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                             Oregon Domestic Combined 

2023                           Payroll Tax Report 

                             Instructions for Oregon domestic employers

For faster processing:File electronically.Use this booklet. No payroll?  
                                                  Enter 0 on lines 8a, 8b, Pay on Revenue Online. Check your math.   and 20 of Form OA.

150-211-155-5 (Rev 01-09-24) 



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                                Contact Information

             Oregon Department               Oregon Department of Consumer &
             of Revenue (DOR)                       Business Services (DCBS) 

State withholding                            State Workers Benefit Fund (WBF) assessment
503-945-8100 or 1-800-356-4222               Subjectivity questions 
Fax: 503-945-8772                            503-947-7815 or 1-888-877-5670
Email: payroll.help.dor@dor.oregon.gov       Email:  wcd.employerinfo@dcbs.oregon.gov 
Oregon Department of Revenue                 Assessment questions 
955 Center Street NE                         503-378-2372 or Fax: 503-378-3134
Salem OR 97301-2555                          Email:   wbf.assessments@dcbs.oregon.gov
Go to www.oregon.gov/dor for:                Assessments Unit
        – Payroll tax basics                 DCBS/CSD/Financial Services
        – Sign up for Payroll Tax News       PO Box 14480
                                             Salem OR 97309-0405
        – Withholding tables and formulas
                                             Go to www.oregon.gov/dcbs/wbf for:
                                                     – What is the Workers’ Benefit Fund?
                                                     – Determining WBF hours worked
                                                     – Calculating the WBF assessment
                                                     – Corrections and changes notification form

                                             Oregon Workers' Compensation Division
                                             Go to www.wcd.oregon.gov for: 
                                                     – Workers’ Compensation (WC) insurance
                                               – Employer incentives to hire an injured worker
                                               – Insurers authorized to write WC policies
                                                     – Do I need WC insurance?

                              Oregon Employment Department (OED) 

State Unemployment Insurance tax (UI) and    Paid Leave Oregon Equivalent Plans
Paid Leave Oregon (Paid Leave) contributions
                                             833-854-0166
503-947-1488                                 Email: paidleave@employ.oregon.gov
Fax: 503-947-1700
                                             Paid Leave Oregon
Email: contributions.unit@employ.oregon.gov
                                             Oregon Employment Department
Contributions and Recovery                   875 Union St NE 
Oregon Employment Department                 Salem OR 97311-0030
875 Union St NE 
                                              Go to paidleave.oregon.gov for: 
Salem OR 97311-0030
                                                     – Electronic reporting 
Go to frances.oregon.gov/employer for:               – Equivalent Plan information
        – Electronic reporting
                                                     – Small employer assistance grants
        – UI account information
                                                     – Paid Leave benefit questions

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                              Additional Resources

Bureau of Labor and Industries  (BOLI)            Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ)
For wages: www.oregon.gov/boli/whd                Employers must report all new and rehired 
For everything else: www.oregon.gov/boli          employees within 20 days of their hire date.
Oregon Secretary of State  (SOS)                  503-378-2868 or 1-866-907-2857
Go to sos.oregon.gov/business for:                Email:   emplnewhire.help@doj.state.or.us
•  Starting a Business                            Division of Child Support
•  Employer’s Guide for Doing Business in Oregon  Employer New Hire Reporting Program
•  Electronic Business Registration forms         4600 25th Ave NE, Suite 180
                                                  Salem OR 97301
Internal  Revenue Service (IRS)
                                                  For the Oregon Employer Services Portal: 
Go to www.irs.gov/businesses for:
                                                   employerportal.oregonchildsupport.gov 
•  Contracting payroll service
•  Acquiring a Federal Employer Identification    For everything else:  
Number (FEIN)                                       www.oregonchildsupport.gov
•  Federal payroll tax forms

                                   Table of Contents

Contact Information .......................................................................................................................................1
Additional Resources ......................................................................................................................................2
Where to Pay ....................................................................................................................................................3
Where to File ...................................................................................................................................................3
Tips for Successful Reporting ........................................................................................................................3
New Information .............................................................................................................................................4 
Important Information ...................................................................................................................................4
Required Forms ...............................................................................................................................................6
Filing the Combined Annual Tax Report ....................................................................................................7
Payment Instructions......................................................................................................................................8
Penalties ............................................................................................................................................................8
Interest ..............................................................................................................................................................9
Credits ............................................................................................................................................................10
Oregon Annual Tax Report (Form OA Domestic) Instructions ............................................................10
Employee Detail Report (Form 132 Domestic) Instructions ..................................................................13
Unemployment Insurance Tax Information ..............................................................................................13
Paid Leave Oregon Contribution Information .........................................................................................15
Withholding Tax Information .....................................................................................................................16
Workers’ Benefit Fund Assessment Information ......................................................................................17

      You can find this booklet at www.oregon.gov/dor/bus

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                               Where to find forms

You will no longer receive personalized forms in the mail. Blank forms are available online or by order. 

Download blank forms:  www.oregon.gov/employ/forms or www.oregon.gov/dor/forms
Order blank forms:     503-947-1488

                                   Where to Pay

To pay electronically, use Revenue Online at www.oregon.gov/dor
        Log in, select "Withholding Payroll," and click on "I want to make an OTC payment."
              Find more instructions at www.oregon.gov/dor/business

                       To pay by mail, use paper Form OR-OTC-V. 
                       You must include one form with each payment. 
                       To order, go to www.oregon.gov/dor/business. 
                       Form OR-OTC-V is mailed separately to employers. 

                                   Where to File

Form OA and Form 132 Domestic 
                                                     File electronically using Frances Online:
using Employment Department app
        (see page 5)                                 frances.oregon.gov/employer

All reports printed on paper                         Mail to:  Oregon Department of Revenue 
        (see pages 5)                                        PO Box 14800 
                                                             Salem OR 97309-0920

                       Tips for Successful Reporting
When you report all required information correctly, you can avoid delays in the processing of your forms. 
Delays may result in penalties, interest charges, and other fees you may be required to pay if you don’t 
report accurately and on time. If you use a payroll service, remember you are ultimately responsible 
for providing reports and payments accurately and timely.

How to avoid common problems                         • Use the correct tax and assessment rates.
• File and pay electronically to reduce calculation  • Make sure to include your name and address.
errors and other mistakes. See Filing Option on      • Keep copies of your completed forms for your 
page 8.                                              records.
• Use the correct Oregon Business Identification     • Report whole hours on Form OA (WBF assess-
Number (BIN).                                        ment) and on Form 132 Domestic.
• Put the BIN and quarter/year on each report form 
in the appropriate box.

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                                   New Information

Tax rates                                                Domestic. It has been significantly redesigned to 
                                                         account for reporting requirements, including Paid 
• The Workers’ Benefit Fund (WBF) assessment rate 
                                                         Leave contributions. You can find it on OED's web-
is 0.022.
                                                         site (see page 1). 
• The taxable wage base for Unemployment Insur-
ance (UI) is $50,900.                                    Paid Leave Oregon (Paid Leave)
• The Paid Leave contribution rate is 0.01, and the 
wage base is $132,900.                                   Paid Leave is a new program that allows indi-
                                                         viduals to take paid time off when life’s moments 
Frances Online—OEDs new system                           impact them and their families' health and safety.
Frances Online replaced the Oregon Payroll Report-       Paid Leave contributions for employees and 
ing System (OPRS) and the Employer Account               employers began January 1, 2023. Employees can 
Access (EAA) portal beginning with the 2022 third        start applying for Paid Leave benefits September 
quarter filing. Frances Online supports both unem-       3, 2023. For more information, go to Paid Leave's 
ployment insurance (UI) and Paid Leave Oregon,           website (see page 1).
the new program for family, medical and safe leave. 
                                                         WBF Assessment
Frances Online provides more personalized ser-
vices, including:                                        For updated guidance on calculating and reporting 
                                                         assessment, see the Workers' Benefit Fund (WBF) 
• Ability to self-service your account.
                                                         Assessment booklet on the website (see page 1) 
• File, view, and amend your reports.
                                                         (OAR 436-070).
• View your balance and account status.
• Make past due payments.                                Form requirements
• View and print letters from OED.                       Form OR-WR (which includes state withholding 
• Respond to questionnaires.                             and the statewide transit tax) is required to be filed 
• Send secure messages.                                  electronically with Revenue Online. See “Revenue 
• Use on your phone or tablet.                           Online”. 
For more information or to sign up for an account,       DOR requires all submitted forms to be complete, 
go to www.frances.oregon.gov/employer.                   legible, and on approved agency forms. Non-
                                                         agency forms and forms that are incomplete or 
New Form OA Domestic and 132 Domestic
                                                         illegible won't be processed and will be returned 
Beginning with the 2023 first quarter returns,           to you. Agency forms are located on the agency 
use the new Form OA Domestic and Form 132                websites (see page 1). 

                               Important Information

Oregon Department of Revenue (DOR), Oregon               What is a filed return?
Employment Department (OED), and Department 
                                                         Only columns on Form OA Domestic that are filled 
of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) rules 
may be different from each other. Read all instruc-      in with numerical information are considered a 
tions carefully. If you have questions, contact the      filed return (for example, using a 0 rather than a 
appropriate agency (see page 1).                         blank space).
Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax rate                     You don’t need to file Form 132 Domestic if you file 
                                                         a non-payroll report.
Your UI tax rate is based on the last 12 quarters expe-
rience through June 30, 2023. You received a Notice 
                                                         Closing your account
of Estimated Tax Rate in November of 2022 because 
the data is not available for the first two quarters of  If you close your account mid-year, all reports and 
2023 until we receive your annual report in 2023.        payments are due within 20 days of the date that 
Final tax rate notices will be mailed in May 2024        you terminate your employees, instead of January 
after the year 2023 annual reports are processed.        Form requirements
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Filing option                                         Number (RIN) or your registry number issued by 
                                                      the Oregon Secretary of State’s Corporation Divi-
Employers with exclusively domestic (in home ser-
                                                      sion. If you don’t know your BIN, contact DOR 
vice) employment may choose to file the combined 
                                                      (see page 1).
payroll tax reports quarterly or annually. Contact 
OED for more information (see page 1).                The correct format for a BIN is NNNNNNN-N (for 
                                                      example, 1234567-8).
Required reporting                                    You must include your BIN at the top of all cor-
                                                      respondence, returns, and payments that you file 
If you're an employer who's subject to UI or Paid 
                                                      with DOR, OED, and DCBS.
Leave, report required information on Form 132 
Domestic.                                             Important: If the structure of your business has 
                                                      changed, contact DOR (see page 1).
Mailing of this booklet and forms
                                                      Withholding tax tables and formulas
To reduce costs, we no longer mail this booklet with  The Oregon withholding tax tables and formulas 
personalized forms. This change will reduce paper     will be updated each year with an effective date of 
waste, returned mail, and processing times. You       January 1. DOR will send information through the 
can download blank forms. We encourage you to         Payroll Tax News. Contact DOR for more informa-
electronic file all payroll forms (see page 3).       tion (see page 1).
Revenue Online 
                                                      W-2 informational returns
Revenue Online, DOR's self-service site, is avail-    All businesses and payroll service providers must 
able for combined payroll taxpayers. Revenue          report W-2 information electronically to DOR using 
Online provides convenient, secure access to tools    iWire (see page 8). The filing due date is January 31 
for managing your tax account—and it’s free! With     of each year. 
Revenue Online, you can:
                                                      1099 electronic filing requirements
• View your tax account.
• Make certain payments by selecting "Make a          If your business reports the following 1099 forms, 
Payment."                                             you must submit them electronically each year by:
• View and print letters from DOR.
• Send DOR secure messages.                                 March 31      Form 1099-MISC
                                                                          Form 1099-G
• File certain returns.
                                                                          Form 1099-R
• Check your DOR account balance and more!
                                                                          Form 1099-K
For more information or to sign up for an account,                        Form W-2G
go to  www.oregon.gov/dor.
                                                            January 31    Form 1099-NEC
Note: The W-2 filing date has changed to  
January 31 of each year. 1099s with information in    You’re required to file electronically if you have 
box 7 will be due January 31.                         one or more information returns. An information 
                                                      return is a tax document you must file to report 
UI—Alternate base year
                                                      certain business transactions to DOR and the IRS, 
Individuals that file a claim for UI benefits might   such as 1099s (ORS 314.360).
qualify using an Alternate Base Year. To deter-
                                                      Penalties assessed 
mine if they qualify, OED will send a request 
for information to the last known employer. The       DOR may assess penalties for employers who 
response to this notice doesn’t replace Form          don't file a timely information return (Form W-2 
OA Domestic. You need to include the wages            or 1099) or file an incorrect or incomplete infor-
and hours for all subject employees, whether          mation return [House Bill (HB) 2464]. DOR may 
using a Regular or Alternate Base Year on your        assess $50 per information return, up to an annual 
Forms OA and 132 Domestic. Contact OED for            maximum amount of $2,500. DOR may raise the 
more information (see page 1).                        penalty to $250 per information return, up to an 
                                                      annual maximum amount of $25,000, for employ-
Oregon identification numbers                         ers who knowingly fail to file a timely information 
Your Oregon Business Identification Number            return or knowingly file an incomplete, false or 
(BIN) is not the same as the Revenue Identification   misleading information return. 
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Oregon retirement savings program                     Misclassifying employees as independent con-
OregonSaves, the Oregon retirement savings            tractors can be costly to an employer. For more 
program, is an easy way for Oregonians to             information about independent contractors, visit 
save for retirement through payroll deductions.         www.oregon.gov/ic.
Oregon employers that don't currently offer 
                                                      Bankruptcy
an employer-sponsored retirement plan will 
facilitate OregonSaves for its employees. Oregon-     If you file for bankruptcy, you need to separately notify  
Saves will roll out in phases to employers in         each state agency that administers the payroll 
                                                      taxes or assessments to which you are subject. Be 
the next few years. For more information, go to  
                                                      prepared to supply the case number, the BIN and 
  www.oregonsaves.com.
                                                      FEIN of all accounts associated with the bankrupty. 
Independent contractors
                                                      Keep your records
To be an independent contractor, workers must 
                                                      You must keep WBF assessment-related payroll 
meet the statutory definition in ORS 670.600. This 
                                                      records for at least four years. 
law covers DOR, OED, Construction Contractors 
Board, and Landscape Contractors Board.               You must keep all other payroll records for at least 
                                                      six years after filing the required reports.
The laws covering the WC Division of DCBS and 
the Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) differ 
from ORS 670.600. 

                                   Required Forms

We process paper forms electronically. It’s critical  Form OR-OTC-V—File with each payroll tax pay-
for successful reporting to use the correct format    ment to show how the amount paid is to be distrib-
and color of ink.                                     uted among withholding tax, UI tax, Paid Leave 
To avoid problems:                                    contributions, and WBF assessment.

• Use only blue or black ink.                         Amended forms 
• Only file with official forms.
                                                      Use fillable amended report forms available at 
• Use CAPITAL LETTERS ONLY when filling out 
                                                      OED's website (see page 1):
your reports.
                                                      • Form OQ/OA–AMENDED
If you use a tax preparer, check that they have this 
                                                      • Form 132–AMENDED
booklet and the correct forms. 
                                                      DOR: You may make changes as far back as nec-
Forms needed for reporting
                                                      essary to make corrections and report the proper 
Form OA Domestic—File this form each year to          amount of withholding and transit taxes. However, 
document how you calculate the annual amounts         if that correction results in a refund, you have three 
of withholding tax, UI tax, Paid Leave contribu-      years from the due date of the return, or two years 
tions, and WBF assessment you owe.                    from the date the tax was paid, whichever is later, 
Form 132 Domestic—Use to report state income tax      to request that refund.
withholding, UI subject wages, or Paid Leave sub-     OED: OED won't process amended payroll reports 
ject wages. For each employee, you must include       on non-agency forms. The non-agency forms will 
the following quarterly detailed wage information:    be returned to you. Agency forms are located on 
  1.  Social Security number                          agency websites (see page 1). 
  2.   First initial                                  You may make changes to the UI tax or the Paid 
                                                      Leave contribution portions of the reports for any 
  3.   Last name
                                                      quarter between the first quarter three years back 
  4.   Whole hours worked                             and the current quarter.
  5.   State income tax withholding
                                                      DCBS: You may make changes to the WBF 
  6.   UI subject wages
                                                      assessment portion of the reports for any quarter  
  7.   Paid Leave subject wages                       between the first quarter three years back and the 
                                                      current quarter.

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Other forms                                              filed annually by employers to reconcile the Oregon 
                                                         state withholding taxes reported to DOR with all 
Since we process reports and payments electroni-
                                                         Oregon W-2s and 1099s issued to your employ-
cally, our systems won’t pick up special instruc-
                                                         ees. If you stop doing business or no longer have 
tions or notations you write on Form OA Domestic 
                                                         employees, Form OR-WR is due 30 days after your 
or Form OR-OTC-V. Use the following forms, 
                                                         final payroll.
located in the back of this booklet, to make updates:
Business Change in Status FormUse this form to 
update your business information, such as: chang-
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Oregon Department of Revenue
ing a business name, correcting an FEIN, selling or                        OregonForm OR-OTC-VCombined Payroll Tax Payment Voucher
                                                                           Page 1 of 1                 • Use UPPERCASE letters.  • Use blue or black ink.  • Print actual size (100%).  • Don’t submit photocopies or use staples.
closing a business, no longer working in a transit       Business identification number (BIN)                              Year (YYYY)              Quarter that payroll was paid to employees (1, 2, 3, or 4)
district, and starting a business in a transit district.
If the structure of your business changes, you may         1.  Unemployment Insurance ..................................................................................................1.         ,          ,
need to complete a Combined Employers Registration         2.  State Withholding...............................................................................................................2.  ,          ,
found on DOR's website (see page 1).                       3.  TriMet Transit District .........................................................................................................3. ,          ,
                                                           4.  Lane Transit District ...........................................................................................................4. ,          ,
Business Contact Change FormUse this form 
                                                           5.  Workers’ Benefit Fund Assessment ...................................................................................5.              ,          ,
to update your contact information, such as:                                                                    SAMPLE
                                                           6.  Statewide Transit Tax .........................................................................................................6.   ,          ,
physical, mailing, or email address; phone or fax                                                               DO NOT USE
number; and off site payroll service, accountant,          7.  Paid Leave Oregon ............................................................................................................7.    ,          ,
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Add lines 1–7 and enter total below
or bookkeeper.                                           Pay online at www.oregon.gov/dor or make check payable to:
                                                         SalemPOOregonBoxORDepartment1480097309-0920of Rev e nue
Form OR-WR—    If you're an employer, you are 
required to file this form annually even if you are 
reporting 0. 
If you're an employer, you are required to file elec-
tronically through Revenue Online by January 31 
                                                                                                                                                    Total payment (add lines 1–7 above)
of the following year.                                                                                          150-211-053(Rev. 07-18-22, ver. 05) $
                                                                                                                                                                                                   ,          ,
This form is required by all employers who with-
hold state income tax from their employees. It is 

               Filing the Combined Annual Tax Report 

Who must file                                            When to file
If you choose an annual reporting schedule, you          Your report and payment are due by January 31, 
must file a Form OA Domestic each year if you:           2024. If your account closes mid-year, both reports 
                                                         and payment are due within 20 days of the closing.
• Are registered as an active employer with DOR or 
OED, even if you had no payroll during the year          Failure to file
• Have paid workers subject to Oregon’s WC law,          If you don’t file a correct, complete annual report, 
or any paid individuals covered by WC insurance,         you may receive an assessment from each agency 
whether or not required by law.                          based on available information. Each agency 
You must file Form 132 Domestic if you are:              may charge penalties and interest on the amount 
                                                         assessed (see pages 7-8).
• An employer subject to state withholdings,
                                                         Electronic filing option
• An employer subject to UI law, or
• A small employer subject to Paid Leave                 File electronically using Frances Online. It’s more 
                                                         efficient, accurate, and takes less time than paper. 
                                                         Go to: frances.oregon.gov/employer.

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                                 Payment Instructions

To pay electronically go to Revenue Online  at        • If amending your reports, include Form OR-OTC-
  www.oregon.gov/dor and select "Make a Payment."      V with payment.
To pay by mail, follow these instructions to make     • Use current-year personalized coupons. Changes 
sure your payment is correctly applied:                to the coupons or using the wrong coupon could 
• Complete and send in Form OR-OTC-V with              result in misapplied payments.
 every payment when due, including payments 
                                                      • Don’t staple or tape checks to Form OR-OTC-V.
 made with your Form OA Domestic.
                                                      • Make checks payable to Oregon Department of 
• Show the amount paid to each tax program in 
                                                       Revenue. Send Form OR-OTC-V and your check to:
 the appropriate boxes on Form OR-OTC-V. Don’t 
 include credits (see page 8).                          Oregon Department of Revenue
                                                        PO Box 14800
• When reporting annually, enter a “4” in the quar-     Salem OR 97309-0920
 ter box regardless of the quarter in which payroll 
                                                      • Keep all payment records (see page 6). 
 was paid to employees.

                                        Penalties

Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax                       Under OED law, an employer may not engage in 
A late-filing penalty may be assessed if you file     or advise another employer to engage in activity to 
Form OA Domestic or Form 132 Domestic more            transfer or acquire, or attempt to transfer or acquire, 
than 10 calendar days after the due date and          a trade or business or any part of a trade or busi-
received a warning or had a penalty assessed          ness solely or primarily for the purpose of getting 
within the past 3 years. Incomplete or incorrectly    a lower UI tax rate. 
formatted forms may be returned to you. You must 
                                                      If an employer knowingly engages in such activity, 
resubmit these forms by the 10th day after the due 
date to avoid a penalty.                              the highest UI tax rate (currently 5.4 percent) will 
                                                      be assigned to that trade or business for the tax year 
The UI tax late-filing penalty is $10 for each        in which the activity occurred and for the next three 
employee reported, with a $100 minimum and            years. However, if the employer is already subject 
$2,500 maximum penalty. If no subject wages are 
                                                      to the highest tax rate for the year, or if the amount 
reportable, but you file the report late, you may be 
                                                      of increase in the tax rate is less than 2 percent, 
assessed a penalty up to $100.
                                                      an additional penalty tax rate of 2 percent will be 
OED may assess a penalty if you fail to pay a tax     added to the calculated tax rate. 
assessment. The penalty will be 10 percent of the 
                                                      Also, if any person advises an employer to engage in 
unpaid tax for that assessment. 
                                                      this activity, the adviser may be charged a civil pen-
OED may assess a 50 percent penalty of the unpaid     alty of up to $10,000. Criminal penalties for engaging 
tax balance if the agency finds out that an employer  in tax avoidance schemes also may be imposed. 
is intentionally avoiding paying UI tax. [ORS 
657.515(5)]                                           Paid Leave 
OED may charge an employer an additional 1 percent    A late-filing penalty may be assessed if you file 
penalty if, as of September 1, the employer hasn’t:   Form OQ or Form 132 more than 10 calendar 
• Filed all UI tax reports:                           days after the due date and received a warning 
                                                      or had a penalty assessed within the past 3 years. 
    —Form OA Domestic,         or
                                                      Incomplete or incorrectly formatted forms may be 
    —Form 132 Domestic, or
                                                      returned to you. You must resubmit these forms by 
• Paid all UI taxes due.                              the 10th day after the due date to avoid a penalty. 
The penalty is 1 percent of the employer’s previous 
                                                      The Paid Leave late-filing penalty is 2 percent of the 
year’s taxable payroll.
                                                      wages of the employer’s employees rounded to the 
Note: These penalties are in addition to interest.    nearest $100. If an employer has no subject wages, 
                                                      the late-filing penalty is $10 for the first report filed 
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late up to $100 for the third or subsequent report      State withholding
filed late. (ORS 657B.920) 
                                                        DOR charges: 
Paid Leave may assess an additional penalty if          • A 5 percent late-payment penalty on any unpaid 
you fail to pay the assessment within 10 days after     tax after the return’s (Form OA Domestic) due date.
receiving the written demand. The penalty is 10         • An additional 20 percent late filing penalty on any 
percent of the unpaid contribution amount. [(ORS        tax due, as of the due date, if you file the return 
657B.320(5)]                                            (Form OA Domestic)  more than one month late.
Paid Leave may assess a 50 percent penalty for the      • An additional 25 percent penalty if DOR deter-
                                                        mines and assesses the tax that should have been 
unpaid contribution balance if any part of a defi-
                                                        reported by the due date.
ciency is due to fraud with intent to avoid payment 
                                                        • A possible 100 percent penalty on any tax due if 
of contributions to the fund. [(ORS 657B.320(6)] 
                                                        you don’t file Form OA Domestic for 3 years in a 
Paid Leave may assess the employer an additional        row.
1 percent penalty of the employer’s previous year’s 
subject wages if, as of September 1, the employer       Workers' Benefit Fund (WBF) assessment
hasn’t:                                                 DCBS may charge a penalty if you file or your pay-
                                                        ment is received more than 10 days after the due 
• Filed all Paid Leave reports: 
                                                        date. The penalty will be a minimum of $50 for each 
        —Form OQ, or                                    violation, up to $2,000. Penalties are in addition to 
        —Form 132, or                                   tax assessed and interest. If your account is audited 
• Paid all Paid Leave contributions due (ORS            for failure to report or for inaccurate reporting, you 
 657B.910).                                             may be charged additional penalties for failure to 
                                                        comply (OAR 436-70-0050). 
Note: These penalties are in addition to interest.

                                Interest

Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax                         day late. Interest is calculated on unpaid contribu-
                                                        tions only.
OED assesses interest on unpaid or late UI tax. The 
rate is 1.5 percent per month or fraction of a month 
                                                        State withholding
after the payment is due. 
                                                        DOR charges interest on any remaining tax left 
Payments are due by the last day of the month after     unpaid after the due date. DOR will bill for this 
the quarter ends. Interest is assessed if the payment   interest, so you don’t need to calculate interest due. 
is one day late. Interest is calculated on unpaid tax 
only. Previously assessed interest or penalties are     Workers’ Benefit Fund (WBF) assessment
not included in the calculation.
                                                        If you fail to pay, DCBS will exercise legal rights to 
                                                        collect the delinquent debt. This may result in war-
Paid Leave
                                                        rants, garnishments, offsetting your tax refund, or 
OED assesses interest on unpaid or late Paid Leave      assigning the debt to DOR or a collection agency. 
contributions at 1.5 percent per month (any portion     If your debt is assigned to collection, you will be 
of a month will be considered a full month) [ORS        charged 9 percent interest on overdue balances.  
657B.320(3)].                                           You may also be charged a fee totaling 28 percent 
                                                        of your debt (ORS 293.231). 
Paid Leave contribution payments are due by the 
last day of the month after the quarter ends. Inter-
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                                               Credits

To apply a credit to a quarter in the same tax        Write the tax program, quarter and year to which 
program:                                              you want the credit applied. Attach any notices or 
You may use Form OA Domestic to apply an              memos you received about the credit. Don’t use 
amount that you overpaid in a previous quarter        Form OA Domestic to transfer credits between 
if you haven’t already requested or been issued a     programs.
refund. Add the credit to any prepaid amount in 
the correct box on Form OA Domestic (box 3, 15a,      To request a refund:
15b, or 23) to reduce the balance owing.
                                                      Send a written request to the agency with a credit. 
To apply a credit to another tax program:             Include your account name, address, BIN, the word 
Send a written request to the agency with a credit.   “Refund,” and the amount to refund. Attach any 
Include your account name, address, BIN, tax          notices or memos you received about the credit. 
program, quarter, year, and amount of the credit.     Don’t use Form OA Domestic to request a refund.

Oregon Annual Tax Report (Form OA Domestic) Instructions

Employer information section                          Box 4. Total due. Enter box 3 minus box 2. If the 
                                                      amount is less than zero, enter 0.
Before you submit Form OA Domestic, make sure 
to enter your business name, FEIN , BIN, quarter,     Box 5. Number of covered workers for UI. Com-
and year. If anything has changed, update your        plete this section if you are subject to UI law. To 
information in Frances Online or submit  a Business   report the number of workers, use the totals for 
Change in Status Form.                                each month in the fourth quarter only (October, 
                                                      November, and December). Include all full-time 
Clearly write only numbers in the numbered boxes, 
                                                      and part-time workers who worked or received pay 
otherwise your return won't be considered com-
plete, and it won't be filed for that program.        subject to UI law during the payroll period which 
                                                      includes the 12th of the month. If need help on how 
State income tax withholding                          to count workers, call OED at 1-800-262-3912 ext. 
                                                      7-1248, or 503-947-1248.
Box 1. Subject wages. Enter total wages subject to 
income tax (salaries, commissions, and bonuses),      • Daily pay period. Enter the number of workers 
paid to Oregon employees.                              on the daily payroll for the workday nearest the 
                                                       12th of the month.
• If you are reporting withholding on pension or 
annuity distributions, enter the amount of dis-       • Weekly, biweekly, or semi-monthly pay period. 
tributions with Oregon withholding in this box.        Enter the number of workers on the payroll for 
This amount does not need to match box 8a or 8b.       the period that includes the 12th of the month.
• Enter 0 if you didn’t have any subject payroll in   • Monthly pay period. Enter the number of work-
this quarter.                                          ers on your monthly payroll.
Box 2. Total tax amount. Enter your total amount      • No covered workers.   If there were no covered 
of Oregon income tax withheld for the year.  
                                                       workers during any pay period, enter 0. Don’t 
Enter 0 on the wage and tax line of the appropri-
                                                       leave these boxes blank. 
ate column if you had subject payroll but didn’t 
have any withholding tax to pay this year. Make       Add boxes 5a, 5b, and 5c. Place the total in box 5d.
sure you only enter numbers in the state withhold-    Box 6. Paid Leave for out-of-state-employees. 
ing tax column, otherwise your return won’t be        Enter the number of employees who only worked 
considered complete and it won’t be filed for that 
                                                      outside of Oregon during each quarter. Don’t 
program.
                                                      include temporary employees hired to replace 
Box 3. Tax pre-paid this year. Enter the amount of    employees who were off work while using Paid 
withholding tax you pre-paid. Include any with-       Leave benefits (see box 7). Add boxes 6a, 6b, and 
holding credits you used (see page 9).                6c. Place the total in box 6d.
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Box 7. Paid Leave for replacement workers.             Box 17a. Total due. Enter box 14a minus box 15a 
Enter the total number of temporary employees          plus box 16a. If the amount is less than zero, enter 0.
hired as replacements for employees who were 
off work while using Paid Leave benefits during        Paid Leave Oregon (Paid Leave)
each quarter. Add boxes 7a, 7b, and 7c. Place the      Box 8b. Subject wages. Enter total wages subject 
total in box 7d.                                       to Paid Leave. This amount must be the same as 
                                                       box H (Total Paid Leave subject wages) on Form 
Unemployment Insurance (UI)                            132 Domestic. Include excess wages (see box 9b). 
Box 8a. UI Subject wages. Enter the total amount       Enter 0 if you had no Paid Leave subject wages 
of UI subject wages paid for the year.  This amount    this quarter.
must be the same as box G (Total UI Subject wages)     Box 9b. Excess wages. Enter total excess wages 
on Form 132 Domestic. Include excess wages (see        subject to Paid Leave. Excess wages are wages 
box 9a). Enter 0 if you had no UI subject wages for    above the Paid Leave contribution wage base for 
the year.                                              the year, per employee. Yearly contribution wage 
Box 9a. Excess wages.  Excess wages are wages          base for 2023 is $132,900.
above the taxable wage base for the year, per          Box 10b. Taxable wages.   Enter box 8b minus box 
employee. Yearly taxable wage bases are:               9b. If the amount is zero or less, enter 0.
 2023 = $50,900           2022 = $47,700               Box 11b. Paid Leave contribution rate. Enter the 
                                                       current contribution rate of 1 percent (0.01).
 2021 = $43,800           2020 = $42,100
                                                       Box 12. Paid Leave employer contributions. If 
Reimbursing employers and Local Government 
                                                       you are a small employer who received assistance 
Employers Benefit Trust Fund participants, leave 
                                                       grants, multiply box 10b by box 11b by .40 (10b x 
this box blank.
                                                       0.01 x 0.40). Round to the nearest cent. If you are 
Box 10a. Taxable wages. Enter box 8a minus box         a small employer who has not received assistant 
9a. Reimbursing employers, leave this box blank.       grants, leave this box blank. To see if you are a large 
                                                       or small employer, visit the Paid Leave website (see 
Box 11a. UI tax rate. Use your current year’s UI 
                                                       page 1).
tax rate. For the current rate, go to OED's website 
(see page 1). Reimbursing employers, leave this        Box 13. Paid Leave employee contributions. Mul-
box blank.                                             tiply box 10b by box 11b by .60 (11b x 0.01 x 0.60). 
                                                       Round to the nearest cent.
Box 14a. Total tax. Multiply box 10a by box 11a. 
Round down to the nearest cent and enter the tax       Note: Employers must begin withholding employee 
amount. Enter 0 if you had no UI tax this quarter.     contributions for Paid Leave starting with wages 
                                                       paid on or after January 1, 2023. Employee contri-
Box 15a. UI tax prepaid this quarter. Enter the 
                                                       butions must be held in trust until paid to DOR on 
amount of UI tax prepaid or credits used. Include 
                                                       Form OR-OTC-V. An employer may choose to pay 
any credit amount that may have been overpaid 
                                                       all or part of the employee's contribution.
where no refund was requested or issued (see  
page 13).                                              Box 14b. Total Paid Leave contributions. Add 
                                                       boxes 12 and 13.
Box 16a. UI penalty and interest owed. Enter the 
amount of penalty and interest owed if Form OA is      Box 15b. Paid Leave contributions pre-paid. Enter 
submitted more than 10 calendar days after the due     the amount of pre-paid contributions. Include any 
date. To calculate the penalty, see page 8.            credit amount that may have been overpaid where 
                                                       no refund was requested or issued.
To calculate interest owed, multiply the unpaid 
tax owed by 0.015 for each month or fraction of a      Box 16b. Penalty and interest owed. Enter the 
                                                       amount of penalty and interest owed if Form OA is 
month after the date the payment is due. Interest 
                                                       submitted more than 10 calendar days after the due 
is due even if the payment is one day late. When 
                                                       date. To calculate the penalty, see page 8. 
calculating interest, use only the amount of unpaid 
tax. Don’t calculate interest on previously assessed   To calculate interest owed, multiply the unpaid 
interest or penalties.                                 contribution amount owed by 0.015 for each month 

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or a fraction of a month after the date the payment     to which tax. Contact DCBS for more information 
is due. Interest is assessed even if the payment is     (see page 1).
one day late.When calculating interest, use only the 
                                                        Box 21. WBF assessment rate. WBF assessment 
amount of unpaid tax. Don’t calculate interest on 
                                                        rates are:
previously assessed interest or penalties.
                                                              2023 = 0.022   2022 = 0.022
Box 17b. Total due. Enter box 14b minus box 15b 
plus box 16b. If the amount is zero or less, enter 0.         2021 = 0.022   2020 = 0.024
                                                        Employers contribute one-half of the hourly assess-
Special Payroll Tax Offset
                                                        ment amount and deduct one-half from workers’ 
Box 18. Special payroll tax offset. Multiply box 10a    wages.
by the following yearly rate. Don’t add or subtract     Box 22. Total assessment. Multiply box 20 by box 
this amount from boxes 14a or 17a.                      21. Round down to the nearest cent. This is the total 
Yearly offset rate is: 4th quarter of 2023 = .0009      WBF assessment due for the quarter. If no assess-
                                                        ment is due for the quarter, enter 0.
Employers not required to pay Federal Unemploy-
ment Tax Assessment (FUTA) are not required to          Box 23. Assessment prepaid. Enter the amount 
complete this section. For additional information,      of prepaid WBF assessment or WBF assessment 
see page 13.                                            credits used this quarter (see page 9).
                                                        Box 24. Total WBF assessment due.      Subtract box 
Workers’ Benefit Fund (WBF) assessment
                                                        23 from box 22. This is the net WBF assessment 
Box 20. Hours worked by paid workers subject to         amount due for the quarter. Enter this amount in 
Oregon Workers’ Compensation law. Like wages,           the Workers’ Benefit Fund Assessment section on 
report hours in the quarter that they are paid. Total   Revenue Online or Form OR-OTC-V. If the amount 
all full and partial hours worked by all paid indi-     is zero or less, enter 0. 
viduals subject to Oregon’s WC law or covered by        Box 25. Total payment due. Total the amounts in 
WC insurance through personal election. You must        boxes 4, 17a, 17b, 24, and enter in box 25. If you 
include hours worked by individuals paid by sal-        have credits, see page 9. Make your payment on 
ary or on a basis other than by the hour. Enter the     Revenue Online or by mailing in Form OR-OTC-V 
total hours rounded down to the nearest whole           with your check.
(no fractions or decimals). If you have no hours to 
report for the quarter, enter 0.                        Signature
Note: The hours you report for the WBF assessment       The tax preparer needs to sign, date, and complete 
won’t necessarily equal the hours you report for UI     their name, phone number, and license number. A 
tax purposes on Form 132 Domestic. In part, this is     signature is needed even if you file a 0 report. 
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Employee Detail Report (Form 132 Domestic) Instructions

If you are an employer, you must complete Form         Note: The hours you report for UI tax purposes 
132 Domestic. If Form 132 Domestic is not complete     on Form 132 Domestic may not be the same as the 
and legible, it cannot be processed and it will be     hours you report in box 20 of Form OA Domestic 
returned to you. You’ll have 14 days from the date     for the WBF assessment. This may be due to dif-
on the notice to correct and resubmit Form 132         ferences in who is subject to which tax. Hours for 
Domestic for it be processed on time.                  the WBF assessment should also be reported in the 
                                                       quarter they are paid. Hours for UI tax purposes 
Enter your business name, FEIN, BIN, the quarter,      should be reported in the quarter they are worked. 
and year.                                              Enter 0 for an employee who didn’t work during 
Enter the total UI subject wages paid to employees     the quarter but received wages. Don’t leave this 
during the quarter. Use as many pages as you need,     box blank.
but enter the total from all pages on page 1 only.     Box 1d. State income tax withholding. Enter the 
This total must be the same as the amount in box       amount of withholding tax for employees who 
8a of Form OA.                                         are subject to UI law. Round to the nearest dollar. 
                                                       Report whole dollars only. 
Box 1a. Social Security number (SSN). Enter the 
SSN for each employee.                                 Example: If the total withholding for John Smith for 
                                                       quarter 1 is $550.43, enter $550 in box 1d.
Box 1b. Employee name. Enter the first initial and 
last name of each employee.                            Box 1e. UI subject wages. Enter the total UI subject 
                                                       wages paid to each employee during the quarter 
Box 1c. Whole hours worked. Enter the whole 
                                                       even if the employee’s wages were more than the 
number of hours each employee worked in the 
                                                       UI taxable wage base. Wages are reported in the 
quarter. 
                                                       quarter the employee was paid not necessarily 
• If you don’t track hours for a full-time employee,   when wages were earned.
use 520 hours.                                         Box 1f. Paid Leave subject wages. Enter the total 
• For any part of an hour, round up to the nearest     Paid Leave subject wages paid to each employee 
whole hour.                                            during the quarter even if the employee’s wages 
• Report the actual number of hours worked for both    were more than the Paid Leave contribution 
straight time and overtime. Don’t report hours         wage base. Wages are reported in the quarter the 
paid for any leave where work was not performed,       employee was paid not necessarily when wages 
including sick leave or vacation leave. Even though    were earned.
these hours aren’t reported in box 1c, wages paid      Column totals. Total boxes C, D, E, and F. Enter 
are still included in the subject wages in box 1e.     the column totals for all employees reported on the 
Report wages in the quarter they are paid, but         page. Don’t include the totals from other pages of 
report hours in the quarter they are worked.           this form.

            Unemployment Insurance Tax Information

Subject wages                                          “Wages” means all compensation for service, 
                                                       unless specifically excluded by law. Payments other 
Generally, wages reportable for FUTA purposes          than cash are reportable at cash value in the quarter 
are reportable for UI tax. All wages, including        in which they are available to the employee.
draws, are reportable when paid to the employee. 
                                                       Examples of subject wages include:
For example, wages paid in January 2022 for work 
                                                        Payments for services to officers and employees 
performed in December 2021 are reportable in 2022.
                                                        of any type of corporation, except those officers 
An employee is any person (including aliens and         electing to be excluded under the corporation 
minors) employed for pay by any employer subject        provision (see excluded wages, this page).
to OED law (ORS 657.015). This includes contract,       Payments for agricultural and domestic (in-home 
casual, or temporary labor.                             services) labor by qualified employers.
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• Payments for services to employees of nonprofit       amount reported as “contributions paid to the state 
 organizations or political subdivisions.               unemployment fund” on FUTA Form 940.
• Payments for services to clergy and employees of      The special payroll tax funds the Wage Security 
 churches or other religious organizations.             Fund (BOLI) and the Supplemental Employment 
                                                        Department Administration Fund (SEDAF). The 
• Special payments for services, such as commis-
                                                        BOLI fund pays final wages when a business closes 
 sions, fees, gifts, bonuses, prizes, separation 
                                                        and doesn’t have enough money to make final 
 allowances, guaranteed wage payments, vacation 
                                                        payroll. The SEDAF fund provides OED's services. 
 pay, holiday pay, and sick pay.
                                                        Don’t include the special payroll tax to calculate 
• Employee tips reported by the employer as 
                                                        a credit when reporting on federal Form 940. To 
 directed by Internal Revenue Code Section 3306.
                                                        calculate “contributions paid to the state,” use two 
• Board provided to employees as part of their pay      lines in item 3 on Form 940 (computation of tenta-
 has a minimum value of 30 percent of the standard      tive credit)—see the table on page 14 for the correct 
 per diem meal rate within the continental United       amounts.
 States. Round the per-diem rate to the nearest 
                                                        Example 1: An employer has a tax rate of 3 percent 
 dollar. The rate per month will be 30 times the 
                                                        (0.03). In the second quarter, the experience rate 
 rounded daily rate. 
                                                        will be 2.91 percent (0.0291), which is the tax rate 
 If room is also furnished, no additional value will    less the 0.09 percent (0.0009) special payroll tax 
 be placed upon it. If room and board are furnished     offset.
 at hotels, resorts, or lodges, or if a room only, an   Example 2: Employers with the highest state 
 apartment, a house, or any other consideration is      unemployment tax rate, 5.4 percent (0.054), should 
 provided, the value for tax purposes will be the       not calculate the amount of the special payroll tax 
 fair market value.                                     offset. The employer should use the unadjusted 
                                                        amount of taxes paid to the state as “contributions 
Excluded wages                                          paid to your state unemployment fund.” 
Examples of payments that aren’t subject to UI tax      “Contributions actually paid to the state” should 
under UI law are:                                       equal the amounts on line 17, Form OA Domestic 
 Payments to a sole proprietor or the sole propri-     for each quarter. If the amounts paid were less than 
 etor’s child under 18, spouse, or parent.              owed, report the amount actually paid. To down-
 Non-cash payments.                                    load Form 940 visit the IRS website (see page 2).

 Sick pay under WC law.                                Exemption from UI tax

UI tax payments                                         An employer who doesn’t have enough employ-
                                                        ment or payroll may qualify for exemption from 
All payments must be sent with Form OR-OTC-V. 
                                                        UI tax (ORS 657.415). To apply for the exemption, 
Enter the amount paid in the “State Unemploy-
                                                        file a written request with the director of OED. If 
ment Insurance Tax” box. When there is more owed 
                                                        approved, the exemption will continue until the 
than taxes, payments are applied first to legal fees, 
                                                        employer again qualifies as an employer (ORS 657).
penalties, and interest. The remainder is applied 
to tax owed.
                                                        Election of coverage
Employer Account Access
                                                        An employer who has employees not subject to 
You can review your UI tax account information at       UI tax may file a written election to cover such 
frances.oregon.gov/employer.                            employees (ORS 657.425). An employer may opt 
                                                        in two ways. 1. By filing reports and paying asso-
Special payroll tax
                                                        ciated taxes, or to apply for the election by filing 
The UI tax program is authorized to collect a spe-      a Notice of Election to Cover Employees form 
cial payroll tax that is calculated every quarter.      with the director of OED. You will need to receive 
This isn’t an additional tax. Employers subject to      written notification of approval to begin coverage. 
FUTA must deduct the special payroll tax from           To download the form visit OED's website (see 
the total state unemployment tax to determine the       page 1). 
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           Paid Leave Oregon Contribution Information

Subject wages                                            – Meal and travel expenses and per diems 
                                                       paid by the employer under an account-
Generally, wages reportable for FUTA purposes          able plan.
and Unemployment Insurance purposes are report-          – Retirement or pension income.
able for Paid Leave. All wages, including draws,         – Sickness or accident disability under work-
                                                       er’s compensation.
are reportable when paid to the employee. For 
example, wages paid April 1 for work performed         •  Examples are not all inclusive and do not cover 
in March are reportable in the second quarter (April   all wages. See ORS 657B.010(26) and applicable 
to June).                                              administrative rules in OAR 471-070 chapter for 
                                                       additional information.
Paid Leave covers more employees and employ-
ment than Unemployment Insurance – employers           Paid Leave for workers who work or 
may be required to report wages for more employ-       reside in another state
ees for Paid Leave, but what is included in wages 
                                                       Generally, where wages are performed is treated 
is the same for both programs. An employee is any 
                                                       the same for Paid Leave as Unemployment 
person (including aliens and minors) employed for 
                                                       Insurance and other states with Paid Leave. Paid 
pay by any employer subject to Paid Leave (ORS 
                                                       Leave contributions are due for all employees 
657B.010). This includes contract, casual, tempo-
                                                       that work in Oregon, even if they live in another 
rary, part-time, or full-time labor employees.
                                                       state. Employers should withhold and pay 
Paid Leave subject wages are payments made to          contributions on wages that are earned for 
an individual for personal services and the cash       services performed entirely in Oregon and for 
value of all compensation to that individual in        work that is performed both within and outside 
any method other than cash. Unless specifically        of Oregon when the work outside of Oregon is 
excluded, gross subject wages include, but are not     incidental to work inside of Oregon. 
limited to, the following: 
                                                       This includes wages for the following employees: 
• Salary and hourly pay.
• Piece rate and by-the-job pay.                       • Oregon residents  whose  work  is  entirely  in 
• Vacation, sick pay, holiday pay, and paid time off   Oregon.
(PTO).                                                 • Residents of other states who work entirely in 
• Bonuses, fees, and prizes from an employer.          Oregon. 
• Compensatory time and standby pay.                   • Employees who work remotely in Oregon for 
• Commission or guaranteed wage payments.              employers in other states.
• Sickness and accident disability payments.           • Employees who work in Oregon and out-of-state 
• Dividends and distributions for services .           when the work in other states is temporary or 
• Tips and gratuities.                                 transitory.
• Dismissal and separation allowance.                  • Employees who work in Oregon and out-of-state 
• Compensation other than cash, such as room           and when the base of operations or location that 
and board (except for agricultural and domestic        directs the work is in Oregon. 
employees).                                            • Employees, who are residents of Oregon, who 
• Fringe benefits, such as company vehicles, com-      complete some work in Oregon when there is 
pany paid parking, sick pay by third parties           no base of operations or location that directs the 
(e.g. insurance companies), and dependent care         work.  
assistance.
                                                       This doesn't include wages for the following 
•  Examples of payments that should not be 
reported as gross subject wages for Paid Leave:        employees: 
  – Payments to flexible spending accounts             • Oregon residents that work in other states.
and health saving accounts that meet the               • Employees that work remotely in other states for 
requirements of the Internal Revenue Code 
                                                       Oregon employers.
(IRC) section 125 plan paid by the employer 
or employee.                                           • Employees that complete some work in Oregon, 
  – Health, dental, and other insurance paid by 
the employer.                                          including remote work, if the base of operations 
  – Health, dental, and other insurance paid by        or location that directs the work is out-of-state 
the employee under the IRC Section 125 Plan.           and some work is done in that state.
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Paid Leave contribution payments                            Choose coverage for Paid Leave 
Paid Leave contribution payments are due quar-              Tribal governments and self-employed individuals 
terly when reports are due (see page 10). When              are exempt from requirements to participate in Paid 
                                                            Leave; however, you can choose to participate. If 
there is more owed than contributions, payments 
                                                            you choose to participate, you will report wages 
are applied first to legal fees, penalties, and interest.   from the Tribal government or net income from 
The remainder is applied to Paid Leave contribu-            self-employment and pay contributions. Contact 
tions owed. Credit balances are treated as payments         OED for more information (see page 1). 

(OAR 471-070-3310).                                         Employer responsibilities 
                                                            Employers with employees working in Oregon are 
Exemption from Paid Leave 
                                                            required to: 
Paid Leave covers almost every Oregon employer,             • Report employee wages for those working in 
and almost all employees in Oregon. This includes           Oregon and employee counts for both Oregon 
small and large employers, non-profits, chari-              employees and those that work in other state(s). 
ties, and faith-based organizations. The following          • Withhold and submit the employee portion of 
employers are exempt from Paid Leave:                       contributions quarterly (or cover some or all those 
                                                            contributions for their employees as an employer-
• Federal employers and their employees                     offered benefit) and submit the contributions. 
• Tribal governments and their employees (may               • Pay the employer portion of contributions quar-
choose coverage)                                            terly (unless exempt from paying employer con-
• Self-employed individuals (may choose coverage)           tributions as a small employer).

                    Withholding Tax Information

Who is a household employee?                                asks you to withhold and you agree. In order to 
                                                            determine withholding, the employee must com-
This information applies only if you pay some-
                                                            plete federal Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding 
one for household work and that worker is your 
                                                            Allowance Certificate.
employee. Household work is work done in or 
around your home by babysitters, nannies, health 
                                                            Figuring withholding tax
aides, private nurses, maids, caretakers, yard work-
ers, and similar domestic workers.                          All Oregon employers must withhold tax from 
                                                            employee wages (including draws) at the time 
A household worker is your employee if you can 
                                                            employees are paid. Taxes are withheld and 
control not only what work is done, but also how 
                                                            reported in the quarter the employee is paid.
it is done. If only the worker can control how the 
work is done, the worker is not your employee but           To figure the amount of tax to withhold from an 
is self- employed. A self-employed worker usually           employee’s wages:
provides his or her own tools and offers services to 
                                                            • Use the Oregon withholding tax tables on DOR's 
the general public in an independent business. If 
                                                            website (see page 1).
an agency provides the worker and controls what 
work is done and how it is done, the worker is not          • For computer payroll systems, use the percent-
your employee.                                              age formula in the Oregon withholding formula  
                                                            publication on DOR's website (see page 1).
Should Oregon income tax be withheld 
from a household employee’s pay?                            Transit district tax information

Oregon income tax withholding is not required for           Domestic service in a private home is exempt from 
household employees. However, Oregon income                 the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District 
tax can be withheld if the household employee               (TriMet) and the Lane Transit District (LTD) tax.

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          Workers’ Benefit Fund Assessment Information

Workers’ Benefit Fund                                 Hourly assessment
The Workers’ Benefit Fund (WBF) supports pro-         This assessment is based on the total number of 
grams that benefit injured workers and the employ-    full and partial hours worked by all paid individu-
ers who help them return to the work force. Visit     als who are subject to the assessment. You must 
DCBS' website for more information about pro-         include hours worked for individuals that are paid 
grams supported by the fund (see page 1).             on a basis other than by the hour. For example, 
                                                      calculate reasonable hours worked for individuals 
Note: The WBF assessment is separate from WC 
                                                      paid by salary, as well as those paid by commission, 
insurance premium and doesn’t provide insurance 
                                                      by the piece, or by the mile.
coverage.
                                                      Hours are reportable when they are paid. Report in 
Workers subject to WBF assessment                     2022 hours worked in December 2021 but not paid 
Domestic workers subject to the WBF assessment        until January 1, 2022. The hourly assessment rate 
are:                                                  may change annually.
• All paid workers for who the employer is required 
                                                      How to update or close your 
by Oregon law to provide WC insurance cover-
                                                      WBF assessment account
age; and 
• All paid individuals (workers, owners, offi-        If your business changes ownership, discontinues 
cers) who may otherwise be non-subject, but           business, or no longer employs workers, complete 
the employer chooses to cover under WC                a Business Change in Status Form, located in the 
insurance; and                                        back of this booklet. In addition, contact your WC 
• All paid individuals performing personal support    insurer with the corrected information. 
work who are eligible for WC insurance coverage 
[HB 3618 (2010)]. Refer to ORS 410.600-410.625 for 
definition of home care workers.
To clarify whether a worker is subject to Oregon’s 
WC law and WBF assessment, call the subjectivity 
phone (see page 1). 
For each calendar year that you have domestic 
workers covered by WC insurance, you must file 
a Form OA Domestic to report hours worked. In 
addition, for each calendar year you have coverage, 
but no workers, you must file a Form OA Domestic 
to report -0- hours worked and -0- assessment due. 
If you don’t file a Form OA Domestic during the 
time you have subject workers or personal elec-
tions, you may be assessed a penalty.

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Oregon Combined Payroll Tax                                    To Update Business Status and Employment Information  
Business Change in Status Form                                                                                    Attach additional sheets if needed. 

Business name                                                          BIN (Oregon business identification number)                                           Owner/Officer updates: 
                                                                                                                                                             To update owner/officer informa-
Other names (ABN/DBA)                                                  FEIN (Federal employer identification number)                                         tion, attach a complete list of 
                                                                                                                                                             current owners/officers including 
                                                                                                                                                             position, social security number 
General updates (check all that apply)                                                                                                                       (SSN), home address, and phone.
    Update/Change FEIN to:     Update/Change business name to:                                                                                               Now doing business in TriMet/Lane 
                                                                                                                                                             Transit District as of:

Closing account (check all that apply)
    Closed pension/annuity account as of:                      No longer doing business in TriMet/Lane Transit District as of:
    All or
    Part   of the business was        Closed  No longer doing business in Oregon                                  Sold           Leased                      Transferred
Was business operating at the time it was sold, leased or transferred? Yes  No                                    Effective date:
How many employees were transferred?                                        Date of final payroll:
Describe what was transferred

New business name

New owner’s name                                                       New owner’s phone

New owner’s address                                                    City                                                                                  State                  ZIP code

Where are the records of the terminated business?  (Include contact name, phone, address, city, state, ZIP code)

Changing entity (check all that apply)
Effective date:                   Note: A new Combined Employer’s Registration form, 150-211-055, is required when there is an entity change.
Change           Corporation —“C”         Corporation—Subchapter “S”        LLP (Limited Liability Partnership)
from:            Individual (Sole Proprietor)                              LLC (Limited Liability Company) Recognized by IRS as:
                 Partnership —General         Partnership—Limited           Corporation                                Sole Proprietor/Single Member                                Partnership
Change           Corporation —“C”         Corporation—Subchapter “S”        LLP (Limited Liability Partnership)
to:              Individual (Sole Proprietor)                              LLC (Limited Liability Company) Recognized by IRS as:
                 Partnership —General         Partnership—Limited           Corporation                                Sole Proprietor/Single Member                                Partnership

Employment status updates (check all that apply)
    Still in business, but have no paid employees (corporate officers are still subject to payroll taxes). Effective date:
    Only have workers’ compensation insurance              Only LLC members or officers                                                                      Only using independent contractors
    to cover owners, officers or members.                  Courtesy withholding
    Employing Oregon residents in another state.    State:                  Now working in Oregon.     Effective date:

Using leased employees
Name of leasing company                                                Worker leasing company license number                                                 Date employees leased

Address                                                                City                                                                                  State                  ZIP code

Leasing company contact name                                           Phone                                      

Number of leased employees:                   Number of non-leased employees:                                          Leasing corporate officers/owners?                                   Yes No
                    Under penalties of false swearing, I declare that the information on this form, including accompanying documents, is true, correct, 
Authorization       and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. (ORS 305.810)
Print name                                                             Title

Signature                                                              Date                                       Phone                                      

Fax to: 503-947-1700or mail to: Employment Department, 875 Union St NE Rm 107, Salem OR 97311-0030
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                              Business Change in Status Form Instructions
Use this form to notify the Employment Department (OED), Department of Revenue (DOR), and Department of Consumer 
and Business Services (DCBS) of changes to your business or employment status.  Attach additional sheets if needed. 

General updates                                                 Employment status updates
NOTE:  Some federal employer identification number (FEIN)       • Check each box that applies to your business and include 
and name changes may require a new Combined Employer’s          the effective date of change. 
Registration, 150-211-055, form to be completed.                • If Oregon residents are working out of Oregon, indicate 
• Provide the correct FEIN for your business.                   which state.
                                                                • Check box and indicate effective date of employees now 
• Correct the business name and spelling errors as needed.
                                                                working in Oregon that previously worked in another state.
• Check the “Now doing business in TriMet/Lane Transit 
District” box and include the effective date if you’re an       Using leased employees
employer paying wages earned in the TriMet or Lane              If you lease your employees from a Professional Employer 
Transit District. You must register and file with the Oregon    Organization (PEO)/Worker Leasing Company, fill in the 
Department of Revenue. Wages include salaries, commis-          information requested.
sions, bonuses, fees, payments to a deferred compensation 
                                                                Changing entity
plan, or other items of value. 
                                                                Include the effective date of change, check the box of the 
• For boundary questions, see the Oregon Combined Payroll 
                                                                entity you’re changing from and the box of the entity chang-
Tax booklet, 150-211-155, for the list of cities and ZIP codes. ing to. 
—  The TriMet district includes parts of Multnomah, Wash-       NOTE: Entity changes require the completion of a new Com-
 ington, and Clackamas counties. For TriMet boundary            bined Employer’s Registration form. 
 questions call 503-962-6466.                                   Examples include, but aren’t limited to:
—  Lane Transit District serves the Eugene-Springfield          • Changing from a sole proprietorship to a partnership or 
 area. For Lane Transit District boundary questions call        corporation.
 541-682-6100.                                                  • Changing from a partnership to a sole proprietorship or 
                                                                corporation.
Re-opened business
                                                                • Changing from a corporation to a sole proprietorship or 
To re-open your business that you’ve closed for:                partnership.
• Less than one year, file a:                                   • Changing of members in a partnership of five or fewer 
—  Business Change in Status Form, 150-211-156.                 partners.
• One year or more, file a:                                     • Adding or removing a spouse as a liable owner.
—  Combined Employer’s Registration, 150-211-055.               • Changing from a sole proprietorship, corporation, or part-
For more questions contact DOR at 503-945-8091.                 nership to a limited liability company.

Owner/officer updates                                           Closing account
Attach a separate sheet to update or change corporate officer   • Check the box if you closed a pension and annuity account. 
or owner information.                                           Include the effective date of change.
                                                                • Check the “No longer doing business in TriMet/Lane Tran-
Compensation for services performed by corporate officers 
                                                                sit District” box and include the effective date if you moved 
and shareholders is subject to payroll taxes (withholding, 
                                                                your business from the TriMet or Lane transit district and 
transit, and unemployment). If owners and officers are          are no longer subject to this tax. 
covered by Workers’ Compensation insurance, the hours 
                                                                • Check the box if you closed the business or dissolved a 
worked are also subject to Workers’ Benefit Fund (WBF)          sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or limited 
assessment.                                                     liability company, and no longer have payroll to report.  
                                                                Fill in the date of final payroll.
                                                                • If you sold your business, leased your employees, or trans-
            Fax to: 503-947-1700  or                            ferred your business assets, indicate whether the transac-
                                                                tion applied to all or part of the business.
     Mail to:  Employment Department
             875 Union St NE Rm 107                             • If you leased all or part of the business, fill out the section 
             Salem OR 97311-0030                                “Using Leased Employees.”
 For additional copies of this form, download at:               NOTE:   New or reorganized businesses must complete a 
 www.oregon.gov/dor/bus or call: 503-947-1488                   Combined Employer’s Registration, 150-211-055, which can be 
                                                                found in pdf format at: www.oregon.gov/dor/bus  or elec-
                                                                tronically at   sos.oregon.gov/business.
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Form OR-BCC                                                                            17040001010000                                   Office use only
Page 1 of 1, 150-211-159 
(Rev. 12-12-23, ver. 01) 
Combined Payroll Tax Business Contact Change

                                                Submit original form—do not submit photocopy
Updating contact and address information ensures you’ll receive tax forms and other important documents. Updates to contacts and 
address can also be submitted through your Revenue Online account at  revenueonline.dor.oregon.gov.
Part A—Business information 
Business name                                                                               Federal employer identification number (FEIN) 
                                                                                                      
Other names (ABN/DBA)                                                                       Business ID number (BIN)
                                                                                                                      
Part B—Update mailing address 
Business mailing address                                                     City                                      State            ZIP code

Phone                        Email
             

    Check here to authorize us to initiate email exchange of tax information              Check here to revoke all prior email addresses

Part C—Update physical locations
List all physical locations and attach additional sheet if necessary.
1. 
      Add location           Delete location                         Check box if this is an employee home address
Reason for location change

Street address                                                               City                                      State            ZIP code

2. 
      Add location           Delete location                         Check box if this is an employee home address
Reason for location change

Street address                                                               City                                      State            ZIP code

Part D—Update business contact person
Attach power of attorney form for authorized representative. To add or remove additional business contacts, please attach an additional sheet and 
clearly state contact is being added or removed.
Business contact name                                                        Title

Phone                                                                        Email
             
Part E—Authorization Under penalties of false swearing, I declare that the information on this form, including accompanying documents, is true, 
correct, and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. (ORS 305.810) I authorize the Employment Department, the Department of Revenue, and 
the Department of Consumer & Business Services to verify any of the above information with regard to this business. I will notify each agency if there is 
a change or cancellation of the above authorized representative.
Name (print or type)                                                              Title

Phone                             Email
             
Authorized signature                                                                                              Date

X                                                                                                                 /    /
Mail your completed form to: Oregon Employment Department                         Fax to: 503-947-1700
                             875 Union Street NE - Room 107                       Email to: oed_tax_supportservices_reque@employ.oregon.gov
                             Salem OR 97311-0030
                                                                                                                       Retain a copy for your records



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