Unemployment insurance tax rate notices for 2013 were mailed to employers on November 15, 2012. Please click on the link below for general information about the 2013 rates.

2013 paper quarterly payroll tax report forms will be available for ordering on March 1, 2013. The "Order Forms" webpage can be accessed at the bottom of the "Reporting Methods and Forms" section below.

Interested in reporting your quarterly payroll taxes electronically? Check out the OTTER program and our downloading instructions at the links below!

Note about technical support: If you are unable to reach our staff immediately by phone, please leave a message and we will return your call as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience and we appreciate your patience.

Our business is to collect the wage data and employer contributions used to determine eligibility and pay unemployment insurance benefits to workers.

This requires exchanging information with over 110,000 Oregon employers and maintaining wage records on 1.9 million Oregon employees each quarter.

A new web-based payroll tax reporting system is coming! The new system will make the electronic reporting process simpler and make improvements to the features already offered in OTTER. Please check back often for more information as it becomes available!

The Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP) is a voluntary program initiated by the IRS that provides an opportunity for taxpayers to reclassify their workers as employees for employment tax purposes for future tax periods with partial relief from federal employment taxes. VCSP only applies to federal employment taxes and is NOT a state program.

All payroll tax reports, including electronically submitted ones, should be amended using our PDF fillable forms.