Oregon voters won't get chance to reinstate tax breaks in November after Republican-led effort fails
Oregonians won’t have the chance to vote on whether to replicate federal tax breaks for car loan interest and business assets on their state taxes after a referendum campaign led by conservative anti-tax operatives fizzled out.
Oregon automatically replicates changes to federal tax law, including those included in congressional Republicans’ 2025 tax and spending megalaw. But facing hundreds of millions in lost tax revenue, legislative Democrats voted this spring to separate from parts of the tax code.
In response, Republican Reps. Ed Diehl of Scio and Dwayne Yunker of Grants Pass teamed up with the Oregon Freedom Coalition to collect the nearly 80,000 signatures necessary to refer the measure to the November ballot.
Diehl and the Oregon Freedom Coalition were fresh off another tax referendum victory and optimistic about their chances, but they admitted defeat ahead of Thursday’s deadline to collect signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/oregon-voters-wont-get-chance-to-reinstate-tax-breaks-in-november-after-republican-led-effort-fails/