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<p class="Headline" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino LT Std"">Oregon taxpayers changing their state withholding must use Oregon’s Form OR-W-4</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std";color:black">The Department of Revenue is notifying taxpayers that any changes to their state withholding must be made on Form OR-W-4 beginning January 1, 2020 as the new federal Form W-4 can’t be used for Oregon withholding
purposes.</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std";color:black">Previously filed Oregon or federal withholding statements (Form OR-W-4 or Form W-4), which are used for Oregon withholding, can remain in place if the taxpayer doesn’t change their withholding elections.
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<span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std";color:black">“We encourage Oregon taxpayers to check their withholding for tax year 2020,” said Department of Revenue Director Nia Ray. “Not withholding enough during the year could lead to an unexpected tax bill in
2021.”</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std";color:black">Employers should provide Form OR-W-4 to employees anytime an employee provides them a new federal Form W-4.
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<span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std";color:black">While everyone should check their withholding annually, some groups of taxpayers are more at risk for under-withholding than others, including those who:</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std";color:black">Started a new job in 2018 or later.</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std";color:black">Updated their federal Form W-4 in 2018 or 2019.</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std";color:black">Previously claimed federal deductions that were impacted by federal tax law changes, such as the employee business expense deduction.</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std";color:black">Live in a two-earner household.</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std""><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std";color:black">Oregon’s Form OR-W-4 and Revenue’s updated online withholding calculator allow taxpayers to determine the correct amount to withhold for Oregon personal income tax. Form OR-W-4 and the calculator are available
on the department’s website at </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std""><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/dor">www.oregon.gov/dor</a></span></span><span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std";color:black">.</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std";color:black">Visit www.oregon.gov/dor to get tax forms, check the status of your refund, or make tax payments, call 800-356-4222 toll-free (English or Spanish) or 503-378-4988 or email questions.dor@oregon.gov. For
TTY (hearing or speech impaired), call 1-800-886-7204.</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino LT Std";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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