OSPS E-News ~ Statewide transit tax

[Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application]

Payroll professionals,

Last night DAS OSPS migrated the statewide transit tax into the production region.  This tax is effective on checks dated 7/01/2018 or later.  That means any manual check requests starting on July 2 and all system generated payments (checks and direct deposit) starting with June run 2 will have this new tax on it.  Attached is a screen shot of how this will look on paystubs.  If correctives are set for prior pay periods with a check dated on or after 7/01/2018, all wages for that prior pay period will be subject to the statewide transit tax.

The tax is one-tenth of one percent (.1% or .001) - or $1 per $1,000 and is based on an employee's state subject taxable wages.  Employees with questions around this tax should contact Department of Revenue or consult their tax professional.

Here is a link with more information regarding this new tax - http://www.oregon.gov/DOR/programs/businesses/Pages/statewide-transit-tax.aspx

If you have questions about how this tax is handled within OSPA then feel free to contact the OSPS helpdesk<mailto:OSPS.HELP at oregon.gov>.  DAS OSPS are not tax professionals and if you or employees have questions about how this tax will affect your personal taxes then please contact Department of Revenue or a tax professional.

There will be communication put on ePayroll starting in June and a follow up via eNews too.

Thank you,

Seth Lewis
Manager
DAS/EGS/FBS/Oregon Statewide Payroll Services
503-373-0198, direct
503-378-3518, fax
503-378-6777, OSPS Help Desk
seth.lewis at oregon.gov<mailto:seth.lewis at oregon.gov>
Visit Our Online Resource Center:  State of Oregon: Oregon Statewide Payroll Services<http://www.oregon.gov/das/Financial/Payroll/Pages/Index.aspx>

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