Enlarge image | Multnomah County Preschool for All Personal Income Tax 2023 Form MC-40 Personal Income Tax Return Instructions Full Year Resident Important Information Individuals Required to File a Full-Year Multnomah County Preschool for All (PFA) Tax Return. Every full- year resident of Multnomah County who is required to file Withholding Information. If your employer withheld the an Oregon income tax return for the taxable year and who Multnomah County tax from your wages, this will be reports Oregon taxable income over $200,000 using reported in boxes 18, 19, and 20 of your W-2. To claim your Oregon filing status married filing jointly, head of household, withholding credit, complete Schedule WH and submit a or qualifying surviving spouse, or over $125,000 using copy of your W-2(s) with your return. Each W-2 may consist of multiple pages, and local jurisdiction information might Oregon filing status single or married filing separately is not be reported on page 1 of your W-2 and may be reported required to file a Multnomah County full-year personal on subsequent pages. Certain employers use “Total City” in income tax return. Box 20 on page 1 of the W-2 to report the total of both the Residency. You are a full-year Multnomah County resident Metro and Multnomah County jurisdictions. “Total City” is not equivalent to Multnomah County withholding, which will if you live within Multnomah County for the entire year. You be reported with the locality name “MULT” in Box 20 on are also a full-year Multnomah County resident, even if you subsequent pages. On Schedule WH, report the values live outside of Multnomah County, if all of the following are from boxes 18 and 19 that correspond to where box 20 lists true: you consider Multnomah County as your permanent “MULT” as the locality. home; Multnomah County is the center of your financial, social, and family life; and Multnomah County is the place Failure to submit a copy of your W-2(s) or failure to respond you intend to return after an absence. You are still a full- to our requests for additional documents to verify W-2 year resident if you temporarily move out of Multnomah information may mean that your Multnomah County County or move back to Multnomah County after a withholding cannot be verified. This may cause delays in temporary absence. An individual must be an Oregon your return processing or removal of the withholding claim resident for taxable purposes to be a Multnomah County from your return. resident. To determine if your place of residence is located within the Multnomah County tax jurisdiction, utilize the tool Contact your employer to request a corrected W-2 if you available at portlandmaps.com to see if Multnomah County believe there are errors on your W-2. is listed as the county jurisdiction where the address is located. General Information Payment Deadline. The payment deadline for this return is File and Pay Online and Manage Your Tax Accounts at April 15, 2024. Pro.Portland.gov. Portland Revenue Online (PRO) allows you to: Filing Deadline. The filing deadline for this return is April 15, 2024. • Register your personal and business tax accounts Extensions. Multnomah County does not allow an • Update your account information extension of time to pay your tax. The submission of an • File a personal tax return extension payment by the original return due date provides • Make payments an automatic six-month filing extension. If you do not have • Upload supporting tax pages and documents a tax balance due but would like to file an extension, your • View correspondence mailed to you federal and/or state extension will serve as your extension. • Provide Third-Party Access to your tax preparer When filing your return on the extended due date, check the For more information and to create your account, visit “Extension Filed” box on the return. If no extension payment Pro.Portland.gov. was made, please attach a copy of your federal extension or verification of your Oregon extension payment with your Publication OR-17. Multnomah County personal income return. tax closely follows Oregon personal income tax treatment. See Publication OR-17 for more information about personal Amended Returns income tax laws. It is available at oregon.gov/dor/forms. To the extent necessary, references in Publication OR-17 to The Revenue Division does not have a separate form for the state of Oregon or its agencies should be treated as amended tax returns. To amend your 2023 MC-40, use the references to Multnomah County and its agents. form for the tax year being amended and check the Page 1of ,72023 MC-40 Instructions (Rev. 01/29/2024) |
Enlarge image | “Amended Return” box. If the address for the year you’re Late Filing Penalty amending has changed, use your current mailing address and check the “Mailing Address Change” box. If you do not file your 2023 Form MC-40 by the original due date, file an extension with the Revenue Division by the Fill in all amounts on your amended return, even if they are original due date, or include a copy of your federal extension the same as originally filed. If you are amending to make a with your return when you file by the extended due date, the change to additions, subtractions, or credits, include detail following late filing penalties will be applied: of all items and amounts as well as any carryovers. Please include a statement explaining what changed from the • 5% of the amount of the unpaid tax if the failure to original return. file is for a period less than four months. If you change taxable income by filing an original or • An additional penalty of 100% of the unpaid tax of amended federal or Oregon income tax return, you must file all tax years if the failure to file is for three or more an amended Form MC-40 within 60 days of when the consecutive tax years. original or amended federal or Oregon income tax return is filed. Include a copy of your original or amended federal or No late filing penalty is due if a timely extension is filed with Oregon income tax return with your amended Form MC-40 the Revenue Division and a 2023 Form MC-40 is filed by and explain the adjustments made. the extended due date, or a copy of the federal extension is included with the return and the ‘Extension Filed’ box is On the prepayments line of your amended Form MC-40, checked. enter the net tax as reflected on the original return or as previously adjusted. Do not include any penalty or interest portions of payments already made. Late Payment Penalty Your 2023 income tax must be paid by April 15, 2024, even if you requested an extension to file your personal tax Penalty Calculation return. If you do not pay your tax by the original due date, the following late payment penalties will be applied: You may be subject to penalties for underpaying your tax liability, filing a late personal income tax return, and/or • 5% of the amount of the unpaid tax if the failure to paying your income tax liability after the original due date of pay is for a period less than four months. the return. • An additional penalty of 100% of the unpaid tax of all tax years if the failure to pay is for three or more Although there is a late penalty for both failing to file a consecutive tax years. personal tax return by the due date and failing to pay the tax by the original due date of the return, only one of these late penalties will be applied, even if there is a failure of both Interest Calculation requirements. In these cases, only the late filing penalty is applied. For the purposes of penalty calculations, unpaid tax Calculate your interest from the original due date to the 15th is your tax liability reduced by any payment of tax made day of the month following the date of the payment. The before the original due date and any credit against tax that interest rate to use can be found in our Tax Administration is claimed on the return. Policy – Personal Income Tax Interest Rates on Tax Due and Refunds. Underpayment Penalty You may be subject to a penalty for underpaying your tax Quarterly Underpayment Interest liability if, by the original due date of the return, timely Quarterly underpayment interest will be due if estimated payments are not made which are either: payments were required and were underpaid. Estimated payments can be made through quarterly estimated • At least 90% of the total tax balance due, or payments, employer-provided withholding from a filer’s • 100% of the prior year’s tax liability paid by the wages, or a combination of both. Calculate your quarterly original due date. underpayment interest at the rate in effect for the tax year from the due date of each quarterly estimated payment to the original due date of the tax return to which the estimated If you did not satisfy either requirement, you will be charged payments apply. The amount of underpayment is an underpayment penalty of 5% of the unpaid tax, but not determined by comparing the 90% of the current total tax less than $5. liability amount to quarterly estimated payments made prior to the original due date of the tax return. Page 2of ,72023 MC-40 Instructions (Rev. 01/29/2024) |
Enlarge image | There is no interest on underpayment of quarterly Required Multnomah County Business estimated payments if: Tax Pages • The total tax liability of the prior tax year was less • FORM SP-2023 Business Tax Return for than $1,000. Individuals – Multnomah County Business Income • An amount equal to at least 90% of the total tax Tax/City of Portland Business License Tax (if liability for the current tax year was paid in Multnomah County previously taxed income accordance with Section 11.548; or modification claimed for sole-proprietor or • An amount equal to at least 100% of the prior year's disregarded entity business income) total tax liability was paid in accordance with Section 11.548. Tax Return Filing Instructions Rounding. Round off cents to whole dollars on your return and schedules. To round, drop amounts under 50 cents and Federal, Oregon, and Multnomah County increase amounts from 50 to 99 cents to the next dollar. For Business Tax Returns example, $1.39 becomes $1 and $2.50 becomes $3. If two or more amounts must be added to figure the amount to Please submit the following forms and schedules with your enter on a line, include cents when adding the amounts and return. Without this information, we may disallow or adjust round off only the total. items claimed on your MC-40 return. The list below is not all inclusive, and the Revenue Division has the authority to General Return Information request additional tax pages or supporting documentation to verify the accuracy of the tax reported on the tax return. Multnomah County Preschool for All Personal Income Tax Account #. If you have already registered for an Required Supporting Oregon Tax Pages account and know your account number, enter your full Be sure to include the following Oregon tax pages and any Multnomah County PFA Tax Account number beginning associated statements when submitting your return: with MCP followed by ten digits. If you do not know your number, leave field blank. • Form OR-40, pages 1-3 Filing Status. Check the box next to your filing status. You • Schedule OR-ASC (if filed) must use the filing status corresponding with the filing status • Schedule OR-K-1(s) (if Multnomah County used on your Oregon tax return. Choose only one filing previously taxed income modification claimed) status. Required Supporting Federal Tax Pages Taxpayer’s Last Name; First Name and Initial. If filing jointly, enter the last name, first name, and middle initial (if Be sure to include the following federal tax pages and any applicable) of the taxpayer listed as the primary filer on the associated statements when submitting your return: Form OR-40. If taxpayer died during the tax year, check the “deceased” box. A personal income tax return must be filed • Federal Form 1040, pages 1-2 for a person who died if the person would have been • Form(s) W-2 (if Multnomah County PFA tax required to file. If you have been appointed personal withheld) representative or you have filed a small estate affidavit, sign • Federal Schedule 1 the return as “personal representative.” A surviving spouse • Schedule B (if filed) must sign if it’s a joint return. If there is no personal • Schedule C (if filed) representative for the deceased person, only the surviving • Schedule D (if filed, including Form 4797, Form spouse needs to sign a joint return. 6252, and Form 8824) Spouse’s Last Name; First Name and Initial. If filing • Schedule E (if filed) jointly or as married filing separately, enter the last name, • Schedule F (if filed) first name, and middle initial (if applicable) of the individual • Form 4868 (if federal extension filed) listed as the spouse on Form OR-40. If taxpayer died during • Form 1099-R (if PERS or federal retirement the tax year, check the “deceased” box. A personal income exemption claimed) tax return must be filed for a person who died if the person • Schedule(s) K-1 (Form 1065/Form 1120-S/Form would have been required to file. If you have been 1041) (if Multnomah County previously taxed appointed personal representative or you have filed a small income modification claimed) estate affidavit, sign the return as “personal representative.” • Form 8582 (if passive activity loss limitations apply A surviving spouse must sign if it’s a joint return. If there is to Multnomah County pass-through loss adjustment) Page 3of ,72023 MC-40 Instructions (Rev. 01/29/2024) |
Enlarge image | no personal representative for the deceased person, only Line 3. Previously Taxed Income Modification. If you the surviving spouse needs to sign a joint return. received a Schedule K-1 (Form 1065) or a Schedule K-1 (Form 1120-S) from a pass-through entity (PTE) that was Social Security Number. Enter the Social Security Number subject to the Multnomah County Business Income Tax (SSN) or Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN) of the (MCBIT), or if you have business income on your personal corresponding taxpayer and spouse. Refunds will not be income tax return that was subject to the MCBIT, complete issued without a valid SSN or ITIN. Schedule PTI on page 2 and report your modification from line B-2 on line 3. Net pass-through gains will be reported Residence Address. Enter the residential address. If the on this line as a negative value, and a net operating loss primary taxpayer and spouse have different residential deduction will be reported on this line as a positive value. addresses, list the address of the primary taxpayer. If the See instructions for Schedule PTI for additional guidance. residential address has changed, list the current address and mark the “check if changed” box. Unless a mailing Line 4. Multnomah County Income Exemption. If you use address is provided, correspondence will be sent to the the single filing status of single or married filing separately, residence address on file. enter $125,000 on line 4. If you use the joint filing status of married filing jointly, head of household, or qualifying Mailing Address. Only enter an address if the mailing surviving spouse, enter $200,000 on line 4. Enter as a address is different from the residential address. If the negative number. mailing address has changed, list the current address and mark the “check if changed” box. Line 5. Income Subject to Tax. Enter the sum of line 1 through line 4 on line 5. If the balance is less than $0, enter Initial Return Box. Check this box if this is your initial $0. return, if your filing status changed from the previous year, or if the person you are filing jointly with changed from the Line 5a. Tier 1 Taxable Income. Enter the balance of line previous year. 5 on line 5a. This is the total amount of income that exceeds the Multnomah County income exemption. Final Return Box. Check this box if this is your final return. Line 5b. Tier 2 Taxable Income. Enter the balance of line Amended Return Box. Check this box if you are filing an 5 minus $125,000 if filing single or married filing separately, amended return and have already submitted an original or line 5 minus $200,000 if filing married filing jointly, head return. See the Amended Returns instructions above for of household, or qualifying surviving spouse, on line 5b. more information about amending your MC-40. This is the total amount of income that exceeds $250,000 if filing as single or married filing separately and $400,000 if Extension Filed Box. Check this box If you have filed a filing as married filing jointly, head of household, or federal or state extension, or if you submitted an extension qualifying surviving spouse. payment by the original due date of the return. Include required copies of federal or state extensions as applicable (see “Extensions” under “General Information” for additional Part II – Multnomah County Preschool for information). All Tax Part I – Multnomah County Taxable Line 6. Tier 1 Tax. Multiply line 5a by 1.5% and enter on Income line 6. Line 7. Tier 2 Tax. Multiply line 5b by 1.5% and enter on Line 1. Oregon Taxable Income. Enter your Oregon line 7. Taxable Income from Form OR-40, line 19. You must attach copies of the required Oregon and federal tax forms listed Line 8. Total Tax. Add line 6 and line 7 and enter on line 8. in the instructions to your Multnomah County return. This is your total Multnomah County personal income tax liability. Line 2. Exempt Income. Oregon Public Employees Retirement (PERS) benefits and federal retirement benefits, Line 9. Credit for Taxes Paid to Another State. A including Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) Multnomah County resident is allowed a credit for taxes benefits, Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) benefits, paid to another state on mutually taxed income if the other and military retirement benefits, that are taxed by Oregon state does not allow the credit. This credit can only be taken are exempt from this tax. Submit a copy of Form 1099-R for if the filer claims a credit for income taxes paid to another each source claimed. You are only allowed a deduction for state on the filer’s Oregon income tax return or if a income that was not already exempted on your federal or composite return was filed and there was no credit allowed Oregon return. Enter as a negative number. on the other state’s return. A Multnomah County resident figures the credit as the lesser of the Multnomah County tax based on mutually taxed income or the tax actually paid to Page 4of ,72023 MC-40 Instructions (Rev. 01/29/2024) |
Enlarge image | the other state. To calculate the Multnomah County tax estimated payment to the next open tax year on this line. based on mutually taxed income, see our Tax This election is irrevocable. Administration Policy – Credit for Taxes Paid to Another State. Line 16. Amount Due. If line 14 is positive, you have a balance due. Pay by April 15, 2024, to avoid late payment Enter the lesser of the Multnomah County tax based on penalties and interest. Make your check payable to mutually taxed income or the tax actually paid to the other ‘Multnomah County PFA Tax’. For fastest payment state on line 9. Enter as a negative number. processing, pay online at Pro.Portland.gov. Line 10. Employer Withholding. If you had Multnomah Part IV – Signature County PFA tax withheld from your wages by your employer, complete Schedule WH on page 2 and enter the total tax withheld from line A-2 on line 8 as a negative Signature(s). Be sure to sign and date your return. If you are filing a joint return, both taxpayers must sign. By signing number. If you have tax to pay, consider submitting a FORM the return, you acknowledge, under penalty of false OPT to your employer to increase the amount your swearing, that the information on the return is true, correct, employer holds from your wages. For withholding and complete. information, go to: multco.us/finance/preschool-all- personal-income-tax. Preparer Signature. Anyone who prepares, advises, or assists in preparing personal income tax returns in Line 11. Prepayments. Enter the total amount of exchange for compensation of any kind must be licensed to prepayments as a negative number. Include all quarterly prepare Oregon returns and must sign the return. estimated payments, extension payments, and any credits carried forward from prior years. Mailing Instructions Line 12. Penalty. Enter all late penalties that apply, if known. Leave blank if unknown or not applicable. If If you are including a payment with your return, send your additional penalty is owed but was not calculated at the time completed return, payment, and all required supporting tax of return submission, you will receive a bill by mail. pages to: Line 13. Interest. Enter interest due on tax not paid by the Revenue Division – Multnomah County PFA Tax due date, if known. Leave blank if unknown or not PO Box 9250 applicable. If additional interest is owed but was not Portland, OR 97207-9250 calculated at the time of return submission, you will receive a bill by mail. Make the check payable to ‘Multnomah County PFA Tax.’ For fastest payment processing, pay online by logging into Line 14. Balance Due or (Overpayment). Add lines 8 your PRO account at Pro.Portland.gov. through 13 and enter the sum on line 14. If the sum is negative, you have an overpayment for the year. If the sum If a payment is not included with your return, send your is positive, you have a balance due. completed return and all required supporting tax pages to: Part III – Tax Due / Refund Processing – Multnomah County PFA Tax 111 SW Columbia St, Suite 600 Line 15. Overpayment. If line 14 is negative, this is the Portland, OR 97201-5840 amount you have overpaid. If you have an overpayment, you may make an irrevocable choice to have the balance refunded to you or applied as an estimated payment to the Schedule WH – W-2 Withholding Summary next open tax year. If no election is made, any overpayment for Multnomah County PFA Tax will be refunded to you. Line 15a. Refund. Enter the amount of the overpayment Use this schedule to calculate the total amount of you would like refunded to you on this line. If you would like Multnomah County PFA tax that was withheld by your direct deposit of your refund, you must file your return online employer. If your employer withheld the Multnomah County PFA tax, information regarding the withholding will be at Pro.Portland.gov. If your return is filed on paper, you will shown in boxes 18, 19, and 20 of your W-2. Round off cents receive your refund in the mail by check. This election is to whole dollars. If you have to add two or more amounts to irrevocable. figure the amount to enter on a line, include cents when Line 15b. Apply as an estimated tax payment. Enter the adding the amounts and round off only the total. If you file a joint Multnomah County tax return, include information for amount of the overpayment you would like to apply as an both the primary filer and spouse on Schedule WH. Page 5of ,72023 MC-40 Instructions (Rev. 01/29/2024) |
Enlarge image | Only include box 18 and box 19 information if the locality in Income from Pass-Through Entity Subject box 20 says “MULT”, “MultCo”, or “Multnomah County”. Do to MCBIT not include information for the locality of “Metro” or “Metro SHS”. Information for Metro withholdings will be reported on You are allowed a deduction from personal taxable income the Metro Personal Income Tax return, which is a separate for previously taxed income derived from a pass-through form. If no Multnomah County PFA tax was withheld on your entity (PTE) subject to the MCBIT. To take this deduction, behalf (or your spouse’s behalf, if filing jointly) by your you must have documentation from the PTE showing your employer(s), you do not need to complete this schedule. share of income that was subject to tax on the business’s MCBIT return. The deduction is limited to the amount of Report each W-2 on a separate line. Round off cents to pass-through income, from the entity that paid the MCBIT, whole dollars. If two or more amounts must be added to that is included in your federal Form 1040. figure the amount to enter on a line, include cents when adding the amounts and round off only the total. For more information related to this modification, please read our Tax Administration Policy – Deduction for Column (a). Employee SSN. Enter the social security Previously Taxed Income Received from a Pass-Through number of the filer shown in box a of the W-2. Entity. Column (b). Employer Name. Enter the name of the employer shown in box c of the W-2. Losses from Pass-Through Entity Subject to MCBIT Column (c). Employer FEIN. Enter the employer identification number (EIN) shown in box b of the W-2. Net operating losses generated in the current tax year at the PTE level are allowed to be claimed at the individual level Column (d). Local Wages, Tips, Etc. Enter the amount to the extent that the loss is allowed on the federal and shown in box 18 of the W-2. Make sure that the locality Oregon return. A pass-through loss cannot exceed the name shown in box 20 indicates that the value in box 18 is amount of pass-through loss included in Oregon taxable for the Multnomah County PFA tax. income and cannot reduce your Multnomah County taxable income to an amount below zero. Column (e). Local Income Tax Withheld. Enter the amount shown in box 19 of the W-2. Make sure that the If you claimed a net operating loss deduction on your federal locality name shown in box 20 indicates that the value in Form 1040 that was from a carryforward of a net operating loss from a year that the PTE was subject to the MCBIT, the box 19 is for the Multnomah County PFA tax. deduction is disallowed for purposes of the Multnomah Check box if you have additional employer County PFA Personal Income Tax and must be added back withholdings, and submit statement. If you have more to your Multnomah County taxable income. Include a than four W-2s that show Multnomah County Tax statement explaining the adjustment. withholdings, check the box, and attach a statement with the For more information related to pass-through losses, please employee SSN, employer name, employer FEIN, local read our Tax Administration Policy – Net Operating Losses wages, tips, etc. and local income tax withheld for each and Net Operating Loss Deduction from Pass-Through additional W-2. Include the total amount from the statement Entities. on line A-2. Line A-2. Total sum from column (e). Enter the sum of all Schedule PTI Instructions Multnomah County Tax withheld from column (e) and the Report each PTE on a separate line. If income or loss flows supplemental statement (if applicable). Enter the amount through one or more pass-through entities between the from line A-2 on line 10, page 1 of the return. entity that paid tax and your federal return, adjustments may be required. Submit a copy of the corresponding Schedule Schedule PTI – Previously Taxed Income K-1 or SP-2023 for each modification claimed. Modification Column (a). Tax ID of Pass-Through Entity. Enter the S corporation or partnership employer identification number Use this schedule to determine the amount of previously from box A of the Schedule K-1 or the social security taxed income modification to report for pass-through number of the sole proprietor who was liable for the MCBIT income/loss that was already subject to the Multnomah on business income tax reported on the personal income County Business Income Tax (MCBIT). This schedule must tax return. be completed to determine the value for line 3 in Part I of the return. If your pass-through income was not subject to tax under the MCBIT for any reason, you are not eligible to Column (b). Name of Pass-Through Entity. Enter the name of the S corporation or partnership from box B of the claim a previously taxed income modification. Schedule K-1 or the name of the sole proprietor. Page 6of ,72023 MC-40 Instructions (Rev. 01/29/2024) |
Enlarge image | Column (c). Income Subject to Tax from Pass-Through Column (e). Modifications Claimed for Previously Taxed Entity. For the deduction for previously taxed income from Income and Losses. Multiply column (c) by column (d) and a PTE subject to the MCBIT, enter the lesser of: enter the result. Enter deductions for income from a PTE’s income subject to tax as a positive number. Enter losses as • Multnomah County “income subject to tax” from the a negative number. S corporation or partnership return that was reported to you by the PTE with Schedule K-1 or Check box for an entity that elected the actual method that is reported on line 20 of Form SP-2023 for previously taxed income. If one of the entities included (Business Tax Return for Individuals – Multnomah on your Schedule PTI has elected the actual method for County Business Income Tax/City of Portland allocating the maximum previously taxed income allowable, Business License Tax), or check the box. • The amount of pass-through income from the entity that paid the MCBIT that is included in your federal Check box for additional previously taxed income form 1040. modifications and statement. If you have previously taxed income/loss from more than five PTEs to deduct or add- For net operating loss deductions (NOLD) that must be back, check the box, and attach a statement which includes added back, enter the amount of net operating loss the same information required above. Include the total deduction allowed on your federal return from a pass- amount of additional modifications from the statement on through entity or sole proprietor subject to the MCBIT. Enter line B-2. a loss as a negative number. Line B-2. Total sum from column (e). Enter the sum of all Column (d). Ownership Percentage. If the amount eligible previously taxed income/loss from column (e) and reported in column (c) was the entity’s “income subject to the supplemental statement (if applicable). Enter the tax”, enter your ownership percentage in the PTE. amount from line B-2 on line 3, Part I of the return. If you have a net loss, enter this as a positive number on line 3. If If the amount reported in column (c) was the amount of you have a net gain, enter this as a negative number on line pass-through income from the entity that paid the MCBIT 3. that is included in your federal Form 1040, enter that entity’s Multnomah County apportionment percentage as reported on their Multnomah County Business Tax Return. For a NOLD that must be added back, enter 100% as 1.00000. Page 7of ,72023 MC-40 Instructions (Rev. 01/29/2024) |