Tax breaks can be well targeted or poorly targeted. Unfortunately, many tax breaks for seniors fall into the latter category,
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In this era of extreme income inequality, Oregon’s taxes should help to push back against this destructive trend. Sadly, Oregon’s
Oregon’s poorest families pay more in taxes as a share of income than any group of taxpayers in the state,
When the U.S. House of Representatives voted on its version of the Trump tax plan on November 16, 13 Republican
You may have heard the radio ads, seen the large newspaper ads, or pulled the shiny postcard from your mailbox
The Oregon legislature should reject a new tax shelter proposed by the Oregon Association of Realtors dubbed the “Oregon First-Time
by Daniel Hauser, Policy Analyst, Before House Revenue Committee, March 27, 2017 Chair Barnhart, Vice-Chair Smith Warner, Vice-Chair Bentz, and
News Release While backers of President Bush’s tax cut proposal point to the average tax cut, new data released today
By most measures Oregonians are paying the same share of their income in taxes as they were paying almost twenty
News Release A report released today by the Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP) finds that most Oregonians would see
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