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Effect of Tax Changes in Oregon

Approximations of the static revenue impacts of selected tax changes. All figures are in millions of dollars. The estimates assume that the proposed change is fully phased in. Due to time lags in the tax system, a proposed change might not have the effect shown here in the first fiscal year. Read More...

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How U.S. Congress Spends Federal Tax Revenue

Chart showing how the United States Congress spends the federal tax revenue. (31 January 2008)... Read More...

Oregon Income Tax

Oregon residents and nonresidents earning income in Oregon pay the personal income tax. Oregon is tied to the definition of federal taxable income, but some adjustments are made in determining Oregon taxable income. Tax rates range from 5% to 9% of taxable income. Read More...

Oregon Initiative Process

Oregon holds the records for the most statewide initiatives (there were 318 between 1904 and 2000), the highest average initiative use (6.6 per general election), and the most statewide initiatives on the ballot in a single year - 27 in 1912... Read More...

Oregon State Revenue and Expenditures

Recent state budget history shows state General Fund revenue and expenditures and state All Funds revenue and expenditures for the 1991-2007 period. All Funds revenue is not shown for the 2005-07 biennium because reliable estimates are not available. The table also shows values for total personal income of Oregon residents, total Oregon population and the consumer price index. Read More...

Oregon Taxation

Oregon's chief source of general revenue is the personal income tax, adopted in 1929; the tax has three brackets, ranging from 5% on taxable income up to $2,500 to 9% on taxable income above $6,250. Read More...

Oregon's Revenue System Over Time

The second perspective is how Oregon's revenue system has changed through time. Changes in Oregon's tax burden and revenue composition can be examined, along with how Oregon's system has changed compared to other states. Read More...

Overview of Oregon's Revenue System

A better understanding of Oregon's revenue system can be gained by looking at it from two perspectives. The first is at a point in time. This perspective addresses how Oregon compares with other states using the latest available consistent information for all the states... Read More...

Taxes by State

We pay Uncle Sam the same no matter where we live, but property, gasoline, tobacco, sales and state income taxes are all over the map... Read More...

The Progressives and Direct Democracy

The 1890's are often viewed today as a happy time period when Americans lived uncomplicated lives with few problems to worry about. But, time has a way of covering up the negative and the ugly. Rather than being a "happy time," the 1890's may have been one of the worst times for Americans... Read More...

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