Or. Admin. Code § 800-010-0015
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 11, November 1, 2024
Section 800-010-0015 - DefinitionsAs used in these rules, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Board" means the State Board of Tax Practitioners. (2) "Branch Office" means an office or other place of business where clients would normally or usually contact a licensee. (3) "Client" means a person for whom a licensee performs or agrees to perform professional services for valuable consideration and the services are related directly or indirectly to the client's personal income taxes. (4) "Confidential Information" means information furnished to a licensee for, or in connection with, the preparation of an income tax return. (5) "Designated Consultant" means a Licensed Tax Consultant who is the responsible individual at each tax preparation business and whose responsibilities include the supervision of the preparation of all personal income tax returns for another and for valuable consideration. (6) "Licensee" means a Licensed Tax Consultant, Licensed Tax Preparer, or any person, corporation, firm or partnership falling within the scope of ORS 673.605 to 673.735. (7) "Resident Consultant" means the Licensed Tax Consultant who is physically present to conduct and carryout his/her duties in the principal or branch office. (8) "Tax Consultant or Tax Preparer Practice" and a licensee's "professional practice" means any service performed or supervised by the licensee for a client, including any advice or recommendation made by the licensee to the client, when it is related directly or indirectly to the client's personal income tax return, whether or not the licensee also prepares the client's personal income tax returns. (9) "Tax Preparation Business" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or other entity that offers personal income tax preparation services to the public, for valuable consideration, whether operated under an individual's own name or under an assumed business or corporate name, and including tax preparation businesses operated on a full- or part-time basis. (10) "Valuable Consideration", as used in ORS 673.615 and OAR chapter 800, means a benefit that accrues to a person as a result of preparing, advising, or assisting in the preparation of personal income tax returns for others, or offering to perform such services. Valuable consideration need not be translatable into dollars and cents. Or. Admin. Code § 800-010-0015
TSE 6, f. & ef. 1-5-76; TSE 2-1982, f. & ef. 5-10-82; TSE 1-1985, f. & ef. 1-15-85; TSE 6-1986, f. & ef. 12-31-86; TSE 3-1987, f. & ef. 10-2-87; TSE 1-1990, f. & cert. ef. 1-25-90; TSE 4-1991, f. & cert. ef. 10-28-91; BTP 3-2005, f. 8-31-05, cert. ef. 9-1-05; BTP 2-2007, f. 1-12-07, cert. ef. 2-1-07; BTP 1-2008, f. 1-14-08, cert. ef. 2-1-08; BTP 1-2010, f. 1-19-10, cert. ef. 2-1-10; BTP 1-2011, f. 1-24-11, cert. ef. 2-1-11; BTP 1-2012, f. 1-30-12, cert. ef. 2-1-12; BTP 1-2015, f. 1-16-15, cert. ef. 2/1/2015; BTP 1-2017, f. & cert. ef. 1/27/2017Stat. Auth.: ORS 670.310(1) & 673.730(10)
Stats. Implemented: ORS 673.605-673.990