SB 1 self-identified race/ethnicity on tax forms

03/30/2023
SB 1
VOTE:NO
In Committee
Work Session 04/03/2023 3:00pm HR A
Status (overview) of bill:https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB1
Committee assigned to bill:https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Committees/SFR/Overview

This bill allows personal income taxpayers to voluntarily report taxpayers’ self-identified race and ethnicity identifiers. Charges the Department of Revenue with creating a schedule to enable taxpayers to use the REAL-D (Race, Ethnicity, Language, and Disability) race and ethnicity identifiers as the list from which a taxpayer may
select up to three options. A firewall inside the department will ensure that the data will not be used by auditors or for tax compliance purposes. Taxpayers will be able to check a box that says “Choose not to answer” if they
do not want to disclose this information.

What does filing tax statements have to do with ethnicity/race. This will allow access to the way people spend their income in a personal intrusive
way that should not be studied by a committee or the Revenue Department. It will allow reporting, analyzing the answers on the tax form to be used to associate a race or ethnicity with how a few are doing. It’s none of the tax department business how people live their lives.

SB 1 is an invasion of a taxpayers privacy. Oregon Revenue Department already asks far too many questions that citizens shouldn’t answer.

CONTACT COMMITTEE

Sen.MarkMeek@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.BrianBoquist@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.LynnFindley@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.JeffGolden@oregonlegislature.gov
Sen.KayseJama@oregonlegislature.gov

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