Oregon lawmakers recently adjourned their annual session after enacting substantial tax legislation affecting a broad swath of businesses. These changes include modifying the new corporate activity tax, scaling back a…
Category: Policy Insights
Unweirding Portland's Targeted Tax Regime
In an article published in Tax Notes State, Nikki Dobay and I explore the practical, legal, and political challenges facing the Portland metro area’s tax regime. In recent years, localities…
Tax Notes State: "Oregon CAT Part II: Fixes Needed to Ease Administration"
On April 27, Tax Notes State published an article by Nikki Dobay, Senior Counsel at the Council on State Taxation, and me on the continuing need for Oregon lawmakers to…
Oregon Lawmakers Consider Changes to the Corporate Activity Tax
Lawmakers in Oregon are in the final days of their 35-day “short” session and are considering substantive changes to the Corporate Activity Tax. Over the past several months, a group…
A Double Dose of Double Taxation for Metro's Regional Income Taxes
Oregon’s Metro Council, the tri-county regional land-use planning government for Portland, has referred to voters an ordinance for the primary election in May imposing an income and business profits tax…