(1) "Board" means the State Board of Tax Practitioners created by ORS 673.725.
(2)(a) "Facilitator" means a person that individually or in conjunction or cooperation with another person processes, receives or accepts for delivery an application for a refund anticipation loan or a check in payment of refund anticipation loan proceeds or in any other manner materially facilitates the making of a refund anticipation loan.
(b) "Facilitator" does not mean a financial institution as defined in ORS 706.008, a person who has been issued a license under ORS chapter 725, an affiliate that is a servicer for a financial institution or for a person issued a license under ORS chapter 725, a person issued a certificate as a certified public accountant or licensed as a public accountant by the Oregon Board of Accountancy, or any person that acts solely as an intermediary and does not deal with a taxpayer in the making of a refund anticipation loan.
(3) "Lender" means a person that makes a refund anticipation loan with the person’s own funds or a line of credit or other funding from a financial institution as defined in ORS 706.008, but does not include a financial institution as defined in ORS 706.008.
(4) "Refund anticipation loan" means a loan that the lender arranges to be repaid directly from the proceeds of the taxpayer’s federal or state personal income tax refund.
(5)(a) "Refund anticipation loan fee" means the charges, fees or other consideration charged or imposed by the lender or facilitator for the making of a refund anticipation loan.
(b) "Refund anticipation loan fee" does not mean any charge, fee or other consideration usually charged or imposed by the facilitator in the ordinary course of business for nonloan services, including fees for tax return preparation and fees for electronic filing of tax returns.
(6) "Tax consultant" means a person who is licensed under ORS 673.605 to 673.740 to prepare or advise or assist in the preparation of personal income tax returns for another and for valuable consideration.
(7) "Taxpayer" means an individual who files a federal or Oregon personal income tax return.
(8) "Tax preparer" means any person who is licensed under ORS 673.605 to 673.740 as a tax preparer. [1973 c.387 §1; 1975 c.464 §2; 1977 c.100 §1; 1985 c.559 §1; 2001 c.136 §9; 2005 c.331 §1]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 673 - Accountants; Other Tax Professionals
Section 673.010 - Definitions for ORS 673.010 to 673.465; rules.
Section 673.015 - Statement of public interest in regulating practice of accountancy.
Section 673.050 - General qualifications for candidates for C.P.A. examination; rules.
Section 673.060 - C.P.A. and public accountant examination; scope; conduct; fee; rules.
Section 673.075 - Credit for examination sections taken in other states.
Section 673.100 - License as public accountant; application; rules; fee.
Section 673.103 - Public accountant audits prohibited; exception.
Section 673.150 - Permits to engage in practice of public accountancy; permit renewals; fees; rules.
Section 673.153 - Holders of licenses issued by other states; fees.
Section 673.160 - Registration of business organizations; exceptions; fees; rules.
Section 673.165 - Continuing education; types of programs; hours; waiver; rules.
Section 673.170 - Disciplinary actions; grounds; investigations; costs; orders; rules.
Section 673.210 - Reissuance of revoked or suspended licenses.
Section 673.220 - Inactive status; conditions; rules; roster; fees.
Section 673.325 - Statement allowed without permit or authorization.
Section 673.345 - Payment or acceptance of commissions; contingent fees; referral fees; rules.
Section 673.360 - Injunctions.
Section 673.385 - Disclosure of client information prohibited; exceptions.
Section 673.465 - Authority of Oregon Board of Accountancy to require fingerprints.
Section 673.605 - Definitions for ORS 673.605 to 673.740.
Section 673.610 - Application of ORS 673.605 to 673.740.
Section 673.615 - Prohibited acts; preparation of tax returns; refund anticipation loans.
Section 673.625 - Qualifications for tax consultant and tax preparer; examination.
Section 673.640 - Issuance of licenses.
Section 673.645 - Renewal of licenses; restoration of lapsed license; rules.
Section 673.655 - Continuing education requirement; waiver.
Section 673.663 - Use of title "tax consultant."
Section 673.685 - Fees; rules.
Section 673.690 - Tax consultant’s records.
Section 673.695 - Secretary of State as agent for service of process against nonresident; fee.
Section 673.700 - Disciplinary action; grounds.
Section 673.705 - Prohibited acts.
Section 673.712 - Refund anticipation loan disclosures.
Section 673.715 - Local government regulation of refund anticipation loans prohibited; preemption.
Section 673.725 - State Board of Tax Practitioners; term; qualification.
Section 673.730 - Powers of board; rules.
Section 673.732 - Cease and desist orders.
Section 673.735 - Civil penalties.
Section 673.800 - Definitions for ORS 673.800 to 673.825.
Section 673.805 - Notice required upon change in control.
Section 673.810 - Duty to maintain bonds or deposits; duty to maintain insurance or deposits.
Section 673.815 - Custodial duties; standards.
Section 673.820 - Prohibitions.