By Taxpayers Association of Oregon / OregonWatchdog.com
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On Wednesday afternoon, more bills will be introduced for the 35-day February Legislative Session to vote on.
We have four warnings:
#1. Kotek aims to move gas tax election (to get lower voter turnout). Governor Kotek and Democratic leaders in the Senate and House have pledged to move the gas tax referendum election date from the required General Election to the May Primary, where voting turnout can be 60% lower. As you know, a quarter million voters signed the referendum petition to stop Kotek’s $4.3 billion gas tax/wage tax and force it to the November 2026 ballot for a public vote. Moving the election it allows Kotek to involve fewer voters and possibly launch a counter-offensive political campaign to get the gas tax passed.
#2. SJR 201 raids people’s kicker tax refund. Most Oregon taxpayers will be receiving an average of $300 to $600 Kicker Refunds on their taxes this April. The Kicker Refund comes from over-collected surplus tax funds, but the politicians wish to abolish this law and steal your future refunds. Because the Kicker Tax Refund law is in the Constitution, this bill, Senate Joint Resolution 201, refers it to the people for a vote.
#3. SB 1507 creates a retail sales tax. This bill appears to reduce some taxes in exchange for a brand new retail sales tax, “reduces taxes imposed under various tax programs, operative conditioned upon imposition of a statewide retail sales tax dedicated to specified purposes.”
#4. HB4015 is a $300 million business tax. HB4015 is a $300 million business tax bills that block some of Trump’s 2025 tax cuts.
This business tax is the one the state government unions are currently blasting ads about:
Stay tuned on how these taxes play out.
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