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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Payroll Professionals,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This is just a heads up to let agency payroll shops know that the Federal Notice 1036, Early Release Copies of the 2018 Percentage Method Table for Income Tax Withholding, has
yet to be published by the IRS. The December 2017 paid January 2018 payroll will calculate Federal and State Income Tax withheld at the 2017 rates instead of the 2018 rates.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are hoping that the IRS publishes the rates before the close of the December pay period on Jan 8<sup>th</sup>, 2018. We will let you know when we have updated the rates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Matthew Riley, CPA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#A6A6A6">OSPS Application Analyst<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#A6A6A6">DAS | Oregon Statewide Payroll Services<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(503) 373-0254 – direct<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(503) 378-3518 – fax<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#BFBFBF"><a href="http://oregon.gov/DAS/Financial/payroll/Pages/index.aspx"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#BFBFBF;text-decoration:none">http://oregon.gov/DAS/Financial/payroll/Pages/index.aspx</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#BFBFBF"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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