It’s shameful enough that a man who ducked Oregon taxes by residing in Washington, while earning big bucks warming the bench for the Trail Blazers, would even run to be governor of our state, but it appears that Chris Dudley was fraudulently living in Oregon at the time.
Republican candidate for governor Chris Dudley continued to use his Portland home during the years he claimed Camas, Wash., as his residence to avoid paying thousands of dollars in Oregon taxes.
Interviews with people in Dudley’s former neighborhood and public records show that Dudley may not have stopped using his Portland home to the extent needed to claim he was no longer an Oregon resident for tax purposes.
Dudley did live in Camas, but the couple who bought Dudley’s Portland home in 1997 — more than two years after he said he moved to Camas — said he was still using the house at the time, and that Dudley had clothes in the closet, food in the refrigerator and sports equipment in the garage.
Ross William Hamilton/The OregonianAfter living in Portland, Dudley established Washington residency at this Camas home, which he owned from December 1994 to June 1998.
Dudley has said that, while playing center for the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1990s, he moved from Portland’s Forest Heights neighborhood to Camas to avoid paying Oregon taxes on all of his income. Washington doesn’t have an income tax… [emphasis added]
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So in addition to having no political experience, no record of public service to Oregon, and no new ideas, Chris Dudley appears to be a tax evader against our state. His only agenda is to act as a front man for his millionaire backers. In short, he’s a typical Republican.
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4 Responses to “Is Chris Dudley a Tax Fraud?”
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What a douchebag!
That he is, Lisa.
Thing is, Oregon doesn’t let you off that easily. If you EARN money in Oregon, you have to pay Oregon taxes regardless of your state of residence. Any salary he earned playing for the Trailblazers should have been taxed as Oregon income. If the Trailblazers failed to withhold Oregon taxes, then they are guilty of tax evasion by assisting in the fraud. However, who knows where the Trailblazers are incorporated? They probably make Delaware its corporate home.
Please, I’m only saying what I’ve heard and understood to be true. I may be totally off on the tax rules. However, I know Oregon wants people to pay taxes on income earned in other states, so why not the obverse?
Marva, you are correct, but like all professional athletes, his salary was not his main source of income. Endorsements was. That is the income on which he evaded paying taxes.