72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
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amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus
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LC 1855
Senate Bill 361
Sponsored by Senator DECKERT, Representative BUTLER (at the
request of Oregon Council on Knowledge and Economic
Development)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
Reduces rate of tax on capital gains of personal income and
corporate income and excise taxpayers.
Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2004.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to taxation; creating new provisions; and amending ORS
316.037, 316.122 and 317.061.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 316.037 is amended to read:
316.037. (1)(a) A tax is imposed for each taxable year on the
entire taxable income of every resident of this state. The amount
of the tax shall be determined in accordance with the following
table:
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If taxable income The tax is:
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Not over $2,000 5% of
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taxable
income
Over $2,000 but not
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over $5,000 $100 plus 7%
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of the excess
over $2,000
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Over $5,000 $310 plus 9%
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of the excess
over $5,000
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(b) For tax years beginning in each calendar year, the
Department of Revenue shall adopt a table which shall apply in
lieu of the table contained in paragraph (a) of this subsection,
as follows:
(A) The minimum and maximum dollar amounts for each rate
bracket for which a tax is imposed shall be increased by the
cost-of-living adjustment for the calendar year.
(B) The rate applicable to any rate bracket as adjusted under
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall not be changed.
(C) The amounts setting forth the tax, to the extent necessary
to reflect the adjustments in the rate brackets, shall be
adjusted.
(c) For purposes of paragraph (b) of this subsection, the
cost-of-living adjustment for any calendar year is the percentage
(if any) by which the monthly averaged U.S. City Average Consumer
Price Index for the 12 consecutive months ending August 31 of the
prior calendar year exceeds the monthly averaged index for the
second quarter of the calendar year 1992.
(d) As used in this subsection, 'U.S. City Average Consumer
Price Index' means the U.S. City Average Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers (All Items) as published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.
(e) If any increase determined under paragraph (b) of this
subsection is not a multiple of $50, the increase shall be
rounded to the next lowest multiple of $50. { +
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, any gain
that is treated as net capital gain for federal tax purposes and
that is included in taxable income in this state shall be taxed
at a rate of four percent. + }
{ - (2) - } { + (3) + } A tax is imposed for each taxable
year upon the entire taxable income of every part-year resident
of this state. The amount of the tax shall be computed under
{ - subsection (1) - } { + subsections (1) and (2) + } of this
section as if the part-year resident were a full-year resident
and shall be multiplied by the ratio provided under ORS 316.117
to determine the tax on income derived from sources within this
state.
{ - (3) - } { + (4) + } A tax is imposed for each taxable
year on the taxable income of every full-year nonresident that is
derived from sources within this state. The amount of the tax
shall be determined in accordance with the table set forth in
{ - subsection (1) - } { + subsections (1) and (2) + } of this
section.
SECTION 2. ORS 316.122 is amended to read:
316.122. (1) If the federal taxable income of husband and wife
(one being a part-year resident and the other a nonresident) is
determined on a joint federal return, their taxable income in
this state shall be separately determined, unless they elect to
file a joint return, in which case their tax on their joint
income shall be determined in this state pursuant to ORS 316.037
{ - (3) - } { + (4) + }.
(2) If the federal taxable income of husband and wife (one
being a full-year resident and the other a part-year resident) is
determined on a joint federal return, their taxable income in
this state shall be separately determined, unless they elect to
file a joint return, in which case their tax on their joint
income shall be determined in this state pursuant to ORS 316.037
{ - (2) - } { + (3) + }.
(3) If the federal taxable income of husband and wife (one
being a full-year resident and the other a nonresident) is
determined on a joint federal return, their taxable income in the
state shall be separately determined, unless they elect to file a
joint return, in which case their tax on their joint income shall
be determined in this state pursuant to ORS 316.037 { - (3) - }
{ + (4) + }.
(4) For purposes of computing the tax of a husband and wife
under this section, if one of the spouses is a full-year resident
individual, then as used in ORS 316.037 { - (2) or - }
(3) { + or (4) + }, that spouse's taxable income derived from
Oregon sources is that spouse's entire federal taxable income,
defined in the laws of the United States, with the modifications,
additions and subtractions provided in this chapter and other
laws of this state applicable to personal income taxation.
(5) The provisions of ORS 316.367 with respect to joint returns
apply if both husband and wife are part-year residents or
full-year nonresidents.
SECTION 3. ORS 317.061 is amended to read:
317.061. { + (1) + } The rate of the tax imposed by and
computed under this chapter is six and six-tenths percent. { +
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, any gain
that is treated as net capital gain for federal tax purposes and
that is included in taxable income in this state shall be taxed
at a rate of four percent. + }
SECTION 4. { + The amendments to ORS 316.037, 316.122 and
317.061 by sections 1 to 3 of this 2003 Act apply to tax years
beginning on or after January 1, 2004. + }
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