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        <title>Oregon Department of Revenue News Releases</title>
        <description>News from the Oregon Department of Revenue</description>
        <link>http://www.oregon.gov/dor/news</link>
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		<lastBuildDate>05 Feb 2010 10:00:00 -0700</lastBuildDate>  
		<pubDate>05 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		
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            <title>Revenue building partially evacuated due to unknown powder</title>
            <description>Authorities evacuated the first floor of the Oregon Department of Revenue’s main building Wednesday morning after mail room workers were exposed to a letter containing an unknown powdery substance.</description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/dor/NEWS/Pages/041713-powder.aspx</link>
            <pubDate>17 Apr 2013 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Deadlines approaching for Senior and Disabled Deferral Program</title>
            <description>Important filing deadlines are approaching for the state’s Senior and Disabled Citizens Property Tax Deferral Program.</description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/dor/NEWS/Pages/032813-recertification.aspx</link>
            <pubDate>28 Mar 2013 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Fax service outage affects key Revenue units</title>
            <description>The Oregon Department of Revenue is experiencing an interruption in fax service that has affected taxpayer communications to two of the agency’s key return processing units.</description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/dor/NEWS/Pages/030613-fax-outage.aspx</link>
            <pubDate>06 Mar 2013 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Tax assistance available at district offices</title>
            <description>Tax season is underway, and the Oregon Department of Revenue would like to remind taxpayers that assistance is available at five district offices throughout the state and the agency’s main office in Salem.</description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/dor/NEWS/Pages/021213-district-offices.aspx</link>
            <pubDate>12 Feb 2013 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Recertification process underway for property tax deferral programs</title>
            <description>The Oregon Department of Revenue has started its annual review of participant eligibility for the state’s Senior and Disabled Citizens Property Tax Deferral Program.</description>
			<link>http://http://www.oregon.gov/dor/NEWS/Pages/013013-senior-deferral.aspx</link>
            <pubDate>30 Jan 2013 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>"Fiscal cliff" delays Oregon's tax season</title>
            <description>The Oregon Department of Revenue announced today that its tax processing season will get a later start than usual this year, due to late tax law changes made by Congress to resolve the “fiscal cliff” crisis.</description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/dor/NEWS/Pages/011713-processing-delay.aspx</link>
            <pubDate>17 Jan 2013 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Change in e-payment vendor could affect taxpayers</title>
            <description>A change in the Oregon Department of Revenue’s electronic payment service providers could cause some taxpayers to miss payments due in January, the agency announced today.</description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/dor/NEWS/Pages/122612-official-payments.aspx</link>
            <pubDate>26 Dec 2012 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Filing deadlines extended further for Hurricane Sandy victims</title>
            <description>The Oregon Department of Revenue is allowing a February 1, 2013 extension of certain tax filing and payment deadlines for taxpayers impacted by Hurricane Sandy.</description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/dor/Pages/110812-Hurricane-Sandy-Update.aspx</link>
            <pubDate>08 Nov 2012 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Tax filing deadlines extended due to Hurricane Sandy</title>
            <description>The Oregon Department of Revenue has extended certain tax filing and payment deadlines for taxpayers impacted by Hurricane Sandy.</description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/dor/Pages/110212-hurricane-sandy.aspx</link>
            <pubDate>02 Nov 2012 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Revenue calls attention to e-mail and telephone scams</title>
            <description>The Oregon Department of Revenue is warning taxpayers to beware of e-mail and telephone scams that use the agency’s name as a lure to obtain personal and financial information.</description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/dor/NEWS/Pages/0830120-scammers.aspx</link>
            <pubDate>30 Oct 2012 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Deadline approaching for extended income tax filing</title>
            <description>Taxpayers who received an extension for filing their 2012 income taxes need to submit their return by Monday.</description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/dor/NEWS/Pages/101012-extension-deadline.aspx</link>
            <pubDate>10 Oct 2012 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Four employees disciplined based on findings of internal audit 	</title>
            <description>Revenue has demoted one employee and taken formal disciplinary action against three others based on the findings of an internal investigation into a fraudulent return that resulted in an erroneous $2.1 million tax refund. </description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/dor/NEWS/Pages/072512internal-audit.aspx</link>
            <pubDate>25 Jul 2012 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Website update makes finding Oregon property boundary details easier</title>
            <description>Taking a look at tax lot maps just got a ‘lot’ easier. New features include mapping tools similar to Google maps.</description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/dor/NEWS/Pages/050712ormap.aspx</link>
            <pubDate>07 May 2012 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Eugene Revenue Field Office Closed on Friday, April 20</title>
            <description>The Eugene field office of the Oregon Department of Revenue will be closed Friday, April 20 for carpet replacement.</description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/dor/NEWS/Pages/041712-eugene-closure.aspx</link>
            <pubDate>17 Apr 2012 10:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Property tax deferral program preparing for changes</title>
            <description>Participants in Oregon's Senior and Disabled Deferral Program will soon learn about the impacts of recent legislation that made changes to the property tax deferral program. </description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/dor/NEWS/Pages/032712property-deferral.aspx</link>
            <pubDate>26 Mar 2012 10:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Businesses must file W-2 and 1099 information electronically</title>
            <description>The deadline to file wage and income information returns—Forms W-2 and 1099— with the Oregon Department of Revenue is March 31, 2012.</description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/020312iWiredirect.shtml</link>
            <pubDate>03 Feb 2012 10:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Industrial property value appeals move to Oregon Tax Court</title>
            <description>Taxpayers with industrial property valued by the Oregon Department of Revenue must now appeal to the Magistrate Division of the Oregon Tax Court if they disagree with the state’s valuation.</description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/092811-industrial-property-appeals.shtml</link>
            <pubDate>28 Sep 2011 10:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Legislature changes property tax deferral program</title>
            <description>The 2011 Oregon Legislature made significant changes to the Senior and Disabled Property Tax Deferral program.</description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/070111_Deferral_Changes.shtml</link>
            <pubDate>01 Jul 2011 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Department of Revenue's Newport office to close for construction, June 13-15</title>
            <description>The Newport office of the Oregon Department of Revenue will be closed to the public Monday through Wednesday for construction.</description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/061011NewportClose.shtml</link>
            <pubDate>10 Jun 2011 03:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Department of Revenue: Businesses won't be penalized if they submit withholding payment application by December 31</title>
            <description>If you’re one of 60,000 Oregon businesses that recently filed an electronic funds transfer (EFT) application with the Oregon Department of Revenue, not to worry, you won’t be penalized if your application isn’t processed by December 31.</description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/122110eft.shtml</link>
            <pubDate>21 Dec 2010 10:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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            <title>Website lets you do more state income tax transactions online, anytime</title>
            <description>“How Much Do I Owe?” is the Oregon Department of Revenue’s secure interactive website that makes paying your state personal income taxes easier and faster than ever.</description>
			<link>http://www.oregon.gov/DOR/NEWS/news/100110HMDIO.shtml</link>
            <pubDate>01 Oct 2010 10:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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