"These are a few of our favorite things..."

"These are a few of our favorite things..."

The Legislative Revenue Office produces a document, the latest of which is the "2006 Oregon Public Finance: Basic Facts" Research Report #1-06. This document provides an overview of Oregon's basic revenue streams, covering such subjects as: basic revenue sources, the 2% "Kicker" provisions, the effect of tax changes, personal income taxes, corporate excise taxes, property taxes/relief, estate/inheritance taxes, school finance, transportation taxes, timber taxes, tobacco/liquor/excise taxes, lottery revenues and other reports. A HIGHLY valuable document:

http://www.leg.state.or.us/comm/lro/rr1_06_oregon_publicfinance_basicfacts.pdf

The Legislative Fiscal Office produces a document, called "Budget Highlights: 2005-2007 Legislatively Adopted Budget". This document summarizes program areas, legislative actions affecting the budget, budget risks and other budget issues:

http://www.leg.state.or.us/comm/lfo/budghigh05-07.pdf

The Legislative Fiscal Office also produced the much more detailed "Analysis of the 2005-2007 Legislatively Adopted Budget". This delves into the intricacies of the various programs, their budgets and the environment in which they operate. The entrance page to this document is found at:

http://www.leg.state.or.us/comm/lfo/05_07agb/05_07_lab_cover_pages.pdf

For the education geeks out there, please find the all-state, district by district breakdown on State School Fund Grant Estimates. This document contains important foundational budget information on the state school funding formula and the raw material, district by district, that builds each district's total grant allocation:

http://www.ode.state.or.us/services/ssf/districtestimatecurrent12-02-05toweb.pdf

Oregon Department of Revenue: Research and Statistical Reports and Publications

http://www.oregon.gov/DOR/STATS/statistics.shtml

State of Oregon, 2005-2007 Tax Expenditure Report. Describes the 352 codified tax expenditures in the State of Oregon. These expenditures represent approximately $27 billion, for the 2005-2007 biennium.

http://www.oregon.gov/DOR/STATS/exp05-07-toc.shtml