Instructions for Worksheet FCG-20
Farming activities include:
Lines 4 and 8 (Oregon Tax Computation)
• Raising, harvesting, and selling crops.
Beginning January 1, 2011, corporations will compute
• Feeding, breeding, managing, or selling livestock,
tax using a rate of 6.6 percent for the first $250,000 of
poultry, fur-bearing animals, or honeybees, or the
taxable income, or fraction thereof, and a rate of 7.6
produce thereof.
percent for any amount of taxable income in excess of
• Dairying and selling dairy products.
$250,000.
• Stabling or training of horses, including providing
riding lessons, training clinics, and schooling shows.
Use with Forms 20, 20-S, and 65 to reduce your tax on the
• Propagating, cultivating, maintaining, or harvesting
qualified gain, complete the worksheet, check the box on
aquatic species, birds, and other animals.
the front of Form 20 or 20-S, and include with your return.
• Any other agricultural, horticultural, or animal hus-
You do not need to complete the form if your net long-
bandry activity.
term capital gain is zero or a loss, or if you do not have
• On-site construction and maintenance of equipment
taxable Oregon income.
and facilities used in farming activities.
A reduced tax rate is available if you sold or exchanged
• Preparation, storage, or disposal of products or by-
capital assets used in farming. The sale or exchange must
products raised for human or animal use on land
represent a substantially complete termination of your
employed in farming activities.
farming business or a termination of all your ownership
• Growing and harvesting cultured Christmas trees or
interest in property that is used in a farming business.
certain hardwood timber.
You may not claim the special tax rate on a sale or
Taxpayer assistance
exchange to a subsidiary/affiliate in the unitary group,
as defined under Internal Revenue Code section 267(b).
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Ownership of a farm dwelling or farm homesite is not
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considered to be ownership of property employed in the
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trade or business of farming.
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Farming activity does not include the growing and
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harvesting of marketable species of trees, other than the
be ensured. General tax and policy questions only.
growing and harvesting of cultured Christmas trees or
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certain hardwood timber.
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Partnerships or S corporations. The sale of ownership
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interest in a farming corporation, partnership, or other
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entity qualifies for the special tax rate. The taxpayer must
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have had at least a 10 percent ownership interest in the
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entity before the sale or exchange. If the income is taxed
at the personal level, please use Form FCG (150-101-167)
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Call one of the
to calculate the special tax rate.
help numbers for information in alternative formats.
150-102-167 (Rev. 10-11) Worksheet FCG-20