2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 08 - Revenue and Taxation › Chapter 315 - Personal and Corporate Income or Excise Tax Credits › Section 315.167 - Agriculture workforce housing credit application; procedure; rules.

(1) Prior to the completion of an agriculture workforce housing project for which credit under ORS 315.164 will be claimed, an owner or operator of agriculture workforce housing shall apply to the Housing and Community Services Department for a letter of credit approval.
(2) The application shall be on such form as is prescribed by the Housing and Community Services Department and shall provide:
(a) The name, address and taxpayer identification number of the taxpayer;
(b) The location of the proposed agriculture workforce housing;
(c) A description of the project identifying the type of housing that is the subject of the agriculture workforce housing project;
(d) An estimate of the eligible costs of the agriculture workforce housing project;
(e) The number of units in the project dedicated to agriculture workforce housing and the eligible costs associated with the units;
(f) The amount of credit to be claimed by the owner or operator of agriculture workforce housing, and the amount of credit, if any, to be claimed by a contributor under ORS 315.169; and
(g) Any other information as the Housing and Community Services Department may require.
(3) The Housing and Community Services Department may review applications using any reasonable system of prioritizing review established by department rule.
(4) Upon approval of an application, the Housing and Community Services Department shall prepare a letter of credit approval. The letter shall state the approved amount of estimated eligible costs for the agriculture workforce housing project and, if applicable, the portion of credit to be claimed by an owner or operator of agriculture workforce housing under ORS 315.164 and the portion of credit to be claimed by a contributor under ORS 315.169. The letter shall be sent:
(a) To the owner or operator of agriculture workforce housing, if any credit is to be claimed under ORS 315.164; and
(b) To the contributor, if any credit is to be claimed under ORS 315.169 and if the contributor has been identified at the time of approval.
(5) At the conclusion of each calendar year, the Housing and Community Services Department shall send a list of the names, addresses and taxpayer identification numbers of taxpayers to whom a letter of credit approval has been issued under this section during the calendar year, along with approved amounts of estimated eligible costs for each agriculture workforce housing project, to the Department of Revenue.
(6) Notwithstanding that a letter of credit approval has been issued to a taxpayer under this section, the Department of Revenue may disallow, in whole or in part, a claim for credit under ORS 315.164 upon the Department of Revenue’s determination that under the provisions of ORS 315.164 the taxpayer is not entitled to the credit or is only entitled to a portion of the amount claimed. [1995 c.746 §52a; 2001 c.613 §14; 2001 c.625 §3; 2001 c.868 §5; 2003 c.588 §§6a,7; 2011 c.471 §3; 2013 c.750 §21; 2021 c.525 §18]