OAR 150-317-1140
Wholesale Sale of Groceries Exclusion

(1) Definitions.
(a) “Processing” means transforming or changing the physical characteristics of an item, including incorporation or consumption of an item as an ingredient or component in the production or manufacture of another item. “Processing” includes activities such as (but not limited to): baking, canning, churning, cooking, concentrating, cutting, dehydrating, drying, extracting, freezing, heating, grinding, mixing, pasteurizing, preserving, or otherwise altering, manufacturing, or producing an item. For purposes of this rule, “processing” does not include activities conducted by a retail store in assembling, cleaning, preparing, storing, handling or displaying groceries for retail sale to the final consumer for home consumption. Retail store activities such as preparing filleted or gutted fish, produce trimming, and processed meat and cheese slicing, are not processing as defined in this rule, provided that such activities are conducted by a retail store as part of the services they offer to their customers.
(b) “Store” for purposes of this rule, refers to the location from which a taxpayer sells goods at retail to the final consumer for home consumption. “Store” includes both physical locations and online storefronts.
(c) “Wholesale sale” is the sale of goods to a purchaser for the purpose of resale without further processing in the regular course of the purchaser’s trade or business. A wholesale sale of groceries, for purposes of the exclusion in ORS 317A.100 (Definitions)(1)(b)(EE), may be determined by using factors such as (but not limited to):
(A) The sale is of grocery items in a quantity usable for resale, or materially in excess of the total quantity of goods that are, on average, purchased by a member of the consuming public.
(B) The items are sold at a discounted price from the fair market value of the items if sold at retail.
(C) The sale is made to another business entity.
(2) The list of factors in sections (1)(c)(A) through (1)(c)(C) are nonexclusive. The factors will be considered based on facts and circumstances and only to the extent that they are relevant. The department may consider any other relevant factors and circumstances.
(3) Excludable Receipts from Wholesale Sales. A person may exclude receipts realized from the wholesale sale of groceries, as that term is defined in ORS 317A.100 (Definitions)(8), provided that the sales transaction meets the following requirements:
(a) The transaction is a wholesale sale;
(b) The items sold in the transaction are food or food products that meet the definition of groceries, in a form that may be resold to the final consumer for home consumption without processing;
(c) The sale is made for the purpose of reselling the groceries to the final consumer for home consumption; and
(d) The wholesale seller obtains written verification from the purchaser that the purchased groceries will be resold without processing, by a store that typically sells groceries to the final consumer for home consumption.
(4) Documentation Required for Verification. A wholesale seller must retain sufficient documentation to demonstrate the requirements in section (3) have been met. Any document may serve as verification, provided that it contains the following information:
(a) The purchaser’s name and address;
(b) The date of the purchase, the item(s) purchased, and the amount purchased; and
(c) Verification from the purchaser of the amount of the purchase that will be resold, without processing, to the final consumer for home consumption.
(5) Safe Harbor for Wholesale Sales. A wholesale seller is not required to obtain separate verification from the purchaser if:
(a)(A) The purchaser is a qualified Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) retailer with a current permit to accept SNAP benefits issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture; or
(B) The purchaser is a store that meets the definition of a retail food store for purposes of the SNAP under 7 U.S.C. 2012(o)(1), (2), (4) or (5); and
(b) The purchase was made for the purpose of resale of groceries, without further processing, at a store that meets the requirement in subsection (a). The wholesale seller must retain sufficient documentation to demonstrate that the sale was made to a store that meets the requirements in subsection (a).
(6) Examples.
[Publications: Contact the Oregon Department of Revenue for information about how to obtain a copy of the publication referred to or incorporated by reference in this rule pursuant to ORS 183.360 (Publication of rules and orders)(2) and ORS 183.355 (Filing and taking effect of rules)(1)(b).]

Source: Rule 150-317-1140 — Wholesale Sale of Groceries Exclusion, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=150-317-1140 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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

May 10, 2025

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