(2) A taxpayer who is otherwise eligible to claim a credit under this section may elect to transfer all or a portion of the credit to a contributor in the manner provided in ORS 315.169.
(3)(a) The credit allowed under this section may be taken for the tax year in which the agriculture workforce housing project is completed or in any of the nine tax years succeeding the tax year in which the project is completed.
(b) The credit allowed in any one tax year may not exceed 20 percent of the amount determined under subsection (1) of this section.
(4)(a) To claim a credit under this section, a taxpayer must show in each year following the completion of an agriculture workforce housing project that the housing continues to be operated as agriculture workforce housing.
(b) A taxpayer need not make the showing required in paragraph (a) of this subsection if the Housing and Community Services Department waives the requirement after the taxpayer has successfully met the requirement for the first five years after completion of the agriculture workforce housing project.
(c) The Housing and Community Services Department shall determine by rule the factors necessary to grant a waiver. Such factors may include a documented decline in a particular area for agriculture workforce housing.
(5) The credit shall apply only to an agriculture workforce housing project that is located within this state and physically begun on or after January 1, 1990.
(6)(a) A credit may not be allowed under this section unless the taxpayer claiming credit under this section:
(A) Obtains a letter of credit approval from the Housing and Community Services Department pursuant to ORS 315.167; and
(B) Files with the Housing and Community Services Department an annual certification providing that all occupied units for which credit is being claimed are occupied by agricultural workers, including agricultural workers who are retired or disabled, and their immediate families.
(b) The certification described under this subsection shall be made on the form and in the time and manner prescribed by the Housing and Community Services Department.
(7) Except as provided under subsection (8) of this section, the credit allowed in any one year may not exceed the tax liability of the taxpayer.
(8) 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, and any credit not used in that third succeeding tax year may be carried forward and used in the fourth succeeding tax year, and any credit not used in that fourth succeeding tax year may be carried forward and used in the fifth succeeding tax year, and any credit not used in that fifth succeeding tax year may be carried forward and used in the sixth succeeding tax year, and any credit not used in that sixth succeeding tax year may be carried forward and used in the seventh succeeding tax year, and any credit not used in that seventh succeeding tax year may be carried forward and used in the eighth succeeding tax year, and any credit not used in that eighth succeeding tax year may be carried forward and used in the ninth succeeding tax year, but may not be carried forward for any tax year thereafter.
(9)(a) The credit provided by this section is not in lieu of any depreciation or amortization deduction for the agriculture workforce housing project to which the taxpayer otherwise may be entitled under ORS chapter 316 or 317 for the year.
(b) The taxpayer’s adjusted basis for determining gain or loss may not be further decreased by any tax credits allowed under this section.
(10) For a taxpayer to receive a credit under this section, the agriculture workforce housing must:
(a) Comply with all occupational safety or health laws, rules, regulations and standards;
(b) If registration is required, be registered as a farmworker camp with the Department of Consumer and Business Services under ORS 658.750;
(c) Upon occupancy and if an indorsement is required, be operated by a person who holds a valid indorsement as a farmworker camp operator under ORS 658.730; and
(d) Continue to be operated as agriculture workforce housing for a period of at least 10 years after the completion of the agriculture workforce housing project, unless a waiver has been granted under subsection (4) of this section.
(11) The Director of the Housing and Community Services Department may order the suspension or revocation of a letter of credit approval issued under ORS 315.167 or the disallowance of a credit allowed under this section, as provided in ORS 315.061:
(a) For the reasons set forth in ORS 315.061; or
(b) In the event that an owner or operator claims or claimed the credit, if the director finds that:
(A) The taxpayer has failed to continue to substantially comply with the occupational safety or health laws, rules, regulations or standards;
(B) After occupancy and if registration is required, the agriculture workforce housing is not registered as a farmworker camp with the Department of Consumer and Business Services under ORS 658.750;
(C) After occupancy and if an indorsement is required, the agriculture workforce housing is not operated by a person who holds a valid indorsement as a farmworker camp operator under ORS 658.730; or
(D) The taxpayer has failed to make a showing that the housing continues to be operated as agriculture workforce housing as required under subsection (4)(a) of this section and the taxpayer has not been granted a waiver by the Housing and Community Services Department under subsection (4)(b) of this section.
(12) In the event that the agriculture workforce housing is destroyed by fire, flood, natural disaster or act of God before all of the credit has been used, the taxpayer may nevertheless claim the credit as if no destruction had taken place. In the event of fire, if the fire chief of the fire protection district or unit determines that the fire was caused by arson, as defined in ORS 164.315 and 164.325, by the taxpayer or by another at the taxpayer’s direction, then the fire chief shall notify the Housing and Community Services Department. Upon conviction of arson, the department shall disallow the credit in accordance with subsection (11) of this section.
(13)(a) A nonresident individual shall be allowed the credit computed 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 tax year of a taxpayer occurs as described in ORS 314.085, or if the Department of Revenue terminates the taxpayer’s tax 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.
(14)(a) The Department of Revenue may adopt rules for carrying out the provisions of this section.
(b) The Housing and Community Services Department may adopt rules for providing letters of credit approval and granting certification and for monitoring taxpayer compliance with this section.
(15) The Housing and Community Services Department shall provide information to the Department of Revenue about all letters of credit approval and certifications granted under this section, if required by ORS 315.058. [1993 c.730 §20 (enacted in lieu of 316.154 and 317.146); 1993 c.730 §20a; 1995 c.500 §10; 1995 c.746 §52; 2001 c.613 §13a; 2001 c.625 §2; 2001 c.868 §1; 2003 c.588 §§3,5; 2011 c.471 §2; 2013 c.750 §20; 2019 c.483 §7]
Note: Section 28, chapter 913, Oregon Laws 2009, provides:
Sec. 28. Except as provided in ORS 315.164 (8), a credit may not be claimed under ORS 315.164 for agriculture workforce housing projects completed in tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. [2009 c.913 §28; 2013 c.750 §18; 2019 c.579 §30]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 08 - Revenue and Taxation
Chapter 315 - Personal and Corporate Income or Excise Tax Credits
Section 315.037 - Tax expenditures applicable for limited time.
Section 315.047 - List of tax credits with revenue impact in excess of projection.
Section 315.051 - Report by Legislative Revenue Officer.
Section 315.053 - Restriction on types of transferees.
Section 315.056 - Conditions for transfer of tax credit.
Section 315.058 - Agency to provide tax credit approval information to Department of Revenue.
Section 315.061 - Suspension, revocation or forfeiture.
Section 315.068 - Claim of right income repayment adjustments.
Section 315.104 - Reforestation; rules.
Section 315.108 - Annual reforestation credit cost limitation.
Section 315.113 - Voluntary removal of riparian land from farm production; rules.
Section 315.119 - On-farm processing facilities.
Section 315.138 - Screening devices, by-pass devices or fishways; rules.
Section 315.141 - Biomass production or collection; fee; rules; documentation.
Section 315.144 - Transfer of biomass credit; rules.
Section 315.154 - Definitions for crop donation credit.
Section 315.156 - Crop donation; forms.
Section 315.163 - Definitions for ORS 315.163 to 315.169.
Section 315.164 - Agriculture workforce housing projects; rules.
Section 315.167 - Agriculture workforce housing credit application; procedure; rules.
Section 315.174 - Livestock killed by wolf.
Section 315.176 - Bovine manure production or collection; rules.
Section 315.184 - Annual limitation on total amount of tax credits; proportionate reduction.
Section 315.204 - Dependent care assistance; rules.
Section 315.208 - Dependent care facilities.
Section 315.213 - Contributions to Office of Child Care.
Section 315.237 - Employee and dependent scholarship program payments.
Section 315.262 - Working family child care; rules.
Section 315.264 - Working family household and dependent care expenses; rules.
Section 315.271 - Individual development accounts.
Section 315.272 - Certain individual development account withdrawals.
Section 315.304 - Pollution control facilities.
Section 315.329 - Funding in lieu of tax credit certification.
Section 315.331 - Energy conservation projects.
Section 315.336 - Transportation projects.
Section 315.341 - Renewable energy resource equipment manufacturing facilities.
Section 315.354 - Energy conservation facilities.
Section 315.357 - Time limit applicable to energy conservation tax credit.
Section 315.465 - Biofuels and fuel blends.
Section 315.469 - Biodiesel used in home heating.
Section 315.507 - Electronic commerce in designated enterprise zone.
Section 315.508 - Recordkeeping requirements; disallowance of credit.
Section 315.514 - Film production development contributions; auction of tax credits; rules.
Section 315.516 - Funding in lieu of tax credit certification.
Section 315.517 - Water transit vessels.
Section 315.523 - Employee training.
Section 315.529 - Definitions.
Section 315.533 - Qualified equity investments.
Section 315.536 - Transferability of credit.
Section 315.591 - Definitions.
Section 315.593 - Short line railroad rehabilitation projects; rules.
Section 315.595 - Preliminary certification; application; allocation priority; rules.
Section 315.597 - Final certification; rules.
Section 315.599 - Fees; appropriation for expenses.
Section 315.610 - Long term care insurance.
Section 315.616 - Additional providers who may qualify for credit.
Section 315.619 - Credit for medical staff at type C hospital.
Section 315.622 - Rural emergency medical services providers.
Section 315.624 - Medical care to residents of Oregon Veterans’ Home.
Section 315.628 - Health care services under TRICARE contract.
Section 315.631 - Certification of health care providers; reports.
Section 315.640 - University venture development fund contributions.
Section 315.643 - Opportunity Grant contributions; auction of tax credits; certification; rules.
Section 315.646 - Funding in lieu of tax credit certification.
Section 315.650 - Higher education savings account or ABLE account contributions.
Section 315.653 - Forfeiture of prior tax relief; disallowed withdrawal or distribution.
Section 315.675 - Trust for Cultural Development Account contributions.