| Account ID |
Number used to identify timber tax accounts after November 2017. |
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| Ad valorem |
Annual tax based on value. |
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| Adjusted gross volume |
An amount of wood deducted from the gross volume
that still has a commercial value. This would include unsound wood that
is still able to make chips for paper or wood that has been discolored
by a fungus. Adjusted gross volume plus net volume make up the taxable
volume. |
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| Amended Return |
A new form filed by the taxpayer to make necessary corrections showing the difference from the original return. |
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| Arm's Length Transaction |
A written agreement made in open market where
there is no duress, each party is independent of each other, and no
trades or hidden considerations are involved. |
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| Assessment |
A billing for taxes when a return has not been filed or a deficiency has not been paid or appealed. |
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| Basic Logging Cost |
Total costs of moving logs from the stump to the mill. |
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| Business Identification Number (BIN) |
Number used to identify timber taxpayers (individual or business) prior to November 2017. The department now uses account IDs for taxpayer identification. |
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| Board foot |
A unit of measurement representing a board one foot long, one foot wide, and one inch thick. |
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| Bolt |
A segment sawn or split from a log or any short log (usually cedar) used for shakes and shingles. Bolts are not taxed. |
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| Chips |
A small piece of wood used in the manufacture of paper and particleboard. |
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| Common ownership |
Direct ownership by one or more individuals or
ownership by a corporation, partnership, association or other entity in
which an individual owns a majority interest (more than 50 percent). |
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| Conifer |
A tree with cones and needle-shaped leaves. It produces wood known commonly as softwood (fir, pine, spruce, and cedar). |
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| Contiguous parcels |
Land that touches at two or more points (i.e.,
corner touching corner is one point). Includes parcels separated by
public or county roads, state highways, non-navigable streams or
non-navigable rivers. |
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| Contract |
A written, signed, and dated agreement with an
explanation for logging showing rate, type of payment (by the ton, lump
sum, or thousand board feet (MBF), and the work to be completed. |
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| Deficiency |
A billing for taxes when errors on a return are
corrected during the processing of the return or when, during an audit, a
return is found to have not reported all volume or dollars or both. |
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| Designated Forest Land |
Land that has a higher and better use than
forestland and has been designated as forestland at the request of the
landowner and with the approval of the county assessor. |
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| Diameter Breast Height (DBH) |
The diameter of a tree measured approximately four and a half feet from the ground. |
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| Eastern Oregon |
The portion of the state east of a line beginning
at the intersection of the northern boundary of Oregon and the western
boundary of Wasco County, southerly along the western boundaries of
Wasco, Jefferson, Deschutes, and Klamath counties to the southern
boundary of Oregon. |
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| Estimated tax |
Tentative calculation of tax due. |
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| Fee Timber |
Private timber that is purchased along with the land. |
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| Forestland |
Land where the highest and best use is the growing
and harvesting marketable species of trees or land that has a higher
market value than forestland, such as commercial or residential
property, but that is being held or used predominantly for growing and
harvesting trees and has been "designated" as forestland through
application to the county assessor. Forestland does not include trees,
buildings, or machinery. |
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| Gross Volume |
The full volume of a log before defects are subtracted. This volume is not used for tax calculations. |
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| Hardwood |
Generally trees that have broad leaves which are
shed in winter and do not have cones. Usually these trees have denser
wood (alder, maple, and oak). |
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| Highest and Best Use Forestland |
Land classified and assessed by the county assessor as Best-Use Forestland. |
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| Hog Fuel |
An unprocessed mix of coarse chips of bark and wood fiber. Pieces run between a coarse grade of less than 5" to a fine grade of less than 2". |
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| Land Owner |
The owner of the land (property) where the harvesting is taking place. |
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| Legal Description |
A description, in terms of township, range, and section, where land is located. |
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| Log Grade |
A form of log quality classification developed to assign log values used in setting stumpage rates. |
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| Log Purchaser |
A company or person who purchases logs to be manufactured or processed. |
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| Logs |
Harvested timber that can be measured in board feet and meet utility cull or better. |
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| MBF |
Thousand board feet (1,000 bf). |
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| Net Stumpage Recovery |
Value of logs at a mill less the cost of logging and transport. |
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| Net volume |
Gross volume minus defect. This measurement, along with adjusted gross volume, is used in tax calculations. |
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| Non-Forestland Owners |
A person who owns land that is not designated forestland or land assessed as highest and best use forestland. |
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| Notification of Operation (Permit) |
Notice of intent to harvest timber given to the
Oregon Department of Forestry, which furnishes a copy to us. Timber tax
forms are mailed to the party indicated as timber owner. |
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| Operator |
The person who performs the harvest (i.e. "the logger"). |
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| Peeler |
A log from which veneer is peeled for the production of plywood. |
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| Salvage Wood |
Usually logs of poor quality, utility, and
special cull, dead or burned, which are removed before further
deterioration can take place. |
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| Sawlog |
Any log that is sawn to produce lumber. |
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| Seller of Logs |
A company or person who sells logs to a processing facility. |
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| Slash |
Material such as limbs and pieces of logs usually
burned or left in the woods after a harvest. Slash is exempt from
timber taxes unless it is removed from the woods in log or chip form. |
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| Small Owner |
A landowner who owns less than 5,000 acres of forestland in Western Oregon or Eastern Oregon. |
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| Small Sawlogs |
A classification of logs that we use to describe conifer saw logs less than 9 inches in diameter and purchased by weight. |
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| Small Tract Forestland (STF) |
Forestland of an owner that meets the requirements below and is the subject of an approved application. |
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| Special Cull |
Logs that do not meet the minimum requirements of peeler or sawmill grade logs, but are suited for rotary cutting of veneer. Special culls are included in the definition of adjusted gross volume. |
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| Species |
Type of tree. Common species in Western Oregon:
Douglas fir, Western hemlock, and red alder. Common species in Eastern
Oregon: Ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine. |
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| Stumpage |
Timber in unprocessed form as found in the woods. |
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| Stumpage Value |
The appraised value of standing timber. |
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| Thinning |
Cutting in an immature stand to increase its rate
of growth and to promote sanitation. We allow no more than 35 percent
of the volume to be harvested to qualify as a thinning adjustment. |
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| Timber |
All logs that can be measured in board feet and
meet the minimum of utility cull or better, and other forest products as
determined by department rule. |
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| Timberland Specially Assessed Value |
A value set by the Legislature. We use statutes and rules adjust this number to accommodate changes in the market. |
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| Timber Owner |
An individual or combination of individuals, any
partnership, firm, corporation, or association of any nature holding
title to harvested timber at first measurement. The party responsible
for the timber taxes. |
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| Utility Cull |
Logs that do not meet the minimum requirements of
peeler or sawmill grades, but are suitable for the production of firm,
usable pulp chips. Utility cull is included in the definition of
adjusted gross volume. |
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