Oregon Kicker not adding to refund? (2024)

FAQs

Why is my Oregon refund taking so long? ›

A number of things could cause a delay to your Oregon state refund, including the following: Math errors in your return or other adjustments. You used more than one form type to complete your return. Your return was missing information or incomplete.

A "What's My Kicker?" calculator is also available on Revenue's website. To calculate your kicker, you enter your name, Social Security Number, and filing status for 2020 and 2021. "You're eligible to claim the kicker if you filed a 2020 tax return and had tax due before credits," Revenue said in a statement.

Oregon does not have a surplus "Kicker" to claim on 2022 returns.

The kicker law is unique to Oregon. To calculate the amount of your credit, multiply your 2020 tax liability before any credits — line 22 on the 2020 Form OR-40 — by 17.341%, a percentage determined by OEA.

A common cause of delayed tax return processing, leading to delayed refunds, is missing information on the return. "Failure to include basic information, such as the Social Security numbers of dependents, can significantly hold up a refund," according to Lee E.

The IRS can delay your tax refund until it completes any audits. This is most common when the IRS is conducting a mail audit on your EITC or ACTC return from a prior year. Normally, you'll receive IRS Letter CP88 indicating that your refund is frozen until the IRS completes the audit.

The kicker tax credit goes into effect when the actual state revenue exceeds the forecasted revenue by at least 2%. An amount is then returned to the taxpayers through a credit on their tax returns.

Return to your program. Enter the OR state program, Continue through until you see the screen, Take a look at Oregon credits and taxes. Underneath is the 2021 Oregon Kicker Credit.

One likely upshot is that taxpayers will receive an even larger “kicker” tax rebate on their 2023 taxes when they file returns in 2024: $3.7 billion total, up from $3.5 billion just three months ago.

To qualify, a member of a household must have received the Oregon Earned Income Tax Credit on their 2020 tax filing and lived in Oregon for at least the latter half of 2020. The $600 is not subject to state or federal income tax. The total amount of one-time assistance will be around $141.8 million.

Is it a kicker year in Oregon? ›

Personal income taxpayers already received a kicker rebate totaling $1.9 billion when they filed their returns this year. Taxpayers will get their share of the kicker forecasted Wednesday to be $3 billion in 2024 in the form of a tax credit or tax refund when they file their 2023 income taxes that spring.

The kicker law was overwhelmingly approved by voters in 1980, but the first kicker rebate did not occur until 1985 when the calculated revenue exceeded the forecast revenue by 7.7 percent ($88.7 million). The kicker was triggered again in 1987 (16.6%, $224.2 million) and 1989 (9.8%, $175.2 million).

Oregon usually issues refunds within 2-weeks of receipt of an electronically filed return. If you are a part-year or non-resident of Oregon, your Oregon refund will not be issued before March.

You may now check on the status of Oregon tax refunds on the DOR website. The automated phone system is still available as in past years for those who do not have computer access. That number in the Salem area is 503-378-4988 or toll free throughout the rest of Oregon at 1-800-356-4222.

Initial estimates suggest the median credit will be $420 and the average will be $850. Taxpayers are eligible if they filed a 2020 tax return and had tax due before credits, the state says. The kicker is triggered when actual revenue exceeds the projected revenue by at least 2%.

The IRS can take as long as they want to process the return and there is nothing you can do about it but wait patiently. They are processed individually these days so returns sent in at the same time will not necessarily process together or in the order they are received.

Is There a Delay on 2022 Tax Refunds? Last year, many taxpayers ended up waiting longer than the usual 21 days — some as long as eight weeks — to receive their refunds as the IRS was dealing with the backlog of returns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The IRS is still working through this backlog of 2020 tax returns.

If you haven't heard anything three weeks after filing your return, it's time to check in with the IRS. “After 21 days, that would be the only time you'd realize that something didn't go through as normal,” Ashcraft says, “and you can talk to an IRS representative.”

Oregon usually issues refunds within 2-weeks of receipt of an electronically filed return. If you are a part-year or non-resident of Oregon, your Oregon refund will not be issued before March.

You may now check on the status of Oregon tax refunds on the DOR website. The automated phone system is still available as in past years for those who do not have computer access. That number in the Salem area is 503-378-4988 or toll free throughout the rest of Oregon at 1-800-356-4222.

What days of the week are tax refunds deposited? ›

The IRS only issued refunds once per week under the old system. They now issue refunds every business day, Monday through Friday (except holidays). Due to changes in the IRS auditing system, they no longer release a full schedule as they did in previous years.

Q: Is Oregon postponing the deadline to file personal income taxes? A: Yes. Oregon has joined the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in postponing the tax filing and payment due dates for individuals from April 15, 2021 to May 17, 2021.

Normally they sent to your bank between 12am and 1am. That does not mean it will go directly into your bank account. You bank can take up to 5 days to deposit it but normally it only takes a few hours.

Use the Where's My Refund tool or the IRS2Go mobile app to check your refund online. This is the fastest and easiest way to track your refund. The systems are updated once every 24 hours. You can call the IRS to check on the status of your refund.

By: Julia Shumway - June 23, 2022 3:33 pm

Direct deposits or paper checks are going to people who lived in Oregon for the last six months of 2020 and claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit, a tax break for low-income workers, on their 2020 taxes.

Tracking the status of a tax refund is easy with the Where's My Refund? tool. It's available anytime on IRS.gov or through the IRS2Go App. Taxpayers can start checking their refund status within 24 hours after an e-filed return is received.