Norpac/Qwest tax refund
Marion County
OREGON
TAX OFFICE
2/14/2005
WOODBURN URBAN RENEWAL
FI NANCE DEPT
270 MONTGOMERY ST
WOODBURN OR 97071
TAX COLLECTOR
Doug Ebner
(503) 588.5215
(503) 566.3911 (FAX)
BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
(503) 588.5212
Janet Carlson
Patti Milne
Sam Brentano
WEBSITE
www.co.marion.or.us
The Oregon Department of Revenue recently settled several large property value
appeals with Norpac Foods, Inc., and Qwest Communications. These settlements
provide property tax refunds to Norpac and Qwest totaling an estimated $5.6
million including interest.
Qwest's refunds will be issued on February 15, 2005, and will total $1,196,857.03.
Norpac will also be issued refunds totaling $3,642,925.51 on February 15.
Norpac's appeal, however, is not yet finalized. We estimate that an additional
$600,000 to $800,000 will be refunded to Norpac once the appeal is finalized.
We expect to issue these additional refunds in May 2005 if the appeal is finalized.
Marion County is responsible for issuing these refunds out of its unsegregated tax
collections account. This means that each taxing district in Marion County will
receive a distribution of the February tax collections that is approximately forty
percent of the normal amount.
Again, Marion County will be issuing the refund so you do not need to issue a
check. For your information, your district's portion of these refunds is: $6,267.43
Please direct questions to either Jenny Sasaki, Data Analyst, at (503) 588-3584
or Rex Weisner, Tax Office Supervisor, at (503) 588-5215.
Sincerely,
Douglas J. Ebner
Marion County Tax Collector
Marion County, 555 Court St NE Rm 2242 , PO Box 2511 , Salem, OR 97308-2511 , www.co.marion.or.us