This tax credit is targeted to low- and middle-income Oregonians. About 90 percent of the tax credit goes to families in the bottom 60 percent of Oregon’s income distribution, a rare progressive tax benefit.
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Congress has handed Oregon lawmakers $2.6 billion to prevent cuts to services Oregonians need most and invest in pandemic recovery efforts.
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Tax Day will arrive a month later than usual this year, another consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. With additional time to file your return, you may want to spend a few minutes reflecting on the tax system. Here are eight things to know about Oregon’s tax system. 1. The tax system pays for the things that
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Pop quiz: What is Oregon’s biggest housing subsidy? Many would likely not know the right answer: the mortgage interest deduction. This tax deduction delivers a tax break for people with mortgage interest on a home. Unfortunately, the mortgage interest deduction is terrible public policy. It is badly in need of reform. Here are four reasons
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As vaccines for COVID-19 make their way into the arms of Americans, a sense of normality feels within reach. But going back to normal is not what working Oregonians need. We need a reimagined sense of “normal” – one in which workers get paid living wages and the rich pay their fair share. When you add
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Chair Prusak, Vice-Chair Hayden, Vice-Chair Salinas, and Members of the Committee: My name is Janet Bauer, Senior Policy Analyst for the Oregon Center for Public Policy. I respectfully submit this testimony in support of HB 2010-1. The Oregon Center for Public Policy is a think tank dedicated to improving the economic outcomes for all Oregonians,
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Take a massive, poorly targeted business-support program. Add to it a highly unusual federal tax break for the businesses getting the federal money. Then pile on yet another tax break for those businesses. What do you get? The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) double-dip tax break. Right now, the PPP double-dip tax break threatens to swallow
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A tax credit intended to lift up working families leaves out more than a quarter-million Oregonians, most of them U.S. citizens and authorized immigrants.
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More than a quarter-million Oregonians in working households — most of them U.S. citizens and authorized immigrants — cannot claim a tax credit for families surviving on low wages because they live with a family member who lacks a Social Security Number.
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Chair Prusak, Vice-Chair Hayden, Vice-Chair Salinas, and Members of the Committee, My name is Janet Bauer (she/her), Senior Policy Analyst for the Oregon Center for Public Policy, and I respectfully submit this testimony in support of HB 3352, on behalf of the Center. The Oregon Center for Public Policy is a think tank dedicated to
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