Running a service business in Oregon

IntelliDrive OS is point-of-sale, quoting, inventory and customer software for service businesses such as locksmiths, plumbers, HVAC companies and electricians. This page collects the tax and licensing facts for Oregon that those businesses ask about, each linked to the official source we read, and shows how IntelliDrive OS fits them.

Last checked October 4, 2026

What tax applies to sales in Oregon?

No general state sales tax

Oregon has no general state sales tax.

Who licenses locksmiths and the trades in Oregon?

From each agency's own page. Check with your city or county for any local license as well.

Locksmiths

We could not confirm a state-level locksmith license for Oregon from an official source. Check with your city or county.

Plumbing: Oregon Building Codes Division (Department of Consumer and Business Services)

The Building Codes Division issues the Journeyman Plumber license and the Plumbing Business license, which lets a business furnish labor and material, or labor only, to install, change and repair plumbing but does not let the holder work as a journeyman without an individual license.

Electrical: Oregon Building Codes Division (Department of Consumer and Business Services)

The Building Codes Division issues individual electrical licenses, including general supervising electrician and journeyman electrician, and an Electrical Contractor license that allows a company to engage in the business of making electrical installations.

HVAC / air conditioning: Oregon Building Codes Division (Department of Consumer and Business Services)

The Building Codes Division issues a Restricted Energy Contractor license limited to heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) activities, and a Limited Maintenance Specialty Contractor HVAC/R license for maintaining, servicing, repairing or replacing commercial and industrial equipment that produces heat, power, refrigeration or air conditioning.

More facts for Oregon service businesses

Generally, Oregon law requires anyone who works for compensation in any construction activity involving improvements to real property to be licensed with the Construction Contractors Board.

A business doing business in Portland generally must register for a Revenue Division tax account; Portland's Business License Tax and Multnomah County's Business Income Tax are net income taxes on business activity.

How does IntelliDrive OS fit Oregon’s tax and paperwork?

What the software does today, nothing more. It does not file your returns or give tax advice.

Records kept digitally

Invoices, receipts, signatures and photos are kept digitally for your records, and you can send a receipt to the customer by email or text.

Payment-link evidence

Payment links through your own account

Text or email a payment link through your own QuickBooks Payments, Square or Stripe account. On a payment-link sale the record keeps the customer’s signature, the terms they accepted, IP address and device, photos, and location when their browser shares it.

Payment processing

Stock by shop and van

Each shop, and each van you set up as its own location, keeps its own stock, with reorder points, counts and exact transfers between locations.

Inventory

Your team, hours and commission

Time clock, timesheets, pay rates and per-technician commission reporting, with role permissions and staff limited to their own shop.

Workforce

QuickBooks Online, when you choose

Push sales and payments from IntelliDrive OS to QuickBooks Online. It is a one-way push that you start yourself.

QuickBooks integration

Scheduling and dispatch (add-on)

Scheduling, dispatch, live GPS and ETA texts come with the GetTimePad add-on at $199/month. It is not part of the $79 plan.

Scheduling

Our city pages in Oregon

Oregon questions, answered

Does Oregon have a state sales tax?

No. Oregon has no general state sales tax. Source: Oregon Department of Revenue.

Who licenses plumbers, electricians and HVAC contractors in Oregon?

Plumbing: the Oregon Building Codes Division (Department of Consumer and Business Services). Electrical: the Oregon Building Codes Division (Department of Consumer and Business Services). HVAC / air conditioning: the Oregon Building Codes Division (Department of Consumer and Business Services). Source: Oregon Building Codes Division.

How much does IntelliDrive OS cost in Oregon?

$79/month per business, billed monthly, the same everywhere in the US. New accounts have unlimited users. The first 30 days are free; a card is required at signup and the first charge is on day 31.

These facts summarize the official pages linked next to each one. Rates and rules change, so check the source before you rely on a fact. This is not legal or tax advice.

Last checked October 4, 2026.

Facts for other states

Run your Oregon service business on IntelliDrive OS

$79/month per business, billed monthly, with unlimited users.

The first 30 days are free. A card is required at signup and the first charge is on day 31; cancel in Settings → Billing before then and you pay nothing.