Key Votes
HB 3543 - Kicker Refunds - Key Vote
Oregon Key Votes
Stages
- June 9, 2011 Executive Signed
- May 24, 2011 Senate Bill Passed
- April 26, 2011 House Bill Passed
- Feb. 21, 2011 Introduced
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - June 9, 2011
Title: Kicker Refunds
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (38-21) - April 26, 2011 (Key vote)
Title: Kicker Refunds
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that changes the method by which "kicker" refunds are awarded to personal income tax payers from a direct payment to a tax credit against the following year's tax liability, effective July 1, 2011.
Highlights:
-Authorizes the award of a kicker refund to an individual income tax payer as a tax credit against the following year's tax liability, whereas existing law required a direct payment (Sec. 1).
-Requires the Department of Revenue to provide information and guidance to taxpayers regarding the calculation of the credit (Sec. 1).
-Specifies that the Department of Revenue may use its own discretion to determine the manner in which the credit is calculated when the filing status of a tax payer is altered from one year to the next (Sec. 1).
-Specifies that the cost incurred by the Department of Revenue for administering the credits shall not exceed $250,000 (Sec. 3).
-Specifies that any amounts left in the Surplus Kicker Cost Account on July 1, 2011 shall be transferred to the General Fund (Sec. 6).
-This act is effective July 1, 2011 (Sec. 7).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Feb. 21, 2011
Title: Kicker Refunds
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Phil Barnhart (OR - D)
- Jason Conger (OR - R)
- Alan Randal Olsen (OR - R)
- Patrick Sheehan (OR - R) (Out Of Office)