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    If approved by voters, Arts Education and Access Tax will impose a permanent flat tax of $35 per person on all adult city residents who receive any income and meet certain poverty thresholds established by the city. Because the Arts Tax would be a flat tax levied on everyone who meets certain income and poverty conditions, the tax is a head tax (also known as a poll tax). The Oregon Legislature outlawed head taxes in 1907. The head tax was so unpopular that the voters of Oregon added the ban to the Oregon Constitution in 1910. That ban is spelled out in Article IX, Section 1a of the Oregon Constitution: "No poll or head tax shall be levied or collected in Oregon."

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    If approved by voters, Arts Education and Access Tax will impose a permanent flat tax of $35 per person on all adult city residents who receive any income and meet certain poverty thresholds established by the city. Because the Arts Tax would be a flat tax levied on everyone who meets certain income and poverty conditions, the tax is a head tax (also known as a poll tax). The Oregon Legislature outlawed head taxes in 1907. The head tax was so unpopular that the voters of Oregon added the ban to the Oregon Constitution in 1910. That ban is spelled out in Article IX, Section 1a of the Oregon Constitution: "No poll or head tax shall be levied or collected in Oregon."

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    One Page Fact Sheet For The Portland Arts Tax

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    If approved by voters, Arts Education and Access Tax will impose a permanent flat tax of $35 per person on all adult city residents who receive any income and meet certain poverty thresholds established by the city. Because the Arts Tax would be a flat tax levied on everyone who meets certain income and poverty conditions, the tax is a head tax (also known as a poll tax). The Oregon Legislature outlawed head taxes in 1907. The head tax was so unpopular that the voters of Oregon added the ban to the Oregon Constitution in 1910. That ban is spelled out in Article IX, Section 1a of the Oregon Constitution: "No poll or head tax shall be levied or collected in Oregon."

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    No on Measure #26-146

    If approved by voters, Arts Education and Access Tax will impose a permanent at tax of $35 per person on all adult city residents who receive any income and meet certain poverty thresholds established by the city.

    Would I have to pay the head tax?


    If you are 18 or older, live in Portland for any part of the year, dont live in a poverty household, and receive any amount of income from any source, then you will pay the head tax. The city estimates 85% of Portlands adults will have to pay the tax.

    Not an income taxan unconstitutional head tax


    Because the Arts Tax would be a at tax levied on everyone who meets certain income and poverty conditions, the tax is a head tax (also known as a poll tax). The Oregon Legislature outlawed head taxes in 1907. The head tax was so unpopular that the voters of Oregon added the ban to the Oregon Constitution in 1910. That ban is spelled out in Article IX, Section 1a of the Oregon Constitution: No poll or head tax shall be levied or collected in Oregon.

    But, I dont have a job. Would I still have to pay the head tax?
    Did you get an unemployment check? Did you or your spouse receive interest in a joint bank ac-count? Did you get a scholarship for living expenses? Do you collect Social Security? Do you get disability payments? If you answered Yes to any of those question, and if your household is above the poverty line then you will have to pay. And these are just examples. Remember the city is operating under the assumption that just about everyone satises the income requirement.

    The for the children bait-andswitch



    Only half the money goes to schools. The rest will be for handouts to groups who say they will deliver high quality arts programs.

    Your papers, please


    The City of Portland will make every single adult ll out a tax form, even if you dont le federal or state income taxes. The Arts Tax stands to be the biggest invasion of privacy in the history Portland. The city plans to use a wide range of sources to track down residents, including: Voter registration records, City water billing records, DMV records, and IRS records.

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