Opinion
TC-MD 120084C
11-19-2012
JAMES J. BOTT and LAURA R. GRAY, Plaintiffs v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, State of Oregon, Defendant.
DECISION
JILL A. TANNER PRESIDING MAGISTRATE
Plaintiffs appeal Defendant's Notice of Deficiency Assessment, dated January 24, 2012, stating that Plaintiffs are not entitled to a working family credit for claimed child care expenses.
On August 20, 2012, Plaintiffs filed a Partial Motion for Summary Judgment, requesting that the court conclude that Plaintiffs paid child care expenses in the amount of $20, 564 even though Plaintiff's sister made the payments to the child care provider on behalf of Plaintiffs.
In its Order, filed October 23, 2012, the court denied Plaintiffs' Partial Motion for Summary Judgment. The court concluded that ORS 315.262(3) and Oregon Administrative Rule 150-315.262(3) clearly states that child care payments “must be made by the parent claiming the working family child care credit” and Plaintiffs did not make child care payments. The court ordered the parties to submit a signed stipulation, request to withdraw, or three mutually convenient trial dates to the court within 21 days of the date of its Order, or the court would issue a decision in accordance with its Order. As of this date, the parties have not responded to the court. Now, therefore, IT IS THE DECISION OF THIS COURT that Plaintiffs' appeal is denied and Plaintiffs did not pay child care expenses in the amount of $20, 564 for tax year 2010.
IT IS FURTHER DECIDED that Plaintiffs are not entitled to claim a refundable working family credit for tax year 2010 for the child care expenses that are disallowed.