Category: Advocacy with Government

• Tigard Chamber Letter to Elected Officials on Save Small Business Coalition

• PRESS RELEASE – TIGARD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOINS BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS ACROSS THE NATION TO DEMAND CHANGE IN BUSINESS CONTINUITY INSURANCE TO SAVE SMALL BUSINESSES

• Paid Family Leave Legislation

  Paid Family Leave (HB 2005) is the last remaining Paid Family Leave (PFL) Bill under consideration. OSCC is still awaiting amendments for a new paid family leave bill that would implement a new 12-week paid family leave program for all businesses down to the first employee. Employers with under 25 employees would not be required…

• PERS Unfunded Liability – Legislation & Solutions

  

  PERS cost savings legislation passes. SB 1049 passed the Senate with a bare 16-vote majority and then followed with passage in the House with a bare 31-vote majority, but only after Speaker Kotek stood ‘at ease’ on the House floor and called Democrats into her office to twist enough arms to secure the 31 votes she…

• Oregon Legislative Update 5-21-19

  

  Week 17 – State Legislative Update Activity on Major Issues The $2.8 billion Commercial Activity Tax (HB 3427) was signed into law by Governor Brown. Starting on January 1, 2020, all businesses doing business in Oregon will see:   A gross receipts tax rate of 0.57% on Oregon sales over $1 million; A 35% deduction…

• $2B Oregon Business Tax Plan Released

  

  We know there is widespread anticipation and concern regarding the new $2 billion business tax being promoted by legislative leadership. Last evening, the detailed plan was finally made public. https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15752 At a high level, it is a 0.49% gross receipts tax with a 25% deduction for either business inputs or labor costs, whichever is greater.…

• $5B+ In New Taxes in Biennium Possible

  Week 11 Oregon State Legislative Update – Brought to you through our membership in OSCC. We want to reiterate four major tax hikes  are being pushed by legislative leaders which total over $5B in a biennium. As of now, all four proposals are serious and viable. Please get familiar with and distribute this infographic. It…

• Revenue is a Focus in State Capitol for the 2019 Session

  

  Our OSCC lobbyists are at work analyzing the 1,500 bills that have been introduced to date in the state legislature. Here’s a list of major revenue-related proposals that are drawing attention in Salem. Gross receipts tax (GRT): Despite voters’ overwhelming rejection of Measure 97 in 2016, this concept remains a favorite of some influential legislators.…