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January 22, 2024
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Live in Washington and work part of the time in Oregon

  • January 22, 2024
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I am trying to figure out how I treat some of my income. I live in WA state, and commute to OR one day a week, and work from home the other 4 days a week. I know that I pay Oregon tax for the days that I work in Oregon but not for the days I work in Washington. My question is around lump sum bonus income. To make it more complicated, my 2023 annual bonus was for work done in 2022. I changed from fully remote to this 1-day-a-week in Oregon halfway through the year, so for simplicity sake, I worked "in Oregon" 10% of 2022 and 20% of 2023. Do I:

 

  1. Pay Oregon tax on my bonus based on my 2022 "days worked in Oregon" because that's when I "earned" my bonus - 10%
  2. Pay Oregon tax on my bonus based on my 2023 "days worked in Oregon" because that's when my bonus was paid - 20%
  3. Not pay Oregon tax because I live in WA

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    Hal_Al
    Employee
    January 22, 2024

    Pay Oregon tax on your bonus based on your 2022 "days worked in Oregon" because that's when you "earned" your bonus - 10%.

    rwturnerAuthor
    January 22, 2024

    Thank you.

     

    On a similar note, I have a question around Restricted Stock Units.

     

    Granted an RSU worth $10k 

    At distribution date 1 yr later, it is now worth $12k

     

    Is the whole $12k subject to the "days worked in Oregon" breakdown, or just the $10k value when it was granted? 

    Hal_Al
    Employee
    January 22, 2024

    You may want to  post that as a new question, to get more eyes on it.