FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Reviewing Oregon's Tax Expenditures
What Are They – Lost Revenue or Economic Incentives?
LWV Portland Meeting will examine Oregon's tax expenditures. Chuck Sheketoff, Executive Director, Oregon Center of Public Policy; Jody Wiser, Tax Fairness Oregon; and Jon Bartholomew, Executive Director, OSPIRG will speak.
General Meeting: League of Women Voters of Portland
Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 7:00 P.M.
Multnomah County Building, Board Room, 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Reviewing Oregon's Tax Expenditures
What Are They – Lost Revenue or Economic Incentives?
Speakers:
• Chuck Sheketoff, Executive Director, Oregon Center of Public Policy
• Jody Wiser, Tax Fairness Oregon
• Jon Bartholomew, Executive Director, OSPIRG
Tax expenditures include tax: deductions, inclusions, subtractions, exemptions, deferrals, preferential rates, and credits. In its search for revenue, the Oregon Legislature is examining 33 Tax Expenditures scheduled to sunset in the next biennium. Can the Legislature craft a system for dealing with the 360 tax expenditures in the Oregon tax code and therebye improve our tax system? For more information review the the Governor's Tax Expenditure Report at: www.oregon.gov./DOR/STATS.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend.
The event will be broadcast on local access cable television. It will also be available on www.lwvpdx.org.
This program is part of the League's ongoing education program to stay informed about the foundations of Portland’s civic life.
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