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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Payroll Professionals,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I received the email below about Oregon’s own W-4 form for state income tax withholding and wanted to get this out to the payroll community. I have someone on my team who will be learning as much as possible
about this form and the impact it will have to agencies and to my team centrally.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This will be a topic at the January forum and we will provide as much information as we can at that time. If you call the Help Desk before January forum (scheduled for January 16<sup>th</sup>) they will not
be able to provide any answers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">However DAS OSPS’ guidance would be similar to other questions related to personal income tax…call the Department of Revenue or consult with a tax advisor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Again this is a new form and my team will be developing talking points for this at the January forum. The intention of this email is to provide a heads up of this new form and to pass along some general guidance
for when employees start calling payroll offices with questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Seth Lewis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">DAS/EGS/FBS/Oregon Statewide Payroll Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">503-373-0198, direct<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">503-378-3518, fax<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">503-378-6777, OSPS Help Desk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:seth.lewis@oregon.gov"><span style="color:blue">seth.lewis@oregon.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Visit Our Online Resource Center:
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/das/Financial/Payroll/Pages/Index.aspx"><span style="color:blue">State of Oregon: Oregon Statewide Payroll Services</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Oregon W-4 Project * DOR <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 20, 2018 11:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Oregon W-4 Project * DOR <Oregon.W-4Project@oregon.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Oregon Form OR-W-4<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Dear Oregon employer,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Federal tax law changes, including how withholding allowances are calculated, mean that some Oregonians haven’t been withholding enough from their paychecks to cover their state personal income tax liabilities.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Oregon now has its own W-4 for state income tax withholding.
<b><span style="font-family:Calibri-Bold">Form OR-W-4</span></b> will allow employees to determine their correct Oregon withholding. We are asking employers to provide Form OR-W-4 to their employees anytime federal Form W-4 is provided. This replaces the federal
Form W-4 with “For Oregon Only” written on top as the preferred method for documenting state income tax withholding designations.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">An electronic version of Form OR-W-4 is attached. You can also download and print the form at
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/dor/forms"><span style="color:windowtext">www.oregon.gov/dor/forms</span></a></span></span>, or order online and we’ll mail it to you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Visit <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/dor"><span style="color:windowtext">www.oregon.gov/dor</span></a></span></span> for more information.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please do not respond to this email, as it is not a monitored email address.<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#2F5496"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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