This text of Oregon § 320.420 (Collection of use tax; time of collection; presumptions of use in this state) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Oregon primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
(1)A seller shall collect the use tax imposed under ORS 320.410 from a purchaser of a taxable motor vehicle and give the purchaser a receipt for the use tax in the manner and form prescribed by the Department of Revenue if: (a)The seller is:
(A)Engaged in business in this state;
(B)Required to collect the use tax; or
(C)Authorized by the department, under rules the department adopts, to collect the use tax and, for purposes of the use tax, regarded as a seller engaged in business in this state; and
(b)The seller makes sales of taxable motor vehicles for storage, use or other consumption in this state that are subject to the use tax.
(2)A seller required to collect the use tax under this section shall collect the tax:
(a)At the time of the taxable sale; or
(b)If the storage, use or
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(1) A seller shall collect the use tax imposed under ORS 320.410 from a purchaser of a taxable motor vehicle and give the purchaser a receipt for the use tax in the manner and form prescribed by the Department of Revenue if:
(a) The seller is:
(A) Engaged in business in this state;
(B) Required to collect the use tax; or
(C) Authorized by the department, under rules the department adopts, to collect the use tax and, for purposes of the use tax, regarded as a seller engaged in business in this state; and
(b) The seller makes sales of taxable motor vehicles for storage, use or other consumption in this state that are subject to the use tax.
(2) A seller required to collect the use tax under this section shall collect the tax:
(a) At the time of the taxable sale; or
(b) If the storage, use or other consumption of the taxable motor vehicle is not taxable at the time of sale, at the time the storage, use or other consumption becomes taxable.
(3) To ensure the proper administration of ORS 320.410, and to prevent evasion of the use tax, the following presumptions are established:
(a) A taxable motor vehicle is stored, used or otherwise consumed in this state if it is present in this state for private or public display or storage.
(b)(A) A taxable motor vehicle sold by any seller for delivery in this state was sold for storage, use or other consumption in this state unless the contrary is proved.
(B) The burden of proving the contrary is on the seller unless the seller takes from the purchaser a resale certificate to the effect that the taxable motor vehicle was purchased for resale in the ordinary course of the purchaser’s business.
(c)(A) A taxable motor vehicle delivered outside this state to a purchaser known by the seller to be a resident of this state was purchased from the seller for storage, use or other consumption in this state and stored, used or otherwise consumed in this state unless the contrary is proved.
(B) The contrary may be proved by:
(i) A statement in writing, signed by the purchaser or an authorized agent of the purchaser and retained by the seller, that the taxable motor vehicle was purchased for storage, use or other consumption exclusively at a designated point or points outside this state; or
(ii) Other evidence satisfactory to the department that the taxable motor vehicle was not purchased for storage, use or other consumption in this state.