(b) The credit allowed under this section may be claimed for expenses for care of a qualifying individual that allow a nonmarried taxpayer to seek employment or to attend school on a full-time or part-time basis.

(c) The employment-related expenses for which a credit is claimed under this section may not exceed the least of:

(A) Earned income taxable by Oregon and reportable on the taxpayer’s return;

(B) The lesser amount of earned income taxable by Oregon earned by either spouse, if reportable on a joint return; or

(C) $12,000 for a taxpayer for which there is one qualifying individual, or $24,000 for a taxpayer for which there are two or more qualifying individuals.

(d) The limitations in paragraph (c)(C) of this subsection shall be reduced by the aggregate amount excludable under section 129 of the Internal Revenue Code for the tax year.

(2) The applicable percentage described in subsection (1) of this section shall be determined in accordance with the following table:

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Greater of Federal

or Oregon Adjusted

Gross Income, as Applicable percentage based on age of youngest

Percentage of Federal qualifying individual on January 1 of tax year

Poverty Level

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At least 6 years

but less than

At least 13, or at least

3 years 13 but less 18 years or

Greater Less than Under 3 but less than 18 if older if

than or equal to years than 6 disabled disabled

0% 10% 10% 8% 5% 5%

10% 20% 20% 18% 15% 5%

20% 30% 30% 28% 25% 10%

30% 40% 40% 38% 35% 20%

40% 50% 50% 48% 45% 30%

50% 60% 55% 53% 50% 35%

60% 70% 60% 58% 55% 40%

70% 80% 65% 63% 60% 45%

80% 90% 70% 68% 65% 50%

90% 110% 75% 73% 70% 55%

110% 120% 71% 69% 66% 50%

120% 130% 66% 64% 61% 45%

130% 140% 61% 59% 56% 39%

140% 150% 55% 53% 50% 33%

150% 160% 50% 48% 45% 28%

160% 200% 47% 45% 42% 25%

200% 210% 45% 43% 40% 22%

210% 220% 40% 38% 35% 20%

220% 230% 35% 33% 30% 15%

230% 240% 30% 28% 25% 10%

240% 250% 20% 18% 15% 5%

250% 260% 10% 8% 5% 5%

260% 280% 6% 6% 4% 4%

280% 300% 4% 4% 4% 4%

300% - 0% 0% 0% 0%

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(3) The applicable percentage for a household in excess of eight members shall be calculated as if for a household size of eight members.

(4) The credit under this section is not allowed to a taxpayer with federal adjusted gross income or Oregon adjusted gross income, whichever is greater, in excess of 300 percent of the federal poverty level.

(5) In order to ensure compliance with the eligibility requirements of the credit allowed under this section, the Department of Revenue shall be afforded access to utilization data maintained by the Department of Human Services in its administration of the Employment Related Day Care program.

(6) The Department of Revenue may assess a penalty in an amount not to exceed 25 percent of the amount of credit claimed by the taxpayer against any taxpayer who knowingly claims or attempts to claim any amount of credit under this section for which the taxpayer is ineligible, or against any individual who knowingly assists another individual in claiming any amount of credit for which the individual is ineligible.

(7) The Department of Revenue may adopt rules for carrying out the provisions of this section and prescribe the form used to claim a credit and the information required on the form.

(8) A nonresident individual shall be allowed the credit computed in the same manner and subject to the same limitations as the credit allowed a resident by subsection (1) of this section. However, the credit shall be prorated using the proportion provided in ORS 316.117.

(9) If a change in the taxable year of a taxpayer occurs as described in ORS 314.085, or if the Department of Revenue terminates the taxpayer’s taxable year under ORS 314.440, the credit allowed by this section shall be prorated or computed in a manner consistent with ORS 314.085.

(10) If a change in the status of a taxpayer from resident to nonresident or from nonresident to resident occurs, the credit allowed by this section shall be determined in a manner consistent with ORS 316.117.

(11) If the amount allowable as a credit under this section, when added to the sum of the amounts allowable as payment of tax under ORS 316.187 or 316.583, other tax prepayment amounts and other refundable credit amounts, exceeds the taxes imposed by ORS chapters 314 and 316 for the tax year after application of any nonrefundable credits allowable for purposes of ORS chapter 316 for the tax year, the amount of the excess shall be refunded to the taxpayer as provided in ORS 316.502.

(12) Any amount that is refunded to the taxpayer under this section and that is in excess of the tax liability of the taxpayer does not bear interest. [2015 c.701 §3; 2017 c.638 §2; 2018 c.111 §7]

Note: Section 5, chapter 701, Oregon Laws 2015, provides:

Sec. 5. Section 3 of this 2015 Act [315.264] applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, and before January 1, 2022. [2015 c.701 §5]