Oregon Department of Revenue budget request centers on IT projects, collections and property-tax shortfall

Renee Klein, chief financial officer for the Department of Administrative Services, and Betsy Eimholt, director of the Oregon Department of Revenue, told the Senate General Government Subcommittee on March 10 that the governor’s 2025–27 budget for the department focuses on finishing an electronic property-tax system, backing a portion of a property-tax division funding shortfall with general fund, and funding modest increases in collections capacity.

The presentations matter because the Department of Revenue administers dozens of tax and fee streams that fund state and local services; changes to its operating budget affect how those programs are administered and how money flows to counties and other recipients. Klein said the governor’s budget “make[s] 1 investment in the collections division to assist with anticipated workload increases” and recommended investments “to finish that project” — a reference to the department’s…