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Personal property returns due March 1. </description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/021810persprop.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Thurs, 18 February 2010 3:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item>        <item>            <title>Task Force on Effective and Cost-efficient Service Provision&#39;s subcommittee on taxation to hold second public meeting </title>            <description>The Assessment and Taxation subcommittee of the Task Force on Effective and Cost-efficient Service Provision will hold its second meeting </description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/011510publicmeeting2.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Fri, 15 January 2010 4:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item>        <item>            <title>Oregon&#39;s tax amnesty deadline is January 19</title>            <description>If the Oregon Department of Revenue approved your tax amnesty application, the deadline to file your amnesty tax returns is less than a week away. </description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/011510amnestydeadline.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Fri, 15 January 2010 11:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item>        <item>            <title>State tax agency asks you to wait until after special election to file 2009 tax returns </title>            <description>If you’re in a hurry to file your tax return, the Oregon Department of Revenue asks you to hold on to it until after the January 26 special election.</description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/010810WaitToFile.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Fri, 08 January 2010 1:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item><item>            <title>Task Force on Effective and Cost-efficient Service Provision’s subcommittee on taxation to hold public meeting </title>            <description>The Assessment and Taxation subcommittee of the Task Force on Effective and Cost-efficient Service Provision will hold its first meeting </description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/120709AandTsub.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Mon, 07 December 2009 830:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item>        <item>            <title>Counties to mail business-related personal property tax forms this month</title>            <description>Oregon law requires all business owners—even owners of home-based businesses—to file a personal property tax return with their county assessor every year</description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/120109persprop.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Tues, 01 December 2009 1030:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item><item>            <title>Department of Revenue extends telephone hours for final days of tax amnesty</title>            <description>Customer service reps taking calls till 7 p.m. weekdays through Nov. 19</description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/111209amnesty3.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Fri, 13 November 2009 7:30:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item><item>                    <title>Public programs benefit from tax amnesty</title>            <description>Tax-supported public services to benefit from Oregon's first tax amnesty program</description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/110509amnesty2.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Thurs, 05 November 2009 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item><item>            <title> Oregon’s first tax amnesty program now underway </title>            <description> Are you an Oregon taxpayer who needs to file or amend a tax return to report back taxes? If so, you can pay those taxes during the state’s first amnesty program, if you qualify. </description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/102809amnesty.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Wed, 28 October 2009 16:30:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item><item>            <title> Tax Season? It's scam season, too. </title>            <description> Now that you've filed your Oregon income tax return, what's next? Making sure you don't fall for identity theft scams, that's what.</description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/050809taxscams.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 13:30:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item><item>            <title> Still working on your tax return? The Department of Revenue offers helpful tips. </title>            <description> The personal income tax filing deadline is April 15, less than a week away. Many Oregonians are still preparing their tax returns. The Department of Revenue offers these tips to help you.</description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/041009lastminutetips.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Tuse, 10 April 2009 11:20:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item><item>            <title> Oregon Department of Revenue extends telephone hours through April 15 </title>            <description> There's a week left before the income tax filing deadline and the Oregon Department of Revenue is standing by to help you, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 8 through Wednesday, April 15.</description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/040709tsuextendhrs.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Tuse, 07 April 2009 16:50:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item><item>            <title> State tax office in Bend extends hours during tax season </title>            <description> If you need a little help this tax season figuring your taxes, the Oregon Department of Revenue's Bend office is extending its hours to serve you.</description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/031909bendhours.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Thurs, 19 March 2009 09:30:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item><item>            <title> Senior, disabled citizen property tax deferral applications due April 15 </title>            <description> April 15 is the filing deadline for two property tax deferral programs: the Disabled Citizen Property Tax Deferral Program and the Senior Citizen Property Tax Deferral Program.</description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/031709deferral.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Tues, 17 March 2009 11:11:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item><item>            <title> State tax assistance available in Pendleton </title>            <description> Northeastern Oregonians with questions about Oregon income tax have resources at the Oregon Department of Revenue's Pendleton field office.</description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/030509pendleton.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Thurs, 05 March 2009 10:15:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item><item>            <title> Native Americans: Oregon might not tax your income </title>            <description> If you're a Native American in Oregon, you may not have to pay taxes on your income.</description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/030409nasubtraction.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Wed, 04 March 2009 11:28:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item><item>            <title> Tax credit could ease burden of paying child care </title>            <description> Oregon's Working Family Child Care (WFC) tax credit may help low-income families recoup some of their child care costs.</description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/021909wfc.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Fri, 20 February 2009 14:36:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item><item>            <title> Report business-related personal property by March 2 </title>            <description> From anvils to zeppelins, your personal property used for business may be taxed. The Oregon Department of Revenue reminds business owners to file personal property returns by March 2.</description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/020609personalprop.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Fri, 06 February 2009 10:16:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item><item>            <title> Funding for State Services Relies on Taxpayer Honesty </title>            <description> The Oregon Department of Revenue issued a report about personal income tax compliance to the House Revenue Committee of the Legislature today. The report contains findings about how Oregon citizens do, or don't, comply with personal income tax laws.</description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/013009compreport.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Fri, 30 January 2009 10:31:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item><item>            <title> State pursues dishonest businesses </title>            <description> Earlier this month a Beaverton man pled guilty to racketeering in a case that involved charges of tax evasion. His conviction carries a five-year sentence without the chance for parole.</description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/012709whenforcement.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Tue, 27 January 2009 10:31:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item><item>            <title> You might qualify for free e-filing, and not know it </title>            <description> If you haven't e-filed in the past because you didn't want to pay for it, or weren't sure which software to use, the Oregon Department of Revenue can help.</description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/0111509freefile.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Thu, 15 January 2009 09:38:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item><item>            <title> North Bend tax office to move </title>            <description> The North Bend office of the Oregon Department of Revenue is moving to Coos Bay Friday-just in time for tax season.</description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/010809coosbaymove.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Thu, 08 January 2009 10:18:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item><item>            <title> Business-related personal property may be taxed </title>            <description> The Oregon Department of Revenue reminds business owners that personal property used in their businesses may be subject to property taxation.</description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/112108personalprop.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Fri, 21 November 2008 10:18:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item><item>            <title> Salem's Revenue field office closed on Nov. 28 </title>            <description> The Oregon Department of Revenue's Salem field office on South Commercial Street, will be closed November 28, the day after Thanksgiving.</description><link>http://oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/112008salemfield.shtml</link>            <pubDate>Thu, 20 November 2008 09:26:00 -0700</pubDate>        </item></channel></rss>     