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Portland Observer
Thursday. March 11. 197«
Revenue Doportment answers tax questions
Many Oregon income taxpayers are
charging themselves too much stale tax
when filing their state short form (40-SI
Ux return, says John J. Ixibdell. Director
of the Oregon Revenue Department.
Lobdell says that the most common
error found on returns is failure to deduct
federal taxes before looking up state
taxes in the 40-S tables. Failure to deduct
the federal tax means that a taxpayer
figures income tax on a figure that is too
large. Consequently, his tax is too high.
Lobdell advises persons who are
preparing 40 S returns to write their
federal Ux on line 12 and subtract it from
adjusted gross income. The result is
subject to Oregon tax.
Persons who neglect to subtract the
federal U x and have already filed their
returns should file an amended return on
form 40 X.
ADA REED
Students visit
University
ScJt&laA,
Miss Ada Reed is a senior at Portland
State University, majoring in Speech
Communications. A 1972 graduate of
John Adams High School, she is a three
year recipient of a Martin Luther King
Scholarship.
Miss Reed is a native of Baton Rouge.
Louisiana, and has lived in Oregon for
five years.
She was the 1972 winner of the
I.B.P.O.E. of W. iElks) Oratorical Con
test scholarship and won first place in the
1972 Oregon High School speech compe
titiofl in Oral Interpretation and Poetry.
She was one of the top ten talent
performers at the 1972 All Oregon State
Pair Talent Show. She has travelled with
the PSU speech team and is a member of
the Pi Kappa Delta National Forensic
Fraternity.
Miss Reed began singing in church at
the age of four.
She has travelled
through the Northwest with chorus and
singing groups and has performed in
concerts in local churches. She has had
opportunity to sing with Blues singe:
Blan. Carla Thomas, Shirley
The Edwin Hawkins Singers and
Crouch and the Disciples.
She is a member of the Maranatha
Church choir and assists with the
children's cboir.
Miss Reed is employed by Portland
General Electric as an Evaluation Coder.
(This is an Observer "Salute to MLK
Scholars". For information about the
scholarship program call (503) 229-4475.
Prospective freshmen, freshmen level
transfer students and their parenu are
encouraged to participate in the Uni
versity of Oregon's Early OrienUUon and
Registration Program (EORPI.
The program will be held on five days
in July and provides students an
opportunity to obuin academic advising
and early registration
Orientation Director Neil Murray says
more than 1.000 students participated in
the program last year.
This year s program will be held on
Monday. July 19th; Friday. July 23rd;
Saturday. July 24th; Friday. July 30th
and Saturday. July 31st. The last uate.
July 31st. is reserved for freshmen who
are transferring to the University of
Oregon with fewer than 45 quarter
credit hours earned at another school.
An optional "EORP Eve” program is
planned for those who can arrive on
campus the evening prior to their EORP
date. The session will include program
planning and course selection. ParenU
are invited to attend a separate and
informal social gathering to meet Uni
versity faculty. sU ff and other parenu.
Arrangements can be made for partici
pants to stay in University of Oregon
dormitories. While there is no fee for
Uking part in EORP. individuals must
purchase their own meals
More information may be obtained
from school counselors or by contacting
the Orientation Office, Room 164 Oregon
Hall, University of Oregon. Eugene
97403.
Every day the Oregon Department of
Revenue receives 150 to 200 calls from
persons who have questions about their
income tax returns and property tax
refund claims.
The department has selected the most
commonly asked questions and provided
answers so that persons can save
themselves a call. However, if a person
has a question not answered here, he or
she should call the nearest revenue
department office listed in the Oregon
State Government section of the white
pages of the phone book under the
heading “Revenbe Department of.”
Question; Are social security and
welfare payments received by parenu for
the benefit of their children included in
household income?
Answer; Yea, the parent has control
over the use of these funds.
Question: Is a disability pension,
deducted as sick pay. included in
household income? Is disability compen
sation included as household items?
Answer: Yes. in both cases, compensa
tion is a permanent pension.
Question: Does a child qualify for a
renter refund when the child lives at
home and pays $50 per month to help
with the family expenses?
A nsw er Yes, if there is a tenant-land
lord relationship.
Only part of the
payment can be claimed as rent, the part
that is used for the room, but not the part
used for food
The payment must be
reported as income on the parent's
income tax return.
Question: la the $50 social security
bonus paid during 1975 considered
household income?
Answer: No.
Question: Are veterans' educational
benefits considered household income?
Answer: No.
Answer: Yes. provided the property is
not exempt from property Uxes. Use 20
percent of the total amount paid to the
nursing home as net rent, unless the rent
is shown as a separaU item on the billing
sUtement.
Question: Are rent certificates requir
ed for 1975?
Answer: Rent certificates are no
longer required. However, the claimant
must complete the renUl schedule on the
claim form <70 R). In the event of an
audit, claimant must be able to subeUn
tiate claim.
Question: Can only one member of a
household file for a property Ux refund?
Answer: Yea.
Question: I made a miaUke on my
Question: How much property tax
refund ran he claimed by the owner of a
duplex who lives in one half of the
duplex?
Answer; The duplex owner can claim a
refund based on one half of the Ux
assessed on the land.
Question: I sold my home during the
year and purchased a new one Are my
property U xes prorated?
Answer:
No.
You may claim a
property U x refund for the property
taxes assessed on the home in which you
were living on December 31, 1975.
Question: Can a divorced man who no
longer Uvea in the house claim a portion
of the property U x es for a property U x
refund?
Answer: No. Since the home was not
his principal residence on December 31. by Cal R. Williams
1975, it cannot be included on his claim
From the day you buy a house, you
form.
should plan for the U xes when you sell.
Question: What if I cannot get a copy of Unless you know how to get the best
my property U x statement?
price for your house and also how to keep
A nsw er Contact the county Ux U xes on the "profit” at a minimum, you
collector's office and get a duplicate can lose a lot of the investent you thought
sUtement.
was a hedge against inflation.
Question: How must a person file for a
Keeping careful records from the
property Ux refund when he is a renter beginning will guarantee you a fair sale
for part of the year and a homeowner for price and a fair U x break. Your records
the rest of the year?
can reduce the U xes on the profit when
Answer: A person's filing status is you sell if you have proof of expenditures.
determined by whether he was an owner
You can subtract your closing cosU for
or renter on December 31. 1975. If on title search and insurance, lawyers fees,
December Slat, he owned his home, he bank appraisal, mortgage and deed
would file as an owner.
recording, et cetera.
You can also
Question: Does rent paid to a nursing
subtract for improvements made over the
home qualify for the property U x refund?
years. Although you can't take off for
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JCPenney
Sale 1.80
PCC tuition
increases
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$12 per credit hour for those over
eighteen.
Oregon residents outside the PCC
district formerly paying $21 per credit
hour will start paying $23 in the fall.
Tuition for a full-time student will be
$207.
The board increased the nonresident
fee (which also applies to foreign
students) from $31 to $34.
CHICKEN CURRY. CHINESE-STYLE
Chinese Chicken Curry is
is a lit t le d iffe r e n t from
those usually seen on a res
taurant menu. It can be pre
pared with regular kitchen
u te n sils using ingredients
found in your local super
market—co special e q u ip
m en t or e x o t ic fo o d s
necessary. The recipe uses
Planters Peanut Oil which
is the favorite choice in this
co u n tr y for Chinese-style
cookery. As the most subtle
o f th e p o ly u n sa tu r a te d
cooking oils it wakes up the
flavor of other ingredients
without imparting a taste of
its own.
Reg 2.35.
Pels shirt in easy care
polyester has color contrast numerals on
solids plus white. A great shirt for boys
in sizes 1-4.
Salo 2.07
Reg. 2.59. (>ur assortment of
printed polo, of polyester cotton knit
have short sleeves with assorted crew
neck styling. Favorite fashion colors
Sizes 1-4.
Sale 1.27
Peanut Oil
3 medium on
lengthwise
3‘
bossed and cut into
2-incfa pieces
1
3
3
1/3
3 medium - potatoes,
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m to 1-1/2-inefaroO cuta
Hot cooked rice
2 tablespoons pea
nut oil in Dutch oven over
high heat. Add garlic; fry
until brown. Add onions;
stir-fry 3 minutes. Remove
onions; set aside
Heet remaining 2 table
spoons
——— peanut UU
oil in ISUlCn
Dutch
oven . A d d c h ic k e n and
cu rry p ow d er; stir -fr y 3
minutes. Add sugar, salt,
soy sauce and 1/2 cup wa
ter. Mix in potatoes Bring
mixture to a boil. Reduce
heat; cover and simmer 20
minutes. Mix in onions.
Cover and simmer 10 min
u te s lon ger. B lend cor»-
starch and remaining 1 table
sp o o n w ater. S tir in to
chicken mixture. Boil 1 m iry
u te, o r u n til th ic k e n e d .
Makes 4 to 6 servings.
Sale 2.20
Reg. 2.75. Beys' action print shirts of
easy care polyester/eotton knit. Short
sleeve hemmed styling with ribbed
crew neck Boys sizes 3-7.
Sale 3.60
R®*. 4.50.
Beys' jeans of no-iron
polyester and cotton blend tail cloth.
Snap closure with zipper fly and belt loop
styling. Your choice of our assorted solid
colors. Boys sizes 3-7.
Vann’s offer a
variety of services
Personality Postured,
Sslr prices effective
Mördern, Traditional,
through Sunday
Humanistic Ritualistic
Non Ritualistic
vflnn’s
mortuary
5211 N. Williams Avenue
281-2836
Sale 1.91
Reg. 2.39. Beys' heaar jeans in an e
care blend of polyester and cotton u
elastieized waist. Fashion colors R
sizes 1-4.
Reg. 1.59. Girls polvester/rottna slacks
with band front and elastieized back.
Choose from assorted prinU and solids.
Sizes 1-4.
20% off
Chinese Chicken Curry
4 doses garlic.
normal maintenance, it is a good idea to
keep those records too because some
limes what seems to be maintenance can
be credited as improvement
Painting your house is considered
maintenance. If, however, your house
has seven coats of chipping paint and you
inaUll aluminum aiding or remove all of
the old paint and apply two fresh coaU, it
may be a deductible expense.
Replacing a rotted window frame la
maintenance but substituting storm
windowa is an improvement.
A new
kitchen stove is maintenance, but a
sizable kitchen remodeling is an im
provement.
Get the moat for your money. Start
today to save those receipU and cancelled
checks for all remodeling, additions and
improvemenU.
We’ve outdone ourselves!
png of our all-time greatest
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Tuition rate increases for Portlr nd
Community College effective fall quarter
1976 were approved Monday, March 1st,
by the college's board.
The board
approved a $9 increase for the full-time
student and $1 increase per credit hour.
For residents of the PCC district
taking one to eight hours of credit the
cost will be $12 per credit hour, $108 for
nine to eighteen hours, and an additional
property Ux refund claim. What should I
do?
Answer: File an amended return. Fo
40 X. showing where the error was i
and the correct rompuUtioo of your
refund.
Question: To what address should 1
mail property Ux refund claim?
Answer: If you are not filing an income
Ux return. Mail to: REFUND. P.O. Box
700. Salem. Oregon 9730«. or, if you are
filing your claim with a U x return and are
claiming a refund, mail to: REFUND.
P.O. Box 700. Salem, Oregon 97308
If you are filing your claims with a Ux
return and must pay additional income
Ux. mail to: Department of Revenue.
S U U of Oregon. Salem, Oregon 97310.
all Penneypet
playwear.
Sale 2.20
Reg 3.75. Girls easy care petyeeter/eot-
ten top with sloppy sleeve. A cool topper
for the coming season Fashion colors in a
novelty print. Girls sizes 3 to 6x.
iole 2.80
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• wwa numi
colors. Girls aises 3 to 6x.