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Oregon proposal would let nonprofits collect charitable checkoff signatures electronically
Summary
A public hearing on Senate Bill 546 heard Department of Revenue and nonprofit testimony supporting a change to allow electronic collection of the 10,000 signatures currently required for charities to qualify for Oregon's personal income tax charitable checkoff list; no vote was taken.
Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue Chair Meek opened a public hearing on Senate Bill 546 on Jan. 27, 2025, a bill that would let the Department of Revenue permit electronic collection of the 10,000 signatures charities now must submit on paper to qualify for Oregon's personal income tax charitable checkoff list.
The change would apply to signatures collected on or after Jan. 1, 2026, according to testimony from Megan Dennison, Personal Tax and Compliance Division Administrator at the Oregon Department of Revenue. "One of the requirements under current law ... a charity has to get 10,000 signatures, and those have to be submitted to Department of Revenue ...…
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