SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon taxpayers must file their tax year 2025 federal and state personal income tax returns by midnight Wednesday, April 15, 2026. The Oregon Department of Revenue has information and options available for taxpayers during the final filing period. Oregon is returning $1.41 billion in revenue above projections to taxpayers through a
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Most Democratic Oregon lawmakers voted to disconnect some of the state’s tax code from the federal tax code to keep hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue the state otherwise would lose by replicating federal tax cuts. Republicans in turn threatened to send it to Oregon voters in November via a ballot referral.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Revenue said Wednesday it’s begun sending out refunds for the 2025 tax year, having already processed more than 500,000 electronically filed returns. Most taxpayers can expect to receive their refunds within two weeks of the date their return is filed, the department said. Some returns, however, require
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon taxpayers can get free help filing their federal and state income tax returns at WorkSource Oregon centers across the state this February and March.​ WorkSource Oregon and the Oregon Department of Revenue are partnering to provide in-person assistance at six locations. The first event is Wednesday, Feb. 18, at the
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ — Oregon taxpayers can get free help filing their federal and state personal income tax returns electronically at six different WorkSource Oregon locations across the state in February and March, including a Bend event on Wednesday, March 21. WorkSource Oregon and the Oregon Department of Revenue are teaming up to provide the assistance. Volunteers from Revenue will be stationed
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Revenue is urging taxpayers to use public computer kiosks in its regional offices – including Bend – to avoid significant delays in paper tax return processing this year. The agency said Thursday that filing electronically through these kiosks allows residents to receive their kicker and tax refunds
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon State University–Cascades said Monday it’s hosting free tax preparation appointments for qualifying families and individuals through April 15. The service is provided through the Internal Revenue Service Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, known as VITA. The VITA program is designed to help people who need assistance preparing their own tax
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Revenue says its free online filing tool, Direct File Oregon, has been updated to fix an error that affected calculations for the Oregon Kids Credit. The issue was tied to new federal tax deductions for overtime pay, tips, and new car loan interest—changes that altered eligibility for some
Continue Reading SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — More than 2.1 million Oregonians have filed their tax year 2024 state personal income tax returns this year. But with just six days before the tax filing extension deadline October 15, as many as 100,000 Oregonians are expected to sneak in under the wire. “It’s not unusual for there to be
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BEND, Ore. –(KTVZ)– Bend residents may have gotten this notice on their doors. It notifies residents the Bend City Council has a public hearing to consider adopting a new tax increment finance plan. Tax increment financing is a division of the existing permanent rates from taxing districts affected by plan areas, not an increase in
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) –Midnight Tuesday night is the deadline to file tax year 2024 state and federal personal income tax returns, and the Oregon Department of Revenue wants to remind taxpayers of the tools available to make the experience easier for both those who haven’t yet filed their 2024 return and those who have. Through Monday,
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Nearly 1.2 million Oregonians have already filed their state personal income tax returns this year. But with just two weeks before taxes are due, on Tuesday, April 15, more than 1 million Oregonians have yet to submit their tax year 2024 returns, the Oregon Department of Revenue said Tuesday. “Taxpayers are
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — As the IRS and the state begin accepting tax year 2024 returns Monday, the Oregon Department of Revenue is offering taxpayers a list of suggestions to aid in efficiently processing their return and common errors to avoid that could slow things down and delay their refund. Here’s their full news release
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The deadline to file state and federal personal income tax returns — April 18 — is just two weeks away, and the Oregon Department of Revenue estimates that it will receive a few hundred thousand more returns between now and then. More than 1.1 million Oregonians have already filed their state
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Lawyers representing two plaintiffs have filed a class-action lawsuit in Bend they say is aimed at preventing all Oregon counties from unconstitutionally taking more than is owed in delinquent property taxes when they sell foreclosed properties.
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Revenue is alerting taxpayers that while most eligible taxpayers don’t need to take any action to receive an Economic Impact Payment, some people will. This includes those who are required to file and haven’t filed a tax return for either 2018 or 2019. The IRS urges eligible
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With registration totals for the Corporate Activity Tax (CAT) surpassing 10,000, the Oregon Department of Revenue on Wednesday reminded businesses that they are required to register for the CAT within 30 days of reaching $750,000 in Oregon commercial activity for the year.
Continue ReadingAt the direction of Gov. Kate Brown, the Oregon Department of Revenue announced Wednesday a 90-day extension for state tax filing and payment deadlines for personal income taxes and some other taxes, closely following the IRS extension declaration on federal taxes.
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Nearly 700,000 Oregon business and personal taxpayers are getting letters in the mail from the Oregon Department of Revenue, advising they could be subject to the state’s new Corporate Activity Tax.
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The city of Bend is working to bring more awareness to the damage caused to its sewer collection system by the lack of proper disposal of wipes and other debris.
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