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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2732
Sponsored by Representative BOICE (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act changes the tax credit for crop gifts by raising percentage of value allowed.
(Flesch Readability Score:67.5).
Increases, for purposes of tax credit allowed for crop donation, percentage of wholesale price
allowed as amount of credit.
Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to tax credits for crop donation; creating new provisions; amending ORS 315.156 and sec-
tion 5, chapter 913, Oregon Laws 2009; and prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 315.156 is amended to read:
315.156. (1) A taxpaying individual or corporation that is a grower of a crop and that makes a
qualified donation of the crop shall be allowed a credit against the taxes otherwise due under ORS
chapter 316 or, if the taxpayer is a corporation, under ORS chapter 317 or 318, as follows:
(a) In the case of a qualified donation made under circumstances described in ORS 315.154 (5)(a)
or (b), the amount of the credit shall be [15] 25 percent of the value of the quantity of the crop do-
nated computed at the wholesale market price.
(b) In the case of a qualified donation made under circumstances described in ORS 315.154 (5)(c),
the amount of the credit shall be [15]25 percent of the value of the quantity of the crop donated
computed at the wholesale market price that the grower would have received had the quantity of
the crop donated been sold or salable.
(2) At the time of donation, the director, supervisor or other appropriate official of the entity
to which a qualified donation is made shall supply to the grower of the crop donated two copies of
a form prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The forms shall contain:
(a) The name and address of the grower;
(b) The description and quantity of the donated crop;
(c) The signature of the director, supervisor or other appropriate official of the entity receiving
the donated crop verifying that the produce was or will be distributed to children or homeless, un-
employed, elderly or low-income individuals;
(d) The wholesale market price; and
(e) Other information required by the Department of Revenue by rule.
(3) Tax claim for tax credit shall be substantiated by submission with the tax return, of the form
described in subsection (2) of this section, a statement verified by the taxpayer that the qualified
donation was made under circumstances described in ORS 315.154 (5) and a copy of an invoice or
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 2744 HB2732
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other statement identifying the price received by the grower for the crops of comparable grade or
quality if there is a previous cash buyer. The requirement for substantiation may be waived par-
tially, conditionally or absolutely, as provided under ORS 315.063.
(4) Any tax credit otherwise allowable under this section that is not used by the taxpayer in a
particular tax year may be carried forward and offset against the taxpayer’s tax liability for the next
succeeding tax year. Any credit remaining unused in the next succeeding tax year may be carried
forward and used in the second succeeding tax year, and likewise, any credit not used in that second
succeeding tax year may be carried forward and used in the third succeeding tax year, but may not
be carried forward for any tax year thereafter.
(5)(a) A nonresident individual shall be allowed the credit computed under this section in the
same manner and subject to the same limitations as the credit allowed a resident by this section.
However, the credit shall be prorated using the proportion provided in ORS 316.117.
(b) If a change in the taxable year of a taxpayer occurs as described in ORS 314.085, or if the
department terminates the taxpayer’s taxable year under ORS 314.440, the credit allowed by this
section shall be prorated or computed in a manner consistent with ORS 314.085.
(c) If a change in the status of a taxpayer from resident to nonresident or from nonresident to
resident occurs, the credit allowed by this section shall be determined in a manner consistent with
ORS 316.117.
SECTION 2. Section 5, chapter 913, Oregon Laws 2009, as amended by section 1, chapter 115,
Oregon Laws 2014, and section 38, chapter 579, Oregon Laws 2019, is amended to read:
Sec. 5. Except as provided in ORS 315.156 (4), a credit may not be claimed under ORS 315.156
for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, and before January 1, 2014, or on or after
January 1, [2026] 2032.
SECTION 3.The amendments to ORS 315.156 by section 1 of this 2025 Act apply to tax
years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2032.
SECTION 4.This 2025 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date on which the 2025
regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die.
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