Friday, May 11, 2007

Lane County income tax may affect Non-lane County residents

Lane County income tax may affect Non-Lane County residents
Lane County public safety income tax code--

The Lane County public safety income tax subchapter (LC 4.500 to 4.571) in addition to tax in personal income by 1.1%, also imposes a nonresident income tax (LC 4.530 to LC 4.536) on income earned in Lane County.

Nonresident income is described as the "the sum of Oregon tax with income resulting from wages that are paid to a nonresident for services performed partly or wholly within the county, plus net County asset income of the nonresident."

The Lane County income tax, which is imposed upon each resident equal to 1.1% of the residents County taxable income, effective with it in tax years beginning on or before January 1, 2007 shall be filed no later than the 15th day of the fourth month following the end of the residents tax year. (Otherwise known as April 15)

If you have been a resident for less than a full tax year, the tax on income may be prorated based on the number of days during the tax year that you were a resident. (4.521(3)), unless of course, your income was to generated by sources in Lane County in which case you shall pay a "Lane County public safety nonresident income tax".

Penalties for failure to file returns (4.566) may result in penalties of 20% of the total tax for payment liability if the failure is for a period of six months or more (5% of the total if less than six months)
4.571 Criminal Penalties.
Violation of LC 4.557 or LC 4.558 is punishable, upon conviction thereof, by a fine not
exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months, or by both fine and imprisonment. In addition, any County employee convicted for violation of LC 4.557 or LC 4.558 shall be dismissed from employment and shall be barred from employment for a period of five years thereafter. Any agent of the County shall, upon conviction, be ineligible for participation in any County contract for a period of five years thereafter.

you can imagine the bookkeeping nightmare, not only keeping track of your individual income receipts, but also keeping track of where they were generated from.
[Thinking]”Hummm, did the sale come from Lane County, Linn County?"

In short, like the recent "I" tax, if you do your own taxes, do not forget the file the "third" income tax form.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

So if I don't pay my county tax I can go to jail for up to a year with 3 meals and a bed. Where do I sign up? What do you mean they won't honor my reservation because they are full? Just my luck! I think I'll vote "NO"