File your Corporate Activity Tax return through the electronic filing program. With approved third-party software, you can e-file your return with all schedules. You can also conveniently include an electronic payment with your e-filed original return. See “E-file.”
150-106-003-1 (Rev. 12-16-20) Page 1 of 20 Form OR-CAT Instructions What’s new effort to determine the required installment. Nor will the department assess a penalty for failure to make a quarterly Corporate Activity Tax (CAT) was established during the payment if a business doesn’t have the financial ability to 2019 regular session in HB 3427 and HB 2164. make the estimated payment due to the impact of COVID- 19. For further information, including the documentation On April 24th, 2020 the governor instructed the Oregon taxpayers must retain, refer to our FAQs on estimated pay- Department of Revenue to raise the threshold for making ments or Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR) 150-317-1500. estimated tax payments from $5,000 to $10,000. This means that businesses that would owe under $10,000 are not required to make quarterly estimated payments during 2020. Important reminders Additionally, the governor instructed that the department would honor a business taxpayer’s good faith efforts to com- Revenue Online. Revenue Online provides convenient, ply and not assess penalty if the taxpayer documents their secure access to tools for managing your Oregon tax account. efforts to comply, including how COVID-19 has impacted With Revenue Online, you may: their business. • Register for CAT. Caution: Businesses should keep documentation in their • View your tax account. records that supports their circumstances. • Make and review payments. • View correspondence we sent you. Summary of changes in House Bill 4202 • Check the status of your refund. During the 2020 first special session, the Oregon Legislature • File appeals. made a series of clarifications to the Student Success Act, • Submit an extension. which governs the CAT. Governor Brown signed House • Add an authorized representative/POA. Bill 4202 into law June 30, 2020. Below is a brief overview of • Submit documents. some of the key technical and policy clarifications in the bill. For more information and instructions on setting up your HB 4202: Revenue Online account, visit www.oregon.gov/dor. As • Amends the current exclusion for insurance proceeds to updates or changes are made to these instructions, they will clarify that the exclusion applies to crop insurance poli- also be posted to our website. cies, except those received for loss of commercial activity (previously for loss of “business revenue”). Filing information • Clarifies that tax refunds are not commercial activity. • Excludes receipts from fluid milk sales by dairy farmers who are not members of an agricultural cooperative. Who must register? • Provides an alternative definition of cost inputs specifi- Persons or unitary groups with Oregon commercial activity cally for certain farming operations. exceeding $750,000 must register for the CAT. Commercial • Adds manufactured dwelling park non-profit cooperatives activity is the total amount realized by a company from the to the list of excluded entities. transactions and activity in the regular course of their busi- • Allows CAT unitary group taxpayers to exclude certain ness in Oregon, without deduction for expenses incurred members of the unitary group, provided the member has by the business. Commercial activity is realized according no commercial activity or other connection to Oregon. to the method of accounting used for federal income tax • Clarifies the calculation method for purposes of the 35 purposes. percent subtraction of cost inputs or labor costs. • Provides that a farming operation selling agricultural Registration is due within 30 days of meeting the $750,000 commodities to a wholesaler or broker may exclude registration threshold. A penalty of $100 per month may be receipts if the wholesaler or broker provides the farming assessed for failing to register, up to $1,000 in a calendar operation with certification that the purchased commodi- year. You can register through Revenue Online. ties will be sold out of state. Alternatively, the farming operation may apply an industry average to estimate the Who must file? portion that will be sold out of state. Persons or unitary groups with Oregon commercial activity • Eliminates requirement that taxpayer re-register for CAT of $1 million or more are required to file a CAT return. annually, except under certain circumstances. • Reduces the penalty for underpayment of quarterly esti- What form do I use? mated payments to 5 percent, adds a safe harbor, and extends the 80 percent threshold for estimated quarterly The Oregon CAT program only has one tax return. Taxpay- payments through tax year 2021. Note: The department ers will file tax returns on the Form OR-CAT, Oregon Cor- won’t assess penalties for underestimating quarterly porate Activity Tax Return. Other CAT forms and schedules payments in 2020 if the business has made a good-faith include:
150-106-003-1 (Rev. 12-16-20) Page 2 of 20 Form OR-CAT Instructions • Form OR-CAT-V, Oregon Corporate Activity Tax Payment your current year’s return. If you don’t amend or send a copy Voucher. of the federal or other state report, we have two years from • Schedule OR-EXC-CAT, Exclusions From Commercial the date we’re notified of the change to issue a deficiency Activity. notice. To receive a refund you must file a claim for refund • Schedule OR-AF-CAT, Schedule of Affiliates for Form of tax within two years of the date of the federal or other OR-CAT. state report. • Form OR-CAT-EXT, Application for Extension of Time to File an Oregon Corporate Activity Tax Return. Amended returns • Form OR-QUP-CAT, Underpayment of Oregon Corporate Use the form for the tax year you’re amending and check Activity Estimated Tax. the amended box. Always use your current address. If the address for the year you’re amending has changed, don’t Filing requirements use the old address. Fill in all amounts on your amended return, even if they’re Unitary groups the same as originally filed. If you’re amending to change exclusions or commercial activity include detail of all items 1. A group of entities that is united by more than 50 per- and amounts. cent common ownership. 2. A group of entities that has, directly or indirectly If you change taxable income by filing an original or between members or parts of the enterprise, either a amended federal or other state return, you must file an sharing or an exchange of value shown by: amended CAT return within 90 days of when the original or amended federal or other state return is filed if the change • Centralized management or a common executive results in a change to commercial activity. Include a copy of force; your original or amended federal or other state return with • Centralized administrative services or functions your amended CAT return and attach a letter of explanation resulting in economies of scale; or to your amended return that explains what was amended • Flow of goods, capital resources, or services showing and why. functional integration. You may make payments online for your amended returns A unitary group shall register, file and pay taxes as a single at www.oregon.gov/dor. Don’t make payments for amended taxpayer and may exclude receipts from transactions among returns with Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). This also its members under the CAT. applies to e-filed amended returns. For paper returns, you Unitary business with non-U.S. members. Unitary groups may pay online or include a check or money order with your may make an election to exclude non-U.S. members from return. For e-filed returns, you may pay online or send a the group return if the non-U.S. member has no Oregon check or money order separately. If you mail your payment commercial activity or if the non-U.S. member’s commercial separate from your return, write “Amended” on the payment activity is excluded by CAT statute from Oregon commercial and include a completed Form OR-CAT-V with the amended activity. Refer to OAR 150-317-1025 for further details. box checked. Designated CAT entity Protective claims Any business, or unitary group of businesses, doing busi- Don’t file an amended return as a protective claim. Use ness in Oregon may have responsibilities under the CAT. Oregon Form OR-PCR, Protective Claim for Refund, 150-101- This includes all business entity types, such as C and S 184, when your claim to a refund is contingent on a pending corporations, partnerships, sole proprietorships, and other court decision or legislative action. Notify us within 90 days entities. of the final determination by filing an amended return. Don’t file an amended return before the pending action is E-file final. We accept calendar year, short year, and amended electronic CAT returns utilizing the IRS Modernized e-file platform Additional information on certain (MeF). Your tax return software may also allow you to make exclusions electronic payments when e-filing your original return. For a list of software vendors or for more information, search ORS 317A.100(1)(b) “e-filing” at www.oregon.gov/dor. Agents. An agent may exclude property, money and other Federal or other state audit changes amounts received or acquired by an agent on behalf of another in excess of the agent’s commission, fee or other If the IRS or other taxing authority changes or corrects your remuneration. For the agent exclusion to exist, a person (the federal or other state return for any tax year, you must notify agent) must be acting on behalf of and under the direction us. File an amended CAT return and include a copy of the and control of another person (the principal), and all the facts federal or other state audit report. Mail this separately from and circumstances must be considered. 150-106-003-1 (Rev. 12-16-20) Page 3 of 20 Form OR-CAT Instructions Auto dealers. A vehicle dealer may exclude receipts realized If a store’s receipts from the sale of hot food or hot prepared from vehicle dealer trades (the sale or transfer of a motor food constitutes 80 percent or more of the total receipts that vehicle from one vehicle dealer to another), provided that the store realized from the sale of all food items, the store the trade is made for the purpose of resale and based on doesn’t intend to sell, or typically sell, groceries to the final the need to meet a specific customer’s preference. Vehicle consumer for home consumption; therefore, sales from the dealer’s claiming this exclusion are required to retain store are not excludable as retail sales of groceries. documentation that shows the transaction meets the require- Wholesale sales of groceries. A taxpayer may exclude ments necessary to claim the exclusion. The documentation receipts from the wholesale sale of groceries provided that needs to include the following: the sale meets all of the following requirements: 1. Name, address, and federal ID for both dealers involved 1. The sale is a wholesale sale. in the transaction. 2. The sale is of a food item that would be eligible for pur- 2. Vehicle description. 3. A statement that the vehicle is purchased for resale. chase with SNAP benefits, and is in a form that can be 4. Date and signature of the purchasing dealer, their resold to the end consumer for home consumption. employee or authorized representative. 3. The sale must be made for the purpose of reselling the 5. Dealers must include their dealer license numbers from food item, without processing, to the final consumer for the appropriate licensing jurisdiction. consumption at home. Note: Processing means trans- 6. The document must include a statement that the trade forming or changing the physical characteristics of the occurred to meet a specific customer’s preference. food item, including incorporation or consumption of an item as an ingredient or component in the production or A sample dealer trade resale certificate can be found in manufacture of another item. Appendix B. Dealers are not required to submit copies of 4. The taxpayer making the wholesale sale must obtain the resale certification document while filing their return. written certification from the purchaser that the grocery They must retain the resale certification as required in OAR items will be resold at retail without processing and 150-317-1410: Motor Vehicle Resale Certificate—Documentation are intended for, or typically purchased by, the final Required. Upon audit, Department of Revenue may request consumer for home consumption. additional information to verify the transfer meets the exclu- sion requirements. Any document may serve as verification, provided that it contains the date of the purchase, the purchaser’s name and Wholesale or retail sale of groceries address, the items purchased and purchase amount, and ver- For purposes of the CAT, “groceries” are food and food ification from the purchaser of the amount of the purchase items that would be eligible for purchase with Supplemental that will be resold, without processing, to the final consumer Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Essentially, for home consumption. A wholesale seller isn’t required to groceries are food and beverages purchased for home con- obtain separate verification if the purchase was made for the sumption. Food-producing seeds and plants for use in the purpose of resale without further processing, and purchaser’s garden are also groceries. Receipts from the (A) The purchaser is a qualified SNAP retailer with a wholesale or retail sale of groceries are excluded from the current permit to accept SNAP benefits from the U.S. seller’s commercial activity. Department of Agriculture; or Retail sales of groceries. A taxpayer may exclude receipts (B) The purchaser is a store that meets the required quali- from the retail sale of groceries, provided that the sale meets fications to be a SNAP retail food store under 7 U.S.C. the following requirements: 2012(o)(1), (2), (4) or (5). Requirement 1: The sale is of a grocery item that would be The wholesale seller must retain documentation that, at the eligible for purchase with SNAP benefits, and time of sale, the items were sold and delivered to a purchaser Requirement 2: The seller typically intends or expects that that meets the requirements in (A) or (B). See Appendix B for the sale of food to the purchaser is for home consumption additional wholesaler information including an out-of-state by the purchaser. resale certificate template. A seller that typically sells grocery items to final consumers for home consumption is determined based on factors such Filing checklist and reminders as (but not limited to): Rounding to whole dollars. Enter amounts on the return and • Whether the average gross receipts from the sale of grocer- accompanying schedules as whole dollars only by rounding ies is greater than the average gross receipts from the sale to the nearest whole dollar amount. (For example, $4,681.55 of hot food or prepared food. becomes $4,682; and $8,775.22 becomes $8,775). • Whether the business offers on-site dining facilities or space, and the percentage of floor space dedicated to din- • Due date of your return. Returns are due by April 15th. ing compared to grocery shelves. When the 15th day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or Oregon • Business advertising and marketing. legal holiday, the due date is the next business day. 150-106-003-1 (Rev. 12-16-20) Page 4 of 20 Form OR-CAT Instructions • Extensions. See the instructions below for the extension Estimated tax payments checkbox. • Payments. Requirements. Oregon CAT estimated payment require- ○○Estimated payments and prepayments. Identify all ments aren’t the same as federal estimated tax payment estimated payments claimed by completing Schedule requirements. You must make estimated tax payments if OR-ES-CAT on page 5 and 6 of your return. List all pay- you expect to owe tax of $10,000 or more. If you owe less ments that were submitted prior to filing your return. than $10,000 use exception 1 on Form OR-QUP-CAT. See Include the entity name and FEIN of the designated CAT OR S 317A.137. entity. Missing or incomplete information on payments If you don’t make estimated payments as required, you may made by an affiliate could result in a billing. be subject to a quarterly underpayment penalty. If you have ○○Online payments. You may pay online for any return an underpayment of estimated tax, refer to ORS 317A.161. through Revenue Online. ○○Making electronic payments with your e-filed return. Quarterly underpayment penalty won’t be imposed if each We accept electronic payments when e-filing your estimated tax payment is equal to or more than 25 percent original return. of any one of the following: ○○Making check or money order payments with your a. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020 and paper return. Make your check or money order payable ending before January 1, 2022, 80 percent of the tax for to Oregon Department of Revenue. Write the following the tax year. on your check or money order: b. An amount equal to 80 percent of the tax computed on — Federal employer identification number (FEIN) or annualized taxable commercial activity. Use exception Social security number (SSN) if a sole proprietor. 3 on Form OR-QUP-CAT. — Tax year. c. An amount equal to 80 percent of the amount obtained — Daytime phone. by applying Internal Revenue Code §6655(e)(3)(C) to ○○To speed up processing: Oregon taxable commercial activity for any person with 1 — Don’t use Form OR-CAT-V payment voucher. seasonal commercial activity. Use exception 4 on Form — Don’t staple payment to the return. OR-QUP-CAT. — Don’t send cash or postdated checks. 1 See OAR 150-317-1310. — Don’t use red or purple or any gel ink. Payment due dates ○○Sending check or money order payments separate from your return. Follow the instructions above, except don’t Estimated tax payments are due quarterly, as follows: include with your return. Mail separate payments with 1st Quarter due on April 30. Form OR-CAT-V to: 2nd Quarter due on July 31. Oregon Department of Revenue 3rd Quarter due on October 31. PO Box 14950 4th Quarter due on January 31. Salem OR 97309- 0950 Payment options Don’t use this address for filing your return. Important: For details about making payments with your • Assembling and submitting your return. Submit your return, see “Filing checklist.” Oregon return forms in the following order: Estimated payments may be made by electronic funds 1. Form OR-CAT, Oregon Corporate Activity Tax Return; transfer (EFT), online, or by mail. You can make EFT pay- 2. Schedule OR-AF-CAT, Schedule of Affiliates; ments through Revenue Online or through your financial 3. Schedule OR-EXC-CAT, Exclusions from commercial institution. To learn more about how to make payments, visit activity. our website. If you pay by EFT, don’t send Form OR-CAT-V, Tax-due returns, without payment voucher, mail to: Oregon Corporate Activity Tax Payment Voucher. Oregon Department of Revenue Mail. If paying by mail, send each payment with a Form PO Box 14790 OR-CAT-V, payment voucher, to: Oregon Department of Salem OR 97309-0470 Revenue, PO Box 14950, Salem OR 97309-0950. Include on your check: Refunds or no tax-due returns, mail to: • Federal employer identification number (FEIN) or Social Oregon Department of Revenue security number (SSN) if a sole proprietor. PO Box 14777 • Tax year. Salem OR 97309-0960 • Daytime phone.
150-106-003-1 (Rev. 12-16-20) Page 5 of 20 Form OR-CAT Instructions Estimated payments worksheet (see instructions will require four installments (April 30, July 31, October 31, below worksheet) and January 31). Line 1. Oregon commercial activity. 1.______Example 1 Line 2. Expenses attributable to TV Mart has $10 million of Oregon commercial activity. TV commercial activity. (greater of Mart has $3,999,996 of labor cost attributable to commercial cost inputs or labor costs). 2.______activity and $3,714,282 of cost inputs attributable to com- mercial activity. TV Mart computes its Oregon estimated Line 3. Subtraction percentage. 3. 0.35 payments as follows: Line 4. Cost subtraction. Multiply line 2 by line 3. 4.______Line 1. Oregon commercial activity. 1. $10,000,000 Line 5. Taxable commercial activity. Line 2. Expenses. (greater of cost inputs or Subtract line 4 from line 1. 5.______labor costs). 2. $3,999,996 Line 6. Commercial activity threshold. 6. $1,000,000 Line 3. Subtraction percentage. 3. 0.35 Cost subtraction. Line 7. Taxable commercial activity in Line 4. Multiply line 2 by line 3 (see instructions). 4. $1,399,999 excess of $1 million threshold. Subtract line 6 from line 5. 7.______Line 5. Taxable commercial activity. Subtract line 4 from line 1. 5. $8,600,001 Line 8. Tax rate. 8. 0.0057 Line 6. Commercial activity threshold. 6. $1,000,000 Line 9. Gross corporate activity tax. Multiply line 7 by line 8. 9.______Line 7. Taxable commercial activity in excess of $1 million threshold. Line 10. Base tax. 10. $250 Subtract line 6 from line 5. 7. $7,600,001 Line 11. Annual corporate activity tax. Line 8. Tax rate. 8. 0.0057 Add line 9 to line 10. 11.______Line 9. Gross corporate activity tax. Estimated payment amount. Line 12. Multiply line 9 by line 10. 9. $43,320.00 Divide line 11 by the number of installment payments. 12.______Line 10. Base tax. 10. $250 Line 11. Annual corporate activity tax. Instructions for estimated payments Add line 9 to line 10. 11. $43,570.00 Line 1: Amount of commercial activity sourced to Oregon. Line 12. Installment payment amount. Determine the total amount of commercial activity sourced Divide line 11 by the number of to Oregon that the business realized over the course of the installment payments. 12. $10,893.00 year. Don’t include receipts from items that are specifically excluded from commercial activity. Seasonal taxable commercial activity Line 2: Expenses. You can claim the greater of your labor costs Underpayment charges won’t be imposed if each estimated or cost inputs. Remember that expenses can’t be claimed if payment is equal to or more than 20 percent of the total they are not associated with commercial activity. For example, amount of Oregon taxable commercial activity. Seasonal 2 if you have costs associated with receipts you are excluding commercial activity installments are calculated as follows: from commercial activity, you can’t claim those costs. 1. Taxable commercial activity for all • Labor costs means total compensation of all employees, months during the taxable year preceding the filing month. 1.______not to include compensation paid to any single employee in excess of $500,000. 2. Divide line 1 by the base period • Cost inputs means the cost of goods sold as calculated percentage3 for all months during the in arriving at federal taxable income under the Internal taxable year preceding the filing month. 2.______Revenue Code. 3. Determine the tax on line 2. 3.______Line 4: Cost subtraction. The amount of the cost subtraction 4. Multiply line 3 by the base period is limited to 95 percent of your commercial activity. This percentage for the filing month and all means that your cost subtraction can’t be more than the months during the taxable year amount on line 1 multiplied by 95 percent. preceding the filing month. 4.______Line 5: Taxable commercial activity. If your taxable com- 2 Taxpayers may only calculate seasonal commercial activity if the base period mercial activity is equal to or less than $1,000,000, stop. You percentage for any six consecutive months of the taxable year is at least 70 percent. don’t need to make any estimated payments. 3 The base period percentage for any period of months is the average percent that the taxable commercial activity for the corresponding months in each of the three Line 12: Estimated payment amount. Divide line 11 by the preceding taxable years bears to the taxable commercial activity for the three pre- number of installment payments. For most businesses, this ceding years. 150-106-003-1 (Rev. 12-16-20) Page 6 of 20 Form OR-CAT Instructions Instructions for estimated payments worksheet Cost subtraction. The amount of the cost subtraction is lim- annualized method ited to 95 percent of your commercial activity. This means that your cost subtraction can’t be more than the amount on Amount of commercial activity sourced to Oregon. Deter- line 1 multiplied by 95 percent. mine the total amount of commercial activity sourced to Oregon that the business realized over the course of the Taxable commercial activity. If your taxable commercial quarter. Don’t include receipts from items that are specifi- activity is equal to or less than $1,000,000, stop. You don’t cally excluded from commercial activity. need to make any installment payments. Expenses. You are allowed to claim the greater of your labor Total Oregon taxable commercial activity for each period. costs or cost inputs. Remember that expenses can’t be claimed This is the amount of commercial activity you expect to if they are not associated with commercial activity. For exam- receive for the period. Enter the amount from each period ple, if you have costs associated with receipts you are exclud- on line 1 of the worksheet below. ing from commercial activity, you can’t claim those costs. Annualization multiplier. This is 12 months divided by the • Labor costs means total compensation of all employees, number of months in the period. Enter the annualization not to include compensation paid to any single employee multiplier for each period on line 2 of the worksheet below. in excess of $500,000. Percentage applied. This is the percentage amount a tax- • Cost inputs means the cost of goods sold as calculated payer must pay to avoid underpayment. in arriving at federal taxable income under the Internal Revenue Code.
A B C D 01-01-2020 01-01-2020 01-01-2020 01-01-2020 to to to to 03-31-2020 06-30-2020 09-30-2020 12-31-2020 1. Enter your Oregon taxable commercial activity for each period (see Instructions). 2. Annualization multiplier 4 2.0 1.3 1 3. Annualized Oregon taxable commercial activity. Multiply line 1 by line 2. 4. Commercial activity threshold 5. Percentage that applied for each period 20% 40% 60% 80% 6. Oregon Corporate Activity Tax for the amount on line 3 see Instructions). 7. Multiply line 5 by line 6. This is the required installment payment amount. Example 2 Annualized commercial activity worksheet *Sample* Note: Start with column A. Work down the column and complete all lines before going to column B, C, and D. A B C D 01-01-2020 01-01-2020 01-01-2020 01-01-2020 to to to to 03-31-2020 06-30-2020 09-30-2020 12-31-2020 1. Enter your Oregon taxable commercial activity for each period (see $400,000 $600,000 $1,500,000 $3,000,000 Instructions). 2. Annualization multiplier 4 2.0 1.3 1 3. Annualized Oregon taxable commercial $1,600,000 $1,200,000 $1,950,000 $3,000,000 activity. Multiply line 1 by line 2. 4. Commercial activity threshold $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 5. Percentage that applied for each period 20% 40% 60% 80% 6. Oregon Corporate Activity Tax for the $9,370 $7,090 $11,365 $17,350 amount on line 3 see Instructions). 7. Multiply line 5 by line 6. This is the $1,874 $2,836 $6,819 $13,880 required installment payment amount.
150-106-003-1 (Rev. 12-16-20) Page 7 of 20 Form OR-CAT Instructions Unitary group returns DBA. If the entity is doing business under a different name, for example, DBA or ABN, enter that name. If a unitary group CAT return is filed, any underpayment shall be computed on a combined basis. Each entity of the Current address, city, state, zip code, country (if other than unitary group shall be jointly and severally liable for the US). Always enter the entity’s current address. If the address payment of the estimated tax liability. for the year you’re filing was different, don’t use the old address. Return instructions Business information A. Incorporated in (state), incorporated on (date). Enter the Heading and checkboxes state in which your entity was incorporated in and the date it became incorporated on. Extension checkbox. Check this box if you submitted Form B. State of commercial domicile. Enter in the state of your OR-CAT-EXT. commercial domicile. More time to file doesn’t mean more time to pay your tax. To C. Business activity code. Refer to the current list of North avoid penalty and interest, pay tax due prepayments online, American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes or by mail with Form OR-CAT-V, on or before the original found with your federal tax return instructions. due date of your return. D. Tax entity type. Enter the code from the following list that matches the tax entity type of your designated CAT Note: To file an extension you must submit Form OR-CAT- entity. EXT Application for Extension of Time to File an Oregon Corporate Activity Tax Return. You must file your extension Code Entity type before the filing deadline of April 15, 2021. Filing a payment CC C corporation voucher, Form OR-CAT-V isn’t an extension of time to file SC S corporation your tax return. If you’re making an extension payment by PA Partnership mail, send the payment to: Oregon Department of Revenue, SP Sole proprietorship PO Box 14950, Salem OR 97309-0950. Include on your check: LC LLC organized as a corporation LP LLC organized as a partnership • Designated CAT entity. Enter the legal name and FEIN. LL Limited liability partnership If you’re a sole proprietorship without a FEIN, enter your AT Association/trust name and SSN. QS Qualified subchapter S subsidiary • “Extension.” SM Single-member LLC • Tax year. OF Other foreign entity • Daytime phone. E. Legal entity type. Enter the legal entity type if it is dif- Amended checkbox. Check the amended box if this is an ferent from your tax entity type. amended return. F. Consolidated federal return. Check this box if you filed Alternative apportionment request included. Check this a consolidated federal return. Include a list of the corpo- box if you have included a request for alternative appor- rations included in the consolidated federal return with your Oregon CAT return as an attachment. tionment with your return. See Appendix C for complete Combined Oregon return. Check this box if this is a information. This box is used to denote requests only and combined Oregon CAT return. isn’t to be used after a request is approved. Entities included in consolidated federal return, but not Short year checkbox. Check this box if you are filing a short in Oregon return. Check this box if it applies. Include a year return. A short year is a tax year of less than 12 months. list of entity’s included in the consolidated federal return Caution: CAT doesn’t allow for fiscal year filing. that aren’t included in this Oregon CAT return. List each entity’s name and FEIN. Include this attachment with Short year dates. Enter the dates that your tax year began your Oregon CAT return. and ended. Entities included in combined Oregon CAT return, but Legal name of designated CAT entity. Enter the legal name of not in federal return. Check this box if it applies. Include designated CAT entity (sole proprietor—complete line below) the entity’s name and FEIN as an attachment with your Oregon CAT return. FEIN. Enter the federal employer identification number Elect to file as modified unitary group. Check this box (FEIN) of the entity named on the Oregon return. if you are electing to exclude non-U.S. members with no First name (if sole proprietorship), initial, last name, and commercial activity, or amounts realized but by defini- SSN. If you’re a sole proprietorship without an FEIN, enter tion excluded from commercial activity, that is sourced to Oregon. your name and Social Security number (SSN). Elect to use prior fiscal year information. Check this box if Deceased. If you’re filing for someone who died in 2020, you are electing to use your most recent fiscal year infor- check the “Deceased” box. mation for purposes of determining your subtraction. An 150-106-003-1 (Rev. 12-16-20) Page 8 of 20 Form OR-CAT Instructions election to use your most recent fiscal year information 3. Cost inputs attributable to commercial activity. Report to determine your subtraction must be made on a timely your cost inputs that are attributable to Oregon com- filed (including extensions), original return and is bind- mercial activity. “Cost inputs” means the cost of goods ing for the tax year in which it is made. sold (COGS) as calculated in arriving at federal taxable G. Name and FEIN of parent corporation, if different than income under the Internal Revenue Code. Only include designated CAT entity (if applicable). If the filing corpo- the cost of goods sold associated with your Oregon com- ration (shown above as legal name) is a subsidiary in an mercial activity subject to the tax. Taxpayers can refer to affiliated group, or a subsidiary in a parent-subsidiary IRS Publication 538, Accounting Periods and Methods, for controlled group, enter the name and FEIN of the parent more information on cost of goods sold. corporation. For definition of a subsidiary in an affili- Determining your COGS: ated group or a parent-subsidiary controlled group, see Accrual basis taxpayers. Use the same method used for federal Form 1120, Schedule K. your federal income tax purposes. H. Number of affiliates included in this return (You must Cash basis taxpayers. Determine your COGS based on include Schedule OR-AF-CAT if this is a combined whether you keep an inventory. return). Enter the total number of affiliates doing busi- • If you keep an inventory, use the same accounting ness in Oregon that are included in this return. method for valuing inventory and determining COGS I. List the tax years for which federal waivers of the stat- as you do for your federal income tax. ute of limitations are in effect and dates which waivers • Farming operations. For a farming operation that expire. Include a statement with your return if you need does not report cost of goods sold for federal tax more space than the return provides. J. List the tax years for which your federal income attribut- purposes, “cost inputs” means operating expenses, able to Oregon commercial activity was changed by an excluding labor costs [HB 4202, section 1(2)(b)]. Farm- IRS audit or by an amended federal return filed during ing operation is defined in HB 4202, section 6(1)(c). this tax year. 4. Labor costs attributable to commercial activity (not to K. If final return, indicate: o Withdrawn o Dissolved exceed $500,000 for any single employee). Report your o Merged or reorganized. labor costs that are attributable to Oregon commercial L. Name and FEIN of merged or reorganized business. activity. Only include the labor cost associated with o M. Financial institution. Check this box only if the entity your Oregon commercial activity subject to the tax. is a financial institution. CAT defines financial institu- Labor costs include most types of compensation paid tions under ORS 314.610 except CAT excludes credit to employees, such as wages, health insurance benefits, unions from this definition. retirement benefits, and any other fringe benefits, but it N. o Insurer. Check this box if the entity is an insurer. doesn’t include employees’ payroll taxes or compensa- CAT defines insurers as any domestic, foreign, or alien tion in excess of $500,000 paid to any single employee. insurer, any interinsurance and reciprocal exchange For purposes of the CAT, “employee” means an individ- as found in Corporate Excise Tax, ORS 317.101. The ual who provides services under the control of another definition of insurers doesn’t include title insurers or person or organization. Generally, an individual will be health care service providers operating pursuant to ORS 750.005 to 750.095. considered an employee if the person or organization O. Farming operation. Check this box if the entity is a that receives the services is subject to industrial accident farming operation. CAT defines farming operation as insurance, unemployment compensation, federal Social an entity doing business in a sector described under Security, or federal tax withholding for that individual. codes 111, 112 or 115 of the North American Industry “Employees” don’t include: Classification System. • Partners in a partnership who receive guaranteed payments or distributive income. Line instructions • Members in a limited liability company (LLC) who 1. Total commercial activity. Report the amount of com- receive guaranteed payments or distributive income. mercial activity sourced to Oregon. Commercial activity • Statutory employees described in the Internal Rev- means the fair market value of all amounts realized in enue Code (IRC) Section 3121(d)(3). the regular course of a taxpayer’s trade or business that • Independent contractors as defined in ORS 670.600. meet the transactional test. This can include, but isn’t 5. Multiply either line 3 or line 4, whichever is greater, by limited to, money, property received, debt forgiven, and 35 percent and round the product to the nearest whole services rendered. Commercial activity doesn’t include dollar. amounts that only meet the functional test. Note: Don’t include amounts reported on Line 2. 6. Apportionment percentage of subtraction. Include an 2. Total exclusions from commercial activity (attach sched- attachment showing calculations. Check the box if elect- ule OR-EXC-CAT). Use Schedule OR-EXC-CAT to report ing the substitute method. the amount and description code of each exclusion. Use • Substitute method. Check this box if you are elect- the description code from the list in Appendix A. The ing to use the substitute method to determine what total of all exclusions is entered on Form OR-CAT, line 2. expenses are attributable to commercial activity. If 150-106-003-1 (Rev. 12-16-20) Page 9 of 20 Form OR-CAT Instructions using the substitute method you must calculate a amount of your subtraction. You may elect to use your commercial activity ratio as follows: most recent fiscal year information for purposes of (a) A taxpayer’s costs under the commercial activity determining your subtraction. ratio (“applicable costs”) equal 35 percent of the Unitary groups with members subject to multiple appor- greater of total cost of goods everywhere or total labor costs everywhere, as those costs are deter- tionment methods under ORS chapters 314 or 317 must mined before application of ORS 317A.119(2)(b) for compute the group’s eligible costs as a summation of the items that are not commercial activity. Expenses apportionment factor percentages of each subgroup of from transactions among members of a unitary members using the same apportionment method. group must be excluded. You may, in lieu of calculating and apportioning eligible (b) The commercial activity ratio is a fraction, the costs, elect to approximate and apportion eligible costs numerator of which is the taxpayer’s commercial by means of the commercial activity ratio. activity sourced to Oregon and the denominator of which is the sum of the taxpayer’s total commer- Refer to OAR 150-317-1200 for further details on calculat- cial activity everywhere plus amounts excluded ing your subtraction. under ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(Q), ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(Y), 8. Reserved. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(AA), ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(DD), 9. Commercial activity after subtraction, line 1 minus line 7. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(EE), ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(TT), 10. Subcontractor exclusion (ORS 317A.122). If you are a and 317A.100(1)(b)(VV). Receipts from transactions general contractor and incurred labor costs for single- among unitary group members are not included family residential construction located in Oregon, you in either the numerator or denominator. may qualify for the subcontractor labor payment exclu- (c) Multiply the applicable costs determined under sion. The exclusion is 15 percent of the labor costs paid subsection (a) by the commercial activity ratio to a subcontractor. It doesn’t include payments made for determined under subsection (b). Enter the materials, land or permits and isn’t allowed for payments amount of the subtraction on line 7. between subcontractors. Single-family residential construc- 7. CAT subtraction. You may subtract from your Oregon tion means the construction of new single-family housing sourced commercial activity 35 percent of the greater of such as single-family detached or semidetached houses your eligible cost inputs or eligible labor costs. Eligible and townhouses or row houses where each housing unit: cost inputs or eligible labor costs for the subtraction may • Is separated from the adjacent unit by a ground-to- not include costs from transactions among members of a roof wall; unitary group as excluded under ORS 317A.106 or costs • Has no housing units constructed above or below; that are attributable to your receipts from an item that • Doesn’t share heating or air-conditioning systems; isn’t included in your commercial activity. and If all your commercial activity is sourced to Oregon, • Doesn’t share utilities. your subtraction equals your eligible costs. If you have 11. Taxable Oregon commercial activity. Line 9 minus line 10. commercial activity both within and without Oregon, 12. $1 million threshold. you must apportion your eligible costs as provided in 13. Taxable Oregon commercial activity in excess of $1 mil- ORS 314.650 and ORS 314.665. If you are subject to alter- lion threshold. Line 11 minus line 12. native apportionment under ORS chapter 314, you must 14. CAT base tax. Enter $250. use your required apportionment method. 15. Multiply line 13 by 0.57 percent and round the product If you are filing as an entity that is identical to the entity to the nearest whole dollar. or the group of entities reporting on the apportionment 16. Total Corporate Activity Tax (line 14 plus line 15) If the schedule filed for purposes of Oregon income or excise amount on line 11 is less than line 12 enter 0. tax under ORS chapters 314, 316, 317, or 318, you must 17. 2020 Estimated CAT payments and other prepayments multiply your eligible costs by the apportionment fac- from Schedule OR-ES-CAT line 6. Include payments tor from your apportionment schedule to determine the made with extension. Report the total amount of amount of your subtraction. You must use the appor- estimated tax payments, extension payments or other tionment schedule filed with your most recent Oregon prepayments for the 2020 tax year. income or excise tax return covering a 12-month period. Schedule OR-ES-CAT Estimated Tax Payments and Other If you are filing as an entity that is not identical to the Prepayments instructions: Fill in the total estimated entity or the group of entities reporting on the appor- tax payments made before filing your Oregon return. tionment schedule filed for purposes of Oregon income Include any payments made with Form OR-CAT-V on or excise tax under ORS chapters 314, 316, 317, or 318, lines 1–4. List name and FEIN of the payer only if dif- you must compute your Oregon apportionment factor ferent from the entity filing this return. using the applicable apportionment method under ORS chapters 314 or 317 and multiply your eligible costs by Note: Combined return filers. If estimated payments the computed apportionment factor to determine the were made under a different name, fill in the paying 150-106-003-1 (Rev. 12-16-20) Page 10 of 20 Form OR-CAT Instructions entity’s name and FEIN on Schedule OR-ES-CAT for the End of year tax liability $10,000 correct application of estimated payments. Divide by four ÷ 4 Quarterly estimated payments 2,500 Caution: Missing or incomplete information on payment Multiply by 80% 0.80 made by an affiliate could result in a billing. Required minimum quarterly payment 2,000 • Enter payments made with your extension or other Payments made: prepayments on line 5. Quarter 1 1,800 • Carry the total from line 6 to Form OR-CAT, line 17. Quarter 2 2,000 18. Tax due. Is line 16 more than line 17? If so, line 16 minus 17. Quarter 3 2,500 19. Overpayment. Is line 16 less than line 17? If so, line 17 Quarter 4 1,300 minus line 16. Penalty must be calculated on Quarters 1 and 4. 20. Penalty due with this return—Quarterly Underpayment Quarter 1 minimum estimated payment due 2,000 Penalty (QUP). Include a penalty of 5% of the tax amount Less payment made (1,800) if you had an underpayment of estimated taxes. Due to Underpayment 200 the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the department Multiply by 5% x 0.05 has adjusted the Corporate Activity Tax estimated pay- Quarter 1 penalty 10 ment requirements for 2020. If businesses expect they’ll Quarter 4 minimum estimated payment due 2,000 owe $10,000 or more in annual corporate activity tax in Less payment made (1,300) 2020 and can pay, they should make estimated quarterly Underpayment 700 payments and comply with the law. Multiply by 5% x 0.05 The department won’t assess penalties for underesti- Quarter 4 penalty 35 mating quarterly payments if the business has made a Failure to register penalty. Include a penalty if you failed to good faith effort to comply. The department also won’t register for the CAT program within 30 days of exceeding assess a penalty for failure to make a quarterly pay- $750,000 in commercial activity for the tax year. The penalty ment if a business doesn’t have the financial ability to isn’t to exceed $100 per month per person or unitary group make the estimated payment. A good-faith effort can that has failed to register or a total of $1,000 for the calendar be demonstrated by the extent of the taxpayer’s efforts year. To calculate your penalty, take the date on which your to accurately estimate and pay the required quarterly commercial activity exceeded $750,000 and add 30 days. For installment. To demonstrate a good-faith effort, business the remaining months of the taxable year, include a $100 taxpayers should keep documentation showing: penalty, not to exceed $1,000. (ORS 317A.131) You may use the worksheet below to calculate this penalty. • The taxpayer was unable to pay a full quarterly installment because of insufficient funds due to Line 1 Date exceeding $750,000 xx/xx COVID-19. • The taxpayer couldn’t reasonably calculate a quarterly Enter $100 for each month that is applicable based payment or annual tax liability due to the impact of on line 1 COVID-19 on their business. January N/A • The taxpayer can show that they had no ability to Line 2 February $100.00 determine whether they will have CAT liability for the 2020 tax year, after taking into consideration exclusions Line 3 March $100.00 and subtractions provided in ORS Chapter 317A. Line 4 April $100.00 • The taxpayer made a reasonable estimate of the quar- Line 5 May $100.00 terly installment based on information available to Line 6 June $100.00 them at the time. • The taxpayer relied on information contained in a Line 7 July $100.00 proposed administrative rule. Line 8 August $100.00 Taxpayers must use the best information available, and Line 9 September $100.00 document all information and assumptions relied upon. Line 10 October $100.00 Taxpayers are not required to submit documentation to Line 11 November $100.00 the department unless requested. Use exception 5 on Line 12 December $100.00 Form OR-QUP-CAT if you made a good faith effort. Example Line 13 Subtotal $1,100.00 Your tax liability at the end of the year was $10,000 and you didn’t pay at least $2,000 ($10,000 tax ÷ 4 quarters = $2,500 Line 14 Maximum of $1,000 $1,000.00 and 80% of $2,500 is $2,000) in each quarter. Your penalty is calculated for each quarter of estimated tax payment. Line 15 Enter the lesser of line 13 or 14 $1,000.00 150-106-003-1 (Rev. 12-16-20) Page 11 of 20 Form OR-CAT Instructions 21. Reserved. Code Entity type 22. Total due (line 18 plus line 20). CC C corporation 23. Refund available (line 19 minus 20). SC S corporation 24. Amount of refund you want applied to your estimated PA Partnership tax account. You may elect to apply part or all of your SP Sole proprietorship refund to your next year’s estimated tax payments. Fill LC LLC organized as a corporation in the amount you want to apply. Your election is irrevo- LP LLC organized as a partnership cable. Elected amounts that are attributable to estimated LL Limited liability partnership tax payments received prior to the following year’s first AT Association/trust quarter estimated tax due date, will be applied as a QS Qualified subchapter S subsidiary timely first quarter installment of the following year. SM Single-member LLC Elected amounts attributable to payments received after OF Other foreign entity the following year’s first quarter estimated tax due date, will be applied to the following year’s estimated tax • Enter the two letter code if the affiliate’s legal entity type account as of the date the payment is received. if it is different from their tax entity type. 25. Net refund (line 23 minus 24). • Include as many schedules as necessary to list all affiliates in your CAT unitary group. Schedule OR-AF-CAT instructions Schedule OR-EXC-CAT instructions If you file a combined Oregon CAT return you must com- plete Schedule OR-AF-CAT and submit it with your Oregon Use this form to report exclusions from commercial activity return. This form is listed at www.oregon.gov/dor. on your Oregon Corporate Activity Tax Return. Use codes from the Appendix A to identify which exclusions you are Schedule OR-AF-CAT should list only those affiliates with claiming. If you are claiming multiple exclusions, list out Oregon commercial activity that are included in the com- each one individually. Make a copy of this form if you have bined Oregon CAT return. Don’t include the designated CAT more than 9 exclusions from commercial activity. entity on the Schedule OR-AF-CAT. Report the following on the Schedule OR-EXC-CAT: Report the following on Schedule OR-AF-CAT: • Exclusion code. • Name and address of each affiliate with Oregon com- • Exclusion amount. mercial activity. • Total amount of exclusions. • FEIN. • Date the affiliate became part of the unitary group only if this occurred during the tax year being reported. Do you have questions or need help? • Date the affiliate left the unitary group only if this www.oregon.gov/dor occurred during the tax year being reported. 503-945-8005 • Amount of Oregon commercial activity. Cat.help.dor@oregon.gov • Affiliate’s business activity code. • Enter the two letter code from the following list that Contact us for ADA accommodations or assistance in other matches the tax entity type of the affiliate. languages.
150-106-003-1 (Rev. 12-16-20) Page 12 of 20 Form OR-CAT Instructions Appendix A 2020 Form OR-CAT Corporate Activity Tax Schedule OR-EXC-CAT codes Exclusions from commercial activity Description Citation Code Interest income. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(A) 700 Receipts from the sale, exchange or other disposition of an asset. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(B) 701 If received by an insurer, federally reinsured premiums or income from transactions ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(C) 702 between a reciprocal insurer and its attorney in fact. Receipts from hedging transactions. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(D) 703 Proceeds received attributable to the repayment, maturity or redemption of the principal of a loan, bond, mutual, fund, certificate of deposit or marketable ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(E) 704 instrument. Principal amounts received under a repurchase agreement or loan. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(F) 705 Contributions received by a trust, plan or other arrangement. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(G) 706 Compensation received. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(H) 707 Proceeds received from the issuance or sale a taxpayer’s own stock. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(I) 708 Proceeds received from insurance policies owned by the taxpayer. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(J) 709 Gifts or charitable contributions received, membership dues received by trade, professional, homeowners’ or condominium associations, payments received for educational courses, meetings or meals, or similar payments to a trade, ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(K) 710 professional or other similar association, and fundraising receipts received by any person when any excess receipts are donated or used exclusively for charitable purposes. Damages received as the result of litigation in excess of amounts that, if received ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(L) 711 without litigation, would be treated as commercial activity. Property, money and other amounts received or acquired by an agent on behalf of ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(M) 712 another in excess of the agent’s commission, fee or other remuneration. Tax refunds, other tax benefit recoveries and reimbursements. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(N) 713 Pension reversions. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(O) 714 Contributions to capital. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(P) 715 Receipts from the sale, transfer, exchange or other disposition of motor vehicle fuel. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(Q) 716 Federal and state excise taxes paid on cigarettes or tobacco products. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(R) 717 Federal and state excise taxes paid on alcoholic beverages. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(S) 718 Federal and state excise taxes paid on marijuana items. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(T) 719 Local taxes collected by a restaurant or other food establishment on sales of ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(U) 720 meals, prepared food or beverages. Tips or gratuities collected by a restaurant or other food establishment and passed ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(V) 721 on to employees. Receipts from vehicle dealer trades to meet a specific customer’s preference. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(W) 722 Registration fees or taxes collected by a vehicle dealer at the sale or other transfer of a motor vehicle, that are owed to a third party by the purchaser of the motor ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(X) 723 vehicle and passed to the third party by the dealer. Receipts from a financial institution for services provided to the financial institution in connection with the issuance, processing, servicing and management of loans or credit accounts, if the financial institution and the recipient of the receipts have ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(Y) 724 at least 50 percent of their ownership interests owned or controlled, directly or constructively through related interests, by common owners.
150-106-003-1 (Rev. 12-16-20) Page 13 of 20 Form OR-CAT Instructions Appendix A (continued) 2020 Form OR-CAT Corporate Activity Tax Schedule OR-EXC-CAT codes Exclusions from commercial activity Description Citation Code Amounts specified under ORS chapter 462 that must be paid to or collected by the Department of Revenue as a tax and the amounts specified under ORS chapter ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(Z) 725 462 to be used as purse money. Net revenue of residential care facilities as defined in ORS 443.400 or in-home care agencies as defined in ORS 443.305, to the extent that the revenue is derived ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(AA) 726 from or received as compensation for providing services to a medical assistance or Medicare recipient. Dividends received. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(BB) 727 Distributive income received from a pass-through entity. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(CC) 728 Receipts from sales to a wholesaler in this state, if the seller receives certification at the time of sale from the wholesaler that the wholesaler will sell the purchased ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(DD) 729 property outside this state. Receipts from the wholesale or retail sale of groceries. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(EE) 730 Receipts from transactions among members of a unitary group. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(FF) 731 Moneys, including public purpose charge moneys collected under ORS 757.612 and costs of funding or implementing cost-effective energy conservation measures collected under ORS 757.689, that are collected from customers, passed to a ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(GG) 732 utility and approved by the Public Utility Commission and that support energy conservation, renewable resource acquisition and low-income assistance programs. Moneys collected by a utility from customers for the payment of loans through ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(HH) 733 on-bill financing. Surcharges collected under ORS 757.736. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(II) 734 Power Act Exchange credits or pursuant to any settlement associated with the ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(JJ) 735 exchange credit. Moneys collected or recovered for fees payable under ORS 756.310, right-of-way ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(KK) 736 fees, franchise fees, privilege taxes, federal taxes and local taxes. Charges paid to the Residential Service Protection Fund. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(LL) 737 Universal service surcharge moneys collected or recovered and paid into the ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(MM) 738 universal service fund. Moneys collected for public purpose funding. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(NN) 739 Moneys collected or recovered and paid into the federal universal service fund. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(OO) 740 In the case of a seller or provider of telecommunications services, the amount of tax imposed under ORS 403.200 for access to the emergency communications ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(PP) 741 system that is collected from subscribers or consumers. The amount of tax imposed under ORS 320.305 and of any local transient lodging ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(QQ) 742 tax imposed upon the occupancy of transit lodging. The amount of tax imposed under ORS 320.415 upon retail sales of bicycles. ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(RR) 743 The amount of tax imposed under ORS 307.872 upon the rental price of heavy ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(SS) 744 equipment. Farmer sales to an agricultural cooperative in this state that is a cooperative ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(TT) 745 organization described in section 1381 of the Internal Revenue Code. Revenue received by a business entity that is mandated by contract or subcontract to be distributed to another person or entity if the revenue constitutes sales ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(UU) 746 commissions that are paid to a person who is not an employee of the business entity. Receipts from the sale of fluid milk by dairy farmers that are not members of an ORS 317A.100(1)(b)(VV) 747 agricultural cooperative.
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Oregon Corporate Activity Tax Motor Vehicle Resale Certificate
For purposes of the Corporate Activity Tax (CAT), motor vehicle dealers may exclude receipts realized from the sale or transfer of a motor vehicle to another vehicle dealer, provided that certain requirements are met. In order to qualify for the exclusion, the transaction must meet all of the following requirements: 1. The transferor and transferee must be licensed motor vehicle dealers. 2. The transfer must be made for the purpose of resale by the transferee vehicle dealer. 3. The transfer must be based upon the transferee vehicle dealer’s need to meet a specific customer’s preference. Because both the transferee and the transferor may be eligible to claim the exclusion, both motor vehicle dealers must retain documentation demonstrating that the vehicle transfer meets the applicable requirements. Any document will suffice, provided that it contains the following information: 1. Name, address, dealer license number, and federal tax identification number for both the seller and the purchaser. 2. Vehicle description, including Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), if one exists. 3. A statement that the vehicle is being transferred for resale in order to meet a specific customer’s preference. 4. The signature of the transferee vehicle dealer, the dealer’s employee, or authorized representative of the dealer. 5. Date of execution of the document. The form below is provided by DOR as an example. Motor vehicle dealers are not required to use this form. Any document containing all of the required information is sufficient. Do not submit the resale certificate documentation to the Department of Revenue when filing a return. Retain the documentation for your records. You may be asked to provide documentation to verify the transfer meets the exclusion requirements.
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Oregon Corporate Activity Tax Motor Vehicle Resale Certificate
To be completed and signed by the motor vehicle dealer receiving the qualifying motor vehicle
Transferee dealership name Dealership Federal Tax Identification number
Dealership license number Licensing jurisdiction
Transferee street address City, State, Zip
Year/Make/Model and VIN (if available)
I certify that the transfer of the above listed motor vehicle(s) was for the purpose of resale, and was based on my dealership’s need to meet a specific customer’s preference.
Signature of dealer, employee or representative Date