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| Legislative Revenue Office (Oregon) | |
|---|---|
| Name | Legislative Revenue Office |
| Formed | 1937 |
| Jurisdiction | Oregon Legislative Branch |
| Headquarters | Salem, Oregon |
| Employees | 30–40 (varies) |
| Chief1 name | Chief Economist |
| Parent agency | Oregon Legislative Assembly |
Legislative Revenue Office (Oregon) The Legislative Revenue Office provides Oregon legislators with revenue forecasting, tax policy analysis, and fiscal impact estimates to support deliberations in the Oregon Legislative Assembly and committee processes. The office interfaces with executive branch entities such as the Oregon Department of Revenue, interacts with academic institutions like the University of Oregon, and informs policy debates involving stakeholders from Portland, Oregon to rural counties.
The office conducts independent revenue forecasting, tax expenditure evaluation, and fiscal analysis for bills considered by the Oregon State Senate, Oregon House of Representatives, and legislative committees. It produces forecasts that are used alongside budget documents from the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and fiscal notes that complement analyses from the Legislative Fiscal Office and the Oregon Secretary of State.
Established in the 20th century amid reforms to improve legislative capacity, the office evolved alongside state institutions such as the Oregon Liquor Control Commission and the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System. Its development paralleled national trends in legislative support witnessed in bodies like the Congressional Budget Office and the California Legislative Analyst's Office, adapting methods from academic centers including Portland State University and Oregon State University.
Staffed by economists, analysts, and support personnel, the office reports to leadership within the Oregon Legislative Assembly and coordinates with committee chairs from the Joint Committee on Ways and Means and tax subcommittees. Senior roles include the Chief Economist and principal revenue analysts who liaise with directors at the Oregon Department of Revenue and legal counsel from the Oregon Legislative Counsel Committee.
The office provides official revenue forecasts, policy cost estimates, tax expenditure analyses, and revenue-related bill summaries for use in session by legislators from districts such as Multnomah County, Lane County, and Deschutes County. It prepares fiscal notes for proposed legislation, offers testimony to committees including the Senate Finance and Revenue Committee, and supplies data used in negotiations with executive branch agencies like the Office of the Governor of Oregon.
Analytical approaches incorporate time-series models, structural econometric models, and microsimulation techniques developed from frameworks used by entities such as the Congressional Budget Office and state counterparts in Washington (state), California, and New York (state). The office employs tax return data, employment series from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and income measures aligned with datasets from the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Census Bureau to project receipts for sources including the Oregon income tax, Oregon corporate excise tax, and consumption taxes.
Regular outputs include official revenue forecasts, monthly or quarterly forecast updates, tax expenditure reports, and methodological appendices that reference standards employed by the Government Accountability Office and academic literature from institutions such as the University of Oregon Department of Economics. Special reports analyze policy options impacting programs overseen by agencies like the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Department of Human Services.
The office collaborates with the Oregon Department of Revenue, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, the Oregon Business Association, and civic institutions such as the Portland Business Alliance to validate assumptions and gather data. It engages with university researchers from Oregon State University and private sector analysts in Portland, Oregon for peer review, and provides briefings to legislators representing Salem, Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, and other constituencies.
Category:Oregon state government agencies Category:Legislative support agencies Category:Organizations based in Salem, Oregon