: (a) There shall be added to the amount of tax required to be show…
ORS 314.401 De minimis tax payment not required. Notwithstanding ORS 314.395 and 314.400, if the balance of tax due as shown on the report or return filed by the taxpayer for the tax year is less than $1, payment of the amount shown shall not be required. [1999 c.73 §2]
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ORS 314.402 Understatement of net tax; penalty; cost-of-living adjustment; waiver of penalty. (1) If the Department of Revenue determines that there is a substantial understatement of net tax for any tax year under any law imposing a tax on or measured by net income, there shall be added to the amount of tax required to be shown on the return a penalty equal to 20 percent of the amount of any underpayment of tax attributable to the understatement
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(2) A substantial understatement of net tax exists for any tax year if the amount of the understatement for the tax year exceeds: (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, $2,400. (b) In the case of a corporation other than an S corporation, as defined in sectio…
ORS 314.403 Listed transaction understatement; penalty. (1) If a taxpayer has a listed transaction understatement for a tax year, there shall be added to the tax liability of the taxpayer for the tax year a penalty equal to 60 percent of the amount of the understatement
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(2) The penalty imposed under this section applies to listed transaction understatements discovered or reported on or after January 1, 2008, and is in addition to and not in lieu of any other penalty. (3) As used in this section, “listed transaction understatement” means the sum …
ORS 314.404 Penalty for failure to report reportable transaction. (1) If a taxpayer fails to report to the Department of Revenue a reportable transaction as required by ORS 314.308, there shall be added to the tax liability of the taxpayer for the tax year a penalty as follows
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(a) Individual taxpayers, $3,300. (b) Corporation taxpayers, $16,700. (2) If the reportable transaction is a listed transaction, in lieu of the penalty provided in subsection (1) of this section, the penalty shall be as follows: (a) Individual taxpayers, $33,000. (b) Corporation …
ORS 314.405 [1957 c.632 §13 (enacted in lieu of 316.605 and 317.405); 1959 c.212 §1; subsection (8) derived from 1959 c.212 §3; 1961 c.504 §1; 1965 c.554 §1; 1969 c.166 §3; 1969 c.493 §87; 1971 c.333 §1; 1971 c.354 §4; 1973 c.402 §29; 1975 c.593 §15; repealed by 1977 c.870 §22 (314.466 enacted in lieu of 314.405)]
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ORS 314.406 Penalty for promotion of abusive tax shelter. (1) A penalty shall be imposed on a person who promotes a tax shelter if
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(a) The person is or would be subject to a penalty for promoting an abusive tax shelter under section 6700 of the Internal Revenue Code; and (b) The tax shelter satisfies any of the following conditions: (A) The tax shelter is organized in this state. (B) The tax shelter is doing…
ORS 314.407 Assessment of taxes owing but not submitted with return; time of assessment; recording of warrant. For the purposes of this section and ORS 314.417 to 314.423
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(1) In the case of a return submitted to the Department of Revenue with payment of less than the amount of tax computed to be due, the difference between the tax computed to be owing by the taxpayer and the tax submitted with the return is considered as assessed on the due date o…
ORS 314.410 Time limit for notice of deficiency; circumstances when claim for refund may be reduced after time limit; time limit for refund or notice of deficiency for pass-through entity items. (1) At any time within three years after the return was filed, the Department of Revenue may give notice of deficiency as prescribed in ORS 305.265
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(2) If the department finds that gross income equal to 25 percent or more of the gross income reported has been omitted from the taxpayer’s return, notice of the deficiency may be given at any time within five years after the return was filed. (3) If the department finds that a r…
ORS 314.412 Issuing of notice of deficiency attributable to involuntary conversion; time limit. Notwithstanding ORS 314.410, the period for issuing any notice of deficiency attributable to any part of the gain realized upon an involuntary conversion as provided in the federal Internal Revenue Code which applies to the Personal Income Tax Act of 1969 or as provided in the corporate excise tax or corporate income tax laws, shall not expire prior to the expiration of three years from the date the Department of Revenue is notified by the taxpayer of
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(1) The replacement of the converted property which the taxpayer claims results in nonrecognition of any part of such gains; or (2) The taxpayer’s intention not to replace such property; or (3) A failure of the taxpayer to replace the property within the period prescribed in the …
ORS 314.415 Refunds; interest; credits. (1) If the Department of Revenue determines pursuant to ORS 305.270 that the amount of the tax due is less than the amount theretofore paid, the excess shall be refunded by the department with interest at the rate established under ORS 305.220 for a period beginning 45 days after the due date of the return or the date the tax was paid, or, in the case of a return filed under ORS 118.100, the date that the return is filed, whichever is later, and ending at the time the refund is made
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(2)(a) The department may not allow or make a refund after three years from the time the return was filed, or two years from the time the tax (or a portion of the tax) was paid, whichever period expires later, unless before the expiration of this period a claim for refund is file…
ORS 314.417 Unpaid tax or withholding lien at time of assessment. If any person neglects or refuses to pay an income tax at the time of assessment, or fails to pay to the Department of Revenue any amount required to be withheld under ORS 316.167 and 316.172, the amount of the unpaid tax including interest and penalty thereon shall be a lien in favor of the State of Oregon upon all property and rights to property, whether real or personal, belonging to the person. The lien shall arise at the time of assessment or the time the amount withheld is to be paid to the department and the lien shall continue until the liability for the taxes, with interest and penalty, is satisfied. [1971 c.215 §3; 1981 c.546 §1]
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ORS 314.419 Foreclosure of lien. In addition to any other remedy provided by law the lien created by ORS 314.417 may be foreclosed in the following manner
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(1) The Director of the Department of Revenue shall issue an order directed to the sheriff of the county in which the property or interest in property subject to the lien is located, describing the property subject to the lien, and commanding the sheriff to seize the property spe…
ORS 314.420 [1957 c.632 §16 (enacted in lieu of 316.620, 317.370 and 317.420); 1969 c.166 §5; repealed by 1971 c.354 §7]
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ORS 314.421 When lien valid. The lien imposed by ORS 314.417 shall not be valid as against any purchaser, holder of a security interest, mechanic’s lienor or judgment creditor until a warrant is issued and recorded under ORS 314.430. [1971 c.215 §5; 1987 c.586 §40]
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ORS 314.423 Status of lien. (1) After a warrant has been recorded under ORS 314.430, the lien imposed by ORS 314.417 shall be subordinate to
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(a) Any interest in real property to the same extent that a judgment recorded in the County Clerk Lien Record under ORS 18.152 at the same time the warrant was recorded would be subordinate to the interest; and (b) Any interest in personal property to the same extent that a secur…
ORS 314.425 Examining books, records or persons. (1) The Department of Revenue, for the purpose of ascertaining the correctness of any return or for the purpose of making an estimate of the taxable income of any taxpayer, may examine or cause to be examined by an agent or representative designated by it for the purpose, any books, papers, records or memoranda bearing upon the matter required to be included in the return, and may require the attendance of the taxpayer or officer or agent or any other person having knowledge in the premises, and may take testimony and require proof material for the information, with power to administer oaths to such persons. The department shall have authority, by order or subpoena to be served with the same force and effect and in the same manner that a subpoena is served in a civil action in the tax court, to require the production at any time and place it may designate of any books, papers, accounts or other information necessary to the carrying out of any law imposing tax on or measured by net income
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(2) If any person fails to comply with any subpoena or order of the department or to produce or permit the examination or inspection of any books, papers or documents pertinent to any investigation or inquiry under this section, or to testify to any matter regarding which the per…
ORS 314.430 Warrant for collection of taxes. (1) If any tax imposed under ORS chapter 118, 316, 317 or 318 or any portion of the tax is not paid within 30 days after the date that the written notice and demand for payment required under ORS 305.895 is mailed (or within five days after the tax becomes due, in the case of the termination of the tax year by the Department of Revenue under the provisions of ORS 314.440), or any amount payable by a transferee under ORS 311.695 is not paid as required under ORS 311.686, and no provision is made to secure the payment thereof by bond, deposit or otherwise, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the department, the department may issue a warrant for the payment of the amount of the tax or amount payable under ORS 311.695, with the added penalties, interest and any collection charge incurred. A copy of the warrant shall be mailed or delivered to the taxpayer or transferee by the department at the taxpayer’s or transferee’s last-known address
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(2) At any time after issuing a warrant under this section, the department may record the warrant in the County Clerk Lien Record of any county of this state. Recording of the warrant has the effect described in ORS 205.125. After recording a warrant, the department may direct th…
ORS 314.432 [1989 c.1036 §2; 1995 c.53 §2; renumbered 305.182 in 1995]
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ORS 314.434 [1989 c.1036 §3; 1995 c.53 §3; renumbered 305.184 in 1995]
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ORS 314.435 [1957 c.632 §19 (enacted in lieu of 316.635 and 317.435); 1959 c.147 §1; repealed by 1961 c.573 §2 (305.140 enacted in lieu of 314.435, 315.635 and 321.085)]
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ORS 314.440 Tax as debt; termination of taxable period and immediate assessment of tax. (1) Every tax imposed by any law imposing a tax upon or measured by net income, and all increases, interest and penalties thereon shall become, from the time such liability is incurred, a personal debt, due the State of Oregon, from the person or persons liable therefor
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(2) If the Department of Revenue finds that a taxpayer designs quickly to depart from the state or to remove the property of the taxpayer therefrom, or to do any other act tending to prejudice or to render wholly or partially ineffectual proceedings to collect the tax for any pas…
ORS 314.445 [1957 c.632 §21 (enacted in lieu of 316.650 and 317.455); 1959 c.234 §2; repealed by 1973 c.402 §30]
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ORS 314.450 [Subsections (1) and (2) enacted as 1957 c.632 §22 (enacted in lieu of 316.655 and 317.460); subsection (3) enacted as 1957 c.545 §2; 1959 c.650 §1; 1969 c.520 §40; 1971 c.418 §11; repealed by 1973 c.402 §30]
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ORS 314.455 [1957 c.632 §23 (enacted in lieu of 316.660 and 317.465); 1971 c.507 §3; repealed by 1977 c.870 §22 (314.466 enacted in lieu of 314.455)]
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ORS 314.460 [1957 c.632 §24 (enacted in lieu of 316.665 and 317.470); 1961 c.533 §52; 1967 c.78 §2; 1975 c.381 §4; repealed by 1977 c.870 §22 (314.466 enacted in lieu of 314.460)]
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ORS 314.465 [1957 c.632 §25 (enacted in lieu of 316.670 and 317.475); 1961 c.533 §53; repealed by 1977 c.870 §22 (314.466 enacted in lieu of 314.465)]
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ORS 314.466 Audits, deficiencies, assessments, refunds and appeals governed by ORS chapter 305. The provisions of ORS chapter 305 as to the audit and examination of reports and returns, determination of deficiencies, assessments, claims for refund, conferences and appeals to the Oregon Tax Court, and the procedures relating thereto, shall apply to the determination of taxes, penalties and interest imposed under this chapter and ORS chapters 315, 316, 317 and 318, except where the context requires otherwise. [1977 c.870 §23 (enacted in lieu of 314.405, 314.455, 314.460 and 314.465); 1995 c.650 §34]
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ORS 314.469 Treatment of moneys collected under ORS 314.406. Moneys collected under ORS 314.406 shall be considered net revenue from the tax imposed under ORS chapter 316 for purposes of ORS 316.502. [2007 c.568 §13]
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ORS 314.470 [1957 c.632 §26 (enacted in lieu of 316.675 and 317.480); repealed by 1961 c.20 §1]
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ESTIMATED TAX PROCEDURE
ORS 314.505 Estimate of tax liability by corporations; rules. (1) Every corporation expecting to have a tax liability under either ORS chapter 317 or 318 of $500 or more shall make an estimate of tax liability for the corporation’s tax year and pay the amount of tax determined as provided in ORS 314.515
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(2) The Department of Revenue shall by rule provide for the payment of estimated tax liability by a group of affiliated corporations filing a consolidated return. (3) As used in ORS 314.505 to 314.525, the term “estimated tax liability” means the tax computed under ORS chapter 31…
ORS 314.515 Installment schedule for payment of estimated tax. (1) A corporation required under ORS 314.505 to make payments of estimated tax shall make the payments to the Department of Revenue in installments as follows
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(a) One-quarter or more of the estimated tax shall be paid on or before the 15th day of the fourth month of the taxable year. (b) One-quarter or more of the estimated tax shall be paid on or before the 15th day of the sixth month of the taxable year. (c) One-quarter or more of th…