OAR 800-020-0035: Inactive and Lapsed Status

This rule applies only to Oregon Licensed Tax Consultants and Licensed Tax Preparers. (1) Except as provided in section (3) of this rule, a license that has been placed in inactive status may be reactivated upon submission of a reactivation application, payment of license fee for an active license and attesting to compliance with all past continuing education requirements the same as if the licensee had held an active license. (2) Except as provided in section (3) of this rule, a license that has been placed in lapsed status may be reactivated to active status upon submission of a reactivation application, payment of all past unpaid fees and attesting to compliance with all past continuing education requirements the same as if the licensee had held an active license. A license that has been placed in lapsed status shall not be placed in inactive status. (3) A license that has been placed in inactive or lapsed status, or a combination thereof, for three (3) consecutive years, shall not be reactivated to active status. (4) The Board may refuse to reactivate a license that has been placed in inactive or lapsed status for the same reasons it may refuse to issue, renew, suspend, or revoke a license.