OAR 150-317-0160
Exemption and Return Requirements

(1)

For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1987, corporations exempt for federal tax purposes, will no longer need to submit an affidavit or a federal determination letter to the department as previously required. This does not, however, preclude the department from requesting information regarding the activities or other information from the exempt corporation.

(2)

In order to establish its exemption and thus be relieved of the duty of filing returns and paying taxes, each organization claiming exemption for Oregon purposes but which is not exempt for federal purposes must file with the department:

(a)

An affidavit showing the character of the organization, the purpose for which it was organized, its actual activities, the sources and the disposition of its income, whether or not any of its income is credited to surplus or may inure to the benefit of any private stockholder or individual (see below), and in general all other facts relating to its operations which affect its right to exemption;

(b)

A copy of the articles of association or incorporation;

(c)

The by-laws of the organization; and

(d)

The latest financial statement showing the assets, liabilities, receipts and disbursements of the organization. The articles should clearly indicate the disposition to be made of surpluses in the event of termination.

(3)

When an organization has established its right to exemption and does not have unrelated business taxable income, it need not thereafter voluntarily make a return or any further showing with respect to its status unless it changes the character of its organization or operations from the purpose for which it is organized, or unless the department requests the filing of returns or the furnishing of other information.

(4)

As provided in ORS 317.920 (Tax imposed on unrelated business income of certain exempt corporations), a corporation otherwise exempt from tax shall be subject to Oregon Corporation Excise Tax on its unrelated business taxable income, and shall file a return in any tax year the corporation has unrelated business taxable income.

(5)

Organizations exempt under federal law, but not exempt under Oregon law, must attach a copy of the organization’s federal Form 990 or 990T to the Oregon return in lieu of a federal Form 1120.

(6)

Organizations which devote a substantial amount of their time or funds to promote legislation or support political candidates are not exempt within any section of ORS 317.080 (Exempt corporations).

(7)

The exempt status granted to organizations by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or the department may be reviewed at a later date. If the department finds that the exempt status was granted in error due to misstatements or fraud in the application for exemption, or a mistake on a point of law by an employee of the department or the IRS, the exemption will be retroactively revoked to the date the exemption was granted. If the department finds that the exemption was justified when granted, but that subsequent activities disqualified the organization for the exemption, the exemption shall be revoked as of the date such disqualifying activities began.

(8)

If an organization’s exemption is revoked by the IRS, the department shall revoke the exemption for Oregon tax purposes with the same effective date as the IRS.

Source: Rule 150-317-0160 — Exemption and Return Requirements, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=150-317-0160.

150‑317‑0010
Procedure for Handling State Surplus Refund 150‑317‑0020
Substantial Nexus Guidelines 150‑317‑0030
Definition: “Doing Business” 150‑317‑0040
Taxable Income of Regulated Investment Companies and Real Estate Investment Trusts 150‑317‑0050
Foreign Corporations Subject to Tax 150‑317‑0060
Capital Losses — Carrybacks and Carry-overs 150‑317‑0070
Administrative and Judicial Interpretations 150‑317‑0080
Adoption of Federal Law 150‑317‑0090
Policy — Application of Various Provisions of the Federal Internal Revenue Code 150‑317‑0100
Periods of Less than 12 Months Are Tax Years 150‑317‑0110
Tax Reform Act of 1984 Adjustments 150‑317‑0120
Farm Capital Gain 150‑317‑0130
Tax on Homeowner’s Association Income 150‑317‑0140
Imposition of the Tax: Mercantile, Manufacturing and Business Corporations 150‑317‑0150
Adoption of Federal Exempt Organizations 150‑317‑0160
Exemption and Return Requirements 150‑317‑0170
Minimum Tax 150‑317‑0190
Affordable Housing Credit 150‑317‑0200
Commercial Lending Institution Loans for Underground Storage Tanks or Soil Remediation 150‑317‑0210
Carryover of the Lender’s Credit for Weatherization Loans 150‑317‑0220
Lender’s Credit: Loans to Wood Heat and Fuel Oil Heat Customers 150‑317‑0230
Lender’s Credit: Computation 150‑317‑0240
Lender’s Credit: Definitions 150‑317‑0245
Commencement of Long Term Enterprise Zone Tax Credit 150‑317‑0250
Long Term Enterprise Zone Distributions 150‑317‑0260
Lender’s Credit for Agriculture Workforce Housing 150‑317‑0270
Credit for Contributions of Computers, Scientific Equipment, and Research 150‑317‑0280
Qualified Research Credit 150‑317‑0290
Research Tax Credit: Notice of Election 150‑317‑0300
Research Tax Credit: Alternative Computation 150‑317‑0310
Bad Debt Reserve of Financial Institutions Not Qualifying as Large Banks that Have Differences in Reserve for Federal and Oregon Tax Purposes 150‑317‑0320
Modification of Federal Taxable Income: Dividends from Certain Subsidiaries 150‑317‑0330
Modification for Dividends Received 150‑317‑0340
Modification of Federal Taxable Income: Internal Revenue Code Subpart F Income 150‑317‑0350
Oregon Subtraction Where Charitable Contribution Is Reduced Under Federal Law 150‑317‑0360
Definition of “State” 150‑317‑0370
Bad Debt Reserve of Financial Institutions that Have Changed From Reserve Method to Specific Charge-off Method 150‑317‑0380
Taxes on Net Income or Profits Imposed by any State or Foreign Country 150‑317‑0390
IRC Section 338: Application to Oregon 150‑317‑0400
Payments Received Under Federal Safe Harbor Lease Agreements For Transactions Entered Into in Tax Years Beginning on or After January 1, 1983 150‑317‑0410
Payments Received Under Federal Safe Harbor Lease Agreements for Transactions Entered Into in Tax Years Beginning Prior to 1983 150‑317‑0420
Modification of Federal Taxable Income: Difference Between Oregon and Federal Bases on Assets Sold, Exchanged or Otherwise Disposed Of 150‑317‑0430
Modification of Federal Taxable Income: Timber Cut but Unsold 150‑317‑0440
Depletion Allowance 150‑317‑0450
Depletion of Metal Mines 150‑317‑0460
Limitation on Oregon Net Loss Deduction 150‑317‑0470
Pre-change and Built-in Losses 150‑317‑0480
Definition of “Premiums” in the Insurance Sales Factor 150‑317‑0490
Insurers 150‑317‑0500
Applicable Date 150‑317‑0510
Unitary Business 150‑317‑0520
Direct or Indirect Relationships 150‑317‑0530
Corporations Doing Business Outside the United States 150‑317‑0540
Consolidated Oregon Return: Format and Information Required 150‑317‑0550
Consolidated Oregon Return: Affiliated Group 150‑317‑0560
Consolidated Oregon Return: Credits 150‑317‑0570
Different Apportionment Factors for Purposes of ORS 317.710(5)(b) 150‑317‑0580
Consolidated Oregon Return: Copy of Federal Return Required 150‑317‑0590
Interinsurance and Reciprocal Exchanges 150‑317‑0600
Limitations on Deduction of Group Losses 150‑317‑0610
Modified Federal Consolidated Taxable Income 150‑317‑0620
Modified Federal Consolidated Taxable Income — Contribution Deduction for the Oregon Consolidated Group 150‑317‑0630
Oregon Return: Apportionment Formula 150‑317‑0640
Member of a Unitary Group Incorporated in a Listed Foreign Jurisdiction 150‑317‑0650
Stakeholder feedback regarding listed jurisdictions 150‑317‑0651
Repatriation Tax Credit 150‑317‑0652
Modification for Listed Jurisdiction Amounts Previously Included in Income 150‑317‑0660
Computation of Taxable Income 150‑317‑0670
Application for Relief 150‑317‑0680
Tax Imposed on Unrelated Business Income of Certain Exempt Corporations 150‑317‑1000
Definition of Commercial Activity 150‑317‑1010
Substantial Nexus Guidelines for the Corporate Activity Tax (CAT) 150‑317‑1020
Corporate Activity Tax Unitary Business Factors, Common Ownership and Filing Requirements for Unitary Groups 150‑317‑1025
Corporate Activity Tax: Election to Exclude Non-U.S. Members from Unitary Group 150‑317‑1030
Sourcing Commercial Activity to Oregon from Sales of Tangible Personal Property 150‑317‑1040
Sourcing Commercial Activity to Oregon of Other than Sales of Tangible Personal Property 150‑317‑1050
Sourcing of Commercial Activity for Financial Institutions in This State 150‑317‑1060
Definition of Insurers’ Gross Premiums Receipts 150‑317‑1070
Sourcing of Motor Carrier Transportation Services 150‑317‑1100
Agent Exclusion 150‑317‑1120
Exclusion for subcontracting payments 150‑317‑1130
Property Brought into Oregon 150‑317‑1140
Wholesale Sale of Groceries Exclusion 150‑317‑1150
Retail Sale of Groceries Exclusion 150‑317‑1160
Farmer’s Sales to Agricultural Cooperatives 150‑317‑1170
Farming Operations: Clarifying Definitions for Agricultural Commodities, Farming Operations, Out of State Sales Based on Industry Averages 150‑317‑1200
Cost Input or Labor Cost Subtraction 150‑317‑1220
Employee Compensation: Labor Cost Subtraction 150‑317‑1300
Estimated Tax: When Estimated Payments Are Required 150‑317‑1310
Estimated Tax Payments: Delinquent or Underestimated Payment or Both, Constitutes Underpayment 150‑317‑1320
Estimated Tax: Unitary Groups and Apportioned Returns 150‑317‑1330
Extension of Time to File 150‑317‑1400
Determining Property Resold Out of State, and Methods of Determining 150‑317‑1410
Motor Vehicle Resale Certificate – Documentation Required 150‑317‑1420
Damages Received as the Result of Litigation 150‑317‑1500
Good Faith Effort
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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