Tax

Councilor Steve Novick has a renewed plan to solve Portland’s budget woes: tax the rich.

While past tax proposals for police officers in Vancouver have failed with voters, this gives local governments a new approach.

Vital sectors in Oregon like manufacturing are especially sensitive to changes in the global market, and increasing trade tensions could impede growth.

The state determines the employer rate each November based on the previous year’s demand for the fund.

Oregon's new state economist shares the economic outlook for the state and what his new quarterly forecast means for the state's kicker tax rebates.

Metro, the regional government in Portland tasked with overseeing the supportive housing services tax, is considering a substantial change to the program.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s proposed $8 billion budget – a $1 billion increase from the current budget – relies heavily on revenue collected through the Portland Clean Energy Fund, the voter-approved tax on large retailers meant to fund renewable energy projects and address the effects of climate change in communities of color.

Senate Bill 1520 would exempt from state income taxes any money received as a result of a wildfire-related lawsuit.

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear a legal challenge to Washington's capital gains tax, but critics of the tax remain optimistic about a proposed policy initiative that could land on voters' ballots in November.

A report published this week by the Metro Auditor finds cracks in Metro’s oversight of a regional housing support tax.