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                              Schedule OR-PTE-FY Instructions                                                2022
                              Qualifying business income reduced tax rate for 
                                              Oregon full-year residents

                                                                   • Materially participate in the business;
General information                                                • Have ordinary business income that doesn’t exceed 
                                                                   $5 million;
If you have qualifying income from a sole proprietorship, 
                                                                   • Employ one or more employees in Oregon who meet the 
partnership, or an S corporation, you may elect to use a 
                                                                   employee requirements described below; and
reduced tax rate for that income. The reduced tax rate can 
                                                                   • If ordinary business income is more than $250,000, comply 
be claimed for qualifying income up to $5 million. Use             with the employee-to-owner ratio requirement shown in 
Schedule OR-PTE-FY to claim this reduced tax rate if you’re        this table or meet the income distribution requirement 
a full-year resident.                                              described below.
Important: The qualifying business income reduced tax              Employee-to-owner ratio requirement. Unless the income 
rate is an irrevocable election that must be made each year        distribution requirement is met, partnerships and S corpora-
on an original return. You can’t amend to revoke or make           tions with more than $250,000 in ordinary business income 
the election after your original return is filed unless you        must have, at a minimum, the number of qualifying employ-
file an amended return on or before the original due date of       ees in Oregon per owner as shown in this table. The com-
April 18, 2023, or if filing on extension, October 17, 2023. See   bined total of hours worked by the qualifying employees, 
the “Amending” section for more information. The annual            up to 1,200 hours per employee, must be at least the number 
election is made by completing Schedule OR-PTE-FY and              shown in this table.
checking box 20c on the Oregon Form OR-40.
                                                                   Partnership and S corporation employee requirements:
Qualifying income may only be modified for depreciation 
before applying the reduced tax rate. No other additions,          Ordinary     But not    Employees        Aggregate 
subtractions, or deductions are allowed in the calculation         business     more than      required     hours worked 
of the tax on qualifying income.                                   income is at                             by employees
                                                                   least
Schedule OR-PTE-FY is for Oregon full-year residents only. 
If you are an Oregon part-year resident, use Schedule OR-          $0           $250,000       One           1,200
PTE-PY. If you are an Oregon nonresident, use Schedule                                         One per 
                                                                   $250,001     $500,000                     1,200
OR-PTE-NR.                                                                                     owner
                                                                                               Two per 
                                                                   $500,001     $1,000,000                   2,400
                                                                                               owner
Qualifications
                                                                                               Four per 
                                                                   $1,000,001   $2,500,000                   4,800
                                                                                               owner
Generally
                                                                                               Ten per 
To be eligible for the reduced tax rate, you must materially       $2,500,001   $5,000,000                   12,000
                                                                                               owner
participate in the business, have at least the minimum num-
ber of qualifying Oregon employees, and meet any specific          Income distribution requirement. A partnership or S 
requirements for a sole proprietorship or for a partnership        corporation with more than $250,000 in ordinary business 
or S corporation.                                                  income may still qualify for the reduced tax rate even if 
                                                                   the employee-to-owner ratio shown in this table isn’t met, 
Sole proprietorship                                                so long as income distributions don’t exceed 25 percent of 
                                                                   ordinary business income. Calculate the percentage using 
To be eligible for the reduced tax rate, a sole proprietor must:   the total distributions and total ordinary business income 
• Have qualifying business income from the sole                    for the current tax year and up to two of the most recent tax 
proprietorship;                                                    years. Treat an annual amount of less than zero as zero for 
• Materially participate in the business; and                      that year.
• Employ one or more employees in Oregon who meet the              Qualifying business income. For your income to qualify 
employee requirements explained below.                             for the reduced tax rate, it must be nonpassive income from 
                                                                   a sole proprietorship, partnership, or S corporation. Income 
Partnership or S corporation
                                                                   from trusts or estates doesn’t qualify for the reduced tax rate. 
To be eligible for the reduced tax rate, a partner or S corpora-
                                                                   “Nonpassive income” is income other than that from passive 
tion shareholder must:
                                                                   activities as defined in Section 469 of the Internal Revenue 
• Have qualifying business income from the partnership or          Code (IRC). This includes, but isn’t limited to, nonpassive 
S corporation;                                                     income reported on federal Schedules C (line 31), E [line 28, 

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column (k)], and F (line 34); IRC Section 1231 gains treated as   employee worked at least 30 hours in Oregon can be counted. 
ordinary income; guaranteed payments; and royalties. Non-         Hours worked by an employee that is a spouse or other fam-
passive income doesn’t include wages, interest, dividends, or     ily member that isn’t an owner, member, or limited partner 
capital gains for the purpose of the reduced tax rate.            can be used to meet the hour requirements. Independent 
                                                                  contractors can’t be used to meet the employee requirement.
Tiered entities. If you received nonpassive income that 
passed-through an upper-tier entity to you from a qualify-        Example 2: A sole proprietorship had one employee that 
ing lower-tier entity, that income qualifies for the reduced      worked a total of 1,440 hours during the year in Oregon. 
tax rate if the lower-tier entity also meets the employee         The employee worked 32 hours per week for 30 weeks and 
requirement.                                                      worked 24 hours per week for 20 weeks. The total qualifying 
                                                                  hours is 960 (32 hours x 30 weeks) since the proprietor can’t 
Coordination with pass-through entity elective tax 
                                                                  count hours worked less than 30 hours in a week. Because 
(PTE-E tax). Certain partnerships and S corporations may 
                                                                  the total qualifying hours worked in Oregon is less than 
elect to pay PTE-E tax. This means they have elected to pay 
                                                                  1,200, the nonpassive income from the sole proprietorship 
Oregon income tax at the entity level. Individuals who are 
                                                                  doesn’t qualify for the reduced tax rate.
direct or indirect members of an electing entity are allowed 
a tax credit for the PTE-E tax paid by the entity. Individuals    Example 3: A partnership with three partners employed six 
must also report an addition for any PTE-E tax deducted on        employees during the year in Oregon. One employee worked 
an entity-level federal return. The addition amount will be       32 hours a week for 30 weeks and the other five employees 
added to qualified business income, but only to the extent        each worked 20 hours per week for 40 weeks in a job share 
that the ordinary business income reported on the entity-         position. Only the hours worked by the employee that worked 
level federal return qualifies for the reduced tax rate. See      32 hours per week can be used toward the 1,200 hour require-
the instructions for column (b) for additional information.       ment. Since the total hours (30 weeks x 32 hours per week = 
                                                                  960 total hours) worked by that employee don’t exceed the 
Example 1: Bryant is the sole shareholder of an S corpora-
                                                                  1,200 hour requirement and the other five employees don’t 
tion. Marcus is the sole shareholder of an S corporation.  The 
                                                                  qualify for purposes of the employee ratio requirement, the 
two S corporations each have a 50 percent ownership in a 
                                                                  nonpassive income from the partnership doesn’t qualify for 
partnership. Bryant and Marcus both materially participate 
                                                                  the reduced tax rate.
in the partnership, which has ordinary business income of 
$2 million. The partnership employs ten full-time employees       Example 4: An S corporation with two shareholders and 
in Oregon. Bryant and Marcus receive a distributive share of      annual ordinary business income of $800,000 has three 
nonpassive income from the partnership that passes through        employees, all of whom work 35-hour weeks. The office man-
their respective S corporations. They also receive a salary       ager and the two shareholders each work 50 weeks a year, a 
as reasonable compensation for the work performed for the         sales clerk works for 30 weeks a year, and a delivery driver 
partnership. The distributive share of nonpassive income          works 20 weeks a year, for a total of 3,500 hours worked by 
they receive from the partnership (as passed through to           non-owner employees. Annual income distributions to the 
them from their respective S corporations) qualifies for the      shareholders include $150,000 in ordinary business income. 
reduced tax rate since the partnership meets the ordinary         With only three employees, this business doesn’t meet the 
business income and employee requirements. However, the           employee ratio requirement; however, because it distributes 
salary received from the partnership doesn’t qualify for the      less than 25 percent of its ordinary business income to the 
reduced tax rate.                                                 shareholders each year, its nonpassive income still qualifies 
Material participation. Material participation has the same       for the reduced tax rate.
meaning as defined for federal purposes under IRC Section         Temporary or “leased” employees. If a qualifying busi-
469. A taxpayer materially participates in an activity if he or   ness contracts with a professional employer organization to 
she works on a regular, continuous, and substantial basis         employ temporary or “leased” employees, those employees 
in operations, and must meet any one of the seven material        can be used to qualify a business for the reduced tax rate if 
participation tests in Treasury Regulation Section 1.469-5T(a).   the employees meet the hour requirements.
Grouping activities. You may group trade, business, or 
rental activities into a single activity if they form an appro-   Amending
priate economic unit for the purpose of meeting the mate-
rial participation test under Treasury Regulation Section         You can’t amend to revoke or make the election after your 
1.469-4(c). This treatment is also allowed for the purposes       original return is filed unless you file an amended return on 
the qualifying business income reduced tax rate and the           or before the original due date of April 18, 2023, or if filing 
material participation requirement.                               on extension, October 17, 2023.
Employee requirement.          The business must have the         Example 5: Liam filed his original return on March 3, 2023, 
required number of employees who performed work for the           and didn’t elect the reduced tax rate or file an extension. He 
business in Oregon for the required number of hours during        files an amended return on April 13, 2023, and makes the 
the tax year. Only the hours worked in a week in which an         election. His amended return will be accepted allowing the 

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reduced tax rate and his amended return will be treated as         reported on line c of the federal Form 1065, line b of federal 
the original return.                                               Form 1120S, or line b of federal Schedules C or F. 
Example 6: Maggie filed her original return on March 12,           Entity type. Enter the appropriate code for how the business 
2023, and didn’t elect the reduced tax rate or file an exten-      files for tax purposes: SP for a sole proprietorship, SC for 
sion. She files an amended return on May 4, 2023, and elects       an S corporation, or  Pfor a partnership. Don’t enter LLC or 
the reduced tax rate. The reduced tax rate will be denied          anything other than the codes listed.
since the amended return was filed after the original due 
                                                                   Column (a).  Enter nonpassive losses attributable to the 
date of April 18, 2023, and she did not file an extension.
                                                                   qualifying sole proprietorship, partnership, or S corporation. 
Example 7: Sam filed his original return on a timely filed         Include qualifying nonpassive losses such as IRC Section 
extension on May 12, 2023, and elects the reduced tax rate.        1231 losses treated as ordinary losses.
The reduced tax rate election will be allowed because it was 
                                                                   Column (b).  For partnerships and S corporations only. 
made on his original return.
                                                                   Enter Section 179 expense deduction you reported in Part 
Example 8: Allen filed his original return on a timely filed       II, Section 28, column (i) of your federal Schedule E attribut-
extension on May 3, 2023, and didn’t elect the reduced tax         able to the qualifying partnership or S corporation.   Don’t 
rate. He files an amended return on July 1, 2023 and makes         complete this column for sole proprietorships. 
the election. His amended return will be accepted allowing 
                                                                   Column (c).  Enter nonpassive income attributable to the 
the reduced tax rate and his amended return will be treated 
                                                                   qualifying sole proprietorship, partnership, or S corporation. 
as the original return for the reduced tax rate election.
                                                                   Also include qualifying nonpassive income such as royalties, 
If you claimed the reduced tax rate on your original return,       guaranteed payments, and IRC Section 1231 gains treated 
you must amend Schedule OR-PTE-FY if:                              as ordinary income. Don’t include passive income, capital 
                                                                   gains, interest income, wages, or dividends. 
• An IRS audit (or other state audit) resulted in a change that 
affects your Oregon return;                                        Column (d). If you are not a member of an entity that elected 
• You amended your federal (or other state) return and the         to pay PTE-E, enter 0. Otherwise, if all of the ordinary busi-
changes you made affect your Oregon return;                        ness income passed through from the entity qualifies for this 
• You have a net operating loss (NOL); or                          reduced tax rate, enter the amount from Schedule OR-K-1, 
• You need to correct income or deductions you originally          line 2. However, if not all of the ordinary business income 
reported.                                                          passed through from the entity qualifies for this reduced 
                                                                   tax rate, use the federal Schedule K-1 (or Oregon Schedule 
Note: If you amend after the due date for the return of April 
                                                                   OR-K-1) and Oregon Schedule OR-21-K-1 issued by the elect-
18, 2023 (or October 17, 2023, if filing on extension), you must 
                                                                   ing entity and this formula to determine the amount to enter 
use the tax on line 12a of the Tax worksheet even if line 13a 
                                                                   on column (d):
is less.
                                                                           Qualifying business income from electing entity
                                                                                                ÷
Schedule instructions                                                   Ordinary business income from Schedule K-1, box 1 
Use the following instructions to complete Schedule OR-                                         ×  
                                                                           Addition from Schedule OR-21-K-1, line 2 
PTE-FY. Complete the entire schedule and include it with 
                                                                                                = 
your Oregon Form OR-40. 
                                                                                  Amount to claim on column (d)

Section A instructions                                             See Form OR-21 Instructions and our website for information 
                                                                   about the PTE-E tax.
Complete a line for each qualifying sole proprietorship, part-
nership, or S corporation. Only list businesses that qualify.      Line 6. Report the totals for columns (a), (b), and (c). If more 
Use additional schedules if necessary and put the total from       than one page is used, report the total of all pages.
all schedules on line 6 of the first page.
                                                                   Line 9. If line 9 is 0 or less, you can’t use the reduced tax rate. 
Note: You must list  all nonpassive income (or loss) from          Return to line 20 and complete the rest of Form OR-40. If line 
qualifying sole proprietorships, partnerships, and S corpo-        9 is more than 0, enter the amount on line 2b of Section B.
rations for each individual making the election. You can’t 
selectively choose which qualifying income (or losses) to          Section B instructions
include in Section A.
                                                                   The tax worksheet in Section B will help you calculate which 
For each qualifying business, enter the business name, fed-        tax rate is more beneficial to you. Complete each line to 
eral employer identification number (FEIN), number of quali-       determine your tax. 
fying employees, business code number, and entity type.  
                                                                   Lines 4 and 7. Report only the depreciation modification 
Business code number. Enter the business code number               attributable to the qualifying sole proprietorships, partner-
(or North American Industry Classification System code) as         ships, or S corporations listed in Section A.

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Example 9: Liam reports an addition for depreciation attrib-     such as a farm liquidation long-term capital gains or farm 
utable to a qualifying sole proprietorship he owns on line 8     income averaging, you’ll need to use the appropriate work-
of his Form OR-40. He also reports a subtraction for depre-      sheet or schedule, 2022 Worksheet FCG or 2022 Schedule 
ciation attributable to a qualifying partnership on line 13 of   OR-FIA-40, to calculate the tax on line 1a. 
his Form OR-40. In Section B, Liam will report the addition 
                                                                 Line 14a. Enter the lesser of line 12a or 13a. If line 12a is 
on line 4 and report the subtraction on line 7.
                                                                 less than 13a, enter the amount on line 14a on line 20 of 
Line 10a. Use Tax rate chart A below for the taxable income      Form OR-40 and check box 20c. If line 13a is less than 12a, it 
reported on 8a. Report the tax on line 10a. Note: If you have    isn’t more beneficial for you to use the pass-through entity 
other income that qualifies for an alternative tax rate, such    reduced tax rate. Enter the amount from line 13a on line 20 
as a farm liquidation long-term capital gains or farm income     of Form OR-40 and complete the rest of the return.
averaging, you’ll need to use the appropriate worksheet or 
schedule, 2022 Worksheet FCG or 2022 Schedule OR-FIA-40, 
to calculate the tax on line 10a. Don’t include the nonpassive   Do you have questions or need help?

income listed on line 8a in the calculation.                       www.oregon.gov/dor
Line 11b. Use Tax rate chart B below for the taxable income      503-378-4988 or 800-356-4222
reported on line 9b and report the tax on line 11b.              questions.dor@dor.oregon.gov
Line 13a. Use Tax rate chart A below for the taxable income      Contact us for ADA accommodations or assistance in other 
reported on line 1a. Report the tax on line 13a. Note: If you    languages.
have other income that qualifies for an alternative tax rate, 

2022 Tax rate chart A
2022 tax rate chart—Use this chart only for income reported on lines 1a and 8a of Section B. Report the tax on Section B, 
lines 10a and 13a. 
Chart S: For persons filing single or married filing separately:
If your taxable income isn’t over $3,750 ...............................................................................your tax is 4.75% of taxable income
If your taxable income is over $3,750 but not over $9,450 ..........................your tax is $178 plus 6.75% of excess over $3,750
If your taxable income is over $9,450 but not over $125,000 ......................your tax is $563 plus 8.75% of excess over $9,450
If your taxable income is over $125,000 ....................................................your tax is $10,674 plus 9.9% of excess over $125,000
Chart J: For persons filing jointly, head of household, or qualifying widow(er) with dependent child:
If your taxable income isn’t over $7,500 ...............................................................................your tax is 4.75% of taxable income
If your taxable income is over $7,500 but not over $18,900 ........................your tax is $356 plus 6.75% of excess over $7,500
If your taxable income is over $18,900 but not over $250,000 ...............your tax is $1,126 plus 8.75% of excess over $18,900
If your taxable income is over $250,000 ...................................................your tax is $21,347 plus 9.9% of excess over $250,000

2022 Tax rate chart B
2022 reduced tax rate chart—Use this chart only for qualifying income reported on line 9b of Section B. Report the tax 
on Section B, line 11b. 
If your taxable income isn’t over $500,000 ..........................................................................your tax is 7% of qualifying income
If your taxable income is over $500,000 but not over $1 million ........your tax is $35,000 plus 7.5% of excess over $500,000
If your taxable income is over $1 million but not over $2.5 million .......your tax is $72,500 plus 8% of excess over $1 million
If your taxable income is over $2.5 million but not over $5 million ........your tax is $192,500 plus 9% of excess over $2.5 million
If your taxable income is over $5 million ..........................................your tax is $417,500 plus 9.9% of excess over $5 million

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