Needing to write off days worked in WA

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January 26, 2025
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Hi there,

I work in Oregon, and a handful of days out of the year my work sent me out to Washington. I kept track of all those days because I know it's considered "tax free." But, now I'm wondering how I input those days into Turbo Tax. Thank you!

SteamTrain

Employee

Well....Are you an OR resident, or a WA resident?

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IF you are an OR resident, then everything is correct. OR can tax your income form everywhere, including the time you worked in WA state. OR would allow you a credit for taxes you had to pay to another state for working there...but since WA isn't taxing it, there's no credit and OR can tax all of it.

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IF you were a WA resident, working cross-border in OR? Then talk to the employer about whey they didn't delineate the $$ on the W-2.

....(or maybe they did? Like If OR wages on the W-2 are lower than the box 1 $$, then those days may already be accounted for, and they just don't list the WA stuff on a second line for boxes 15,16,17 since there is no tax for WA earnings)

____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*

94sslaughterAuthor

hi there! I am a WA resident.

I was told to just keep track of it myself.

Hal_Al

Employee

Yes, "keeping track of it yourself" is the usual way.

I'm not specifically familiar with the OR non resident program, but the way it usually works: you will encounter a screen that will ask you to allocate each piece of income (wages, interest, etc) as OR or not OR.