First name and initial
Spouse’s first name and initial
Social Security number (SSN)
Spouse’s SSN
Last name
Spouse’s last name
Oregon Department of Revenue
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Oregon Itemized Deductions
Submit original form—do not submit photocopy.
Office use only
2018 Schedule OR-A
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Medical and dental expenses
Caution! Don’t include expenses reimbursed or paid by others.
1. Medical and dental expenses, (see instructions) ....................................................... 1.
2. Federal adjusted gross income (AGI). Enter the amount
from Form OR-40, line 7 or Form OR-40-N or OR-40-P,
line 29F .......................................................................... 2.
3. AGI threshold. Multiply line 2 by 7.5% (0.075) ........................................................... 3.
4. Medical and dental expense deduction. Subtract line 3
from line 1. If line 3 is more than line 1, enter -0- ..................................................................................................... 4.
Taxes you paid
5. State and local income taxes. Don’t include Oregon
income tax! .................................................................. 5.
6. Real estate taxes, (see instructions) .............................. 6.
7. Personal property taxes ................................................ 7.
8. Reserved ....................................................................... 8.
9. Total income and property taxes. Add lines 5 through 8.
Don’t enter more than $10,000 ($5,000 if married filing separately) .................... 9.
10. Other taxes. List type and amount:
10.
11. Taxes paid deduction. Add lines 9 and 10 ............................................................................................................. 11.
Interest you paid
12.
Mortgage interest and points reported to you on federal Form 1098
................................ 12.
13. Mortgage interest not reported to you on federal Form 1098 .................................... 13.
14. Points not reported to you on federal Form 1098 ..................................................... 14.
15. Mortgage insurance premiums (see instructions) ...................................................... 15.
16. Investment interest, (see instructions) ........................................................................ 16.
17. Interest paid deduction. Add lines 12 through 16 .................................................................................................. 17.
Gifts to charity
18. Gifts by cash or check, (see instructions) .................................................................. 18.
19. Gifts other than by cash or check, (see instructions) ................................................. 19.
20. Carryover from prior year ........................................................................................... 20.
21. Total gifts to charity. Add lines 18 through 20 .......................................................................................................... 21.
Other miscellaneous deductions
22. List type and amount. Important! Don’t include employee business expenses, tax preparation fees,
or other deductions subject to the 2 percent of AGI limitation, (see instructions).
22.
Oregon itemized deductions
23. Add lines 4, 11, 17, 21, and 22 ................................................................................................................................. 23.
Enter the amount from line 23 on Form OR-40, line 16 or Form OR-40-N or OR-40-P, line 37.
Read instructions carefully before completing this schedule.
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New information
These instructions were updated in December 2019 after
Congress extended the deduction for mortgage interest
premiums for tax year 2018.
Use Schedule OR-A to figure your Oregon itemized deduc-
tions using federal definitions and limitations, with the
modifications noted in these instructions. Generally, for
Oregon, you’re allowed the larger of your itemized deduc-
tions or your standard deduction.
Note: Your Oregon standard deduction will be zero if you
are married filing a separate return and your spouse item-
izes, or if you are a nonresident alien.
If you itemize, you can deduct a part of your medical and
dental expenses, amounts you paid for certain taxes, inter-
est, gifts to charity, and certain miscellaneous expenses.
Dont include items that you deducted elsewhere on your
federal or Oregon tax return forms or schedules, such as
Schedule C, C-EZ, E, or F. See the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) publications referred to in these instructions for more
information.
Medical and dental expenses
In general
You can deduct only the part of your medical and dental
expenses that exceeds 7.5% of the amount of your federal
adjusted gross income on Form OR-40, line 7, or Form OR-
40-N or OR-40-P, line 29F.
Examples of medical and dental payments
you can deduct
To the extent you werent reimbursed, and with certain lim-
itations, you can generally deduct what you paid for:
Insurance premiums for medical and dental care,
including Medicare Parts B and D.
Prescription medicines and insulin.
Healthcare professionals, including medical doctors,
dentists, physical therapists, and psychologists.
Medical examinations, X-rays, laboratory fees, diagnos-
tic tests, and other services.
Hospital care and nursing help.
Ambulance service and other travel costs.
Nicotine cessation, medical weight-loss, and addiction
treatment.
Hearing aids, eyeglasses, wheelchairs, guide dogs, and
other medical aids.
Lodging costs and travel for treatment away from home.
Lactation supplies.
Examples of expenses you can’t deduct
Elective cosmetic surgery.
Over-the-counter medications.
Drugs that are illegal under federal law.
Funeral, burial, or cremation costs.
The above lists are not exhaustive. IRS Publication 502, Med-
ical and Dental Expenses, describes the types of expenses you
can and can’t deduct in greater detail. It also explains when
you can deduct capital expenses and special care expenses
for disabled persons.
Whose medical and dental expenses
can be included?
You can include medical and dental bills you paid in 2018
for anyone who was one of the following, either when the
services were provided or when you paid for them:
Yourself and your spouse.
All dependents you are claiming on your Oregon
return, and any child you cant claim as a dependent
because of the rules for children of divorced or sepa-
rated parents.
Any person you could have claimed as a dependent on
your Oregon return except that their gross income for
2018 was $4,150 or more or they filed a joint return.
Any person you could have claimed as a dependent
except that you or your spouse (if filing a joint Oregon
return) can be claimed as a dependent on someone
else’s 2018 return.
Deceased taxpayer. Certain medical expenses paid out of a
deceased taxpayer’s estate can be claimed on the deceased
taxpayer’s final return. See IRS Publication 502 for details.
Coordination with the Working Family
Household and Dependent Care (WFHDC) credit
Some medical expenses for the care of qualifying persons
may also qualify as expenses for purposes of claiming the
WFHDC credit. These expenses can be included in your
itemized deductions or the WFHDC credit, but they cant
be used for both.
Lines 1 through 4
Line 1. Medical and dental expenses. Enter the total of
your medical and dental expenses, reduced by any pay-
ments you received from insurance or other sources.
Instructions for 2018 Schedule OR-A
Oregon Itemized Deductions
2018
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Don’t include:
Payments that your insurance company paid directly to
the provider.
Amounts that were paid through an employer-spon-
sored (cafeteria) plan, unless those amounts were
included in box 1 of Form W-2.
Expenses that you’re using for purposes of claiming the
WFHDC credit.
Line 2. AGI. Enter the amount from Form OR-40, line 7, or
Form OR-40-N or OR-40-P, line 29F.
Line 3. AGI threshold. Multiply line 2 by 7.5% (0.075).
Line 4. Medical and dental expense deduction. Subtract
line 3 from line 1. If line 3 is more than line 1, enter -0-.
Coordination with the special
medical subtraction
If you or your spouse were age 65 or older on December
31, 2018, and your federal AGI wasn’t more than $200,000
($100,000 if your filing status is single or married filing
separately), you may qualify for the special Oregon medi-
cal subtraction. You’ll need the information from Sched-
ule OR-A, lines 1 and 4, when you figure your subtraction
amount. See “Special Oregon medical subtraction” in Pub-
lication OR-17 for more information.
Taxes you paid
In general
You may deduct certain state or local income taxes or for-
eign income taxes you paid during the tax year, such as
income taxes paid to a state other than Oregon, mandatory
contributions to certain employment-related programs in
other states, and taxes on real or personal property located
in the United States that are based on the property’s value
(known as ad valorem tax).
Limitation on income and property tax
The total amount of income and property taxes you can
deduct can’t be more than $10,000 ($5,000 if married filing
separately).
Examples of taxes you can’t deduct
Oregon income tax.
Federal income tax.
Sales tax.
Tax on real property paid to a foreign country.
Social Security, Medicare, unemployment, or railroad
retirement tax.
Gift tax.
Estate tax, other than federal estate tax on income in
respect of a decedent (see below).
Customs duties.
Gasoline tax.
License fees.
Assessments for property improvements.
Taxes you paid for someone else.
Federal income tax. You can’t claim an itemized deduction
for federal income tax paid during the tax year. However,
see “Federal tax liability subtraction” in Publication OR-17
for more information.
Income taxes paid to another state. If you’re claiming
a credit on your Oregon return for income taxes paid to
another state, or you claimed a credit on an Oregon return
in a prior year for taxes you paid during this tax year, you
cant claim those same taxes as an itemized deduction.
Include them on Schedule OR-A, subject to the $10,000
limit, and you will also have an addition on Schedule OR-
ASC or OR-ASC-NP if the credit is claimed on your Oregon
return. You wont have an addition if the credit is (or was)
claimed on the other state’s return. See “Income taxes paid
to another state” in Publication OR-17 for details about the
credit and the addition.
Sales tax. Oregon doesn’t allow a deduction for sales tax
paid. Important: If you made the election on your federal
Schedule A to deduct sales tax paid instead of income tax
paid, you can’t deduct income tax paid on your Schedule
OR-A. (ORS 316.821)
Lines 5 through 11
Line 5. State and local income taxes. Enter the total of the
state and local income taxes you paid to a local government
or to a state other than Oregon. Remember: If you paid tax
to another state on income that is also taxed by Oregon, and
you’re claiming a credit for that tax on your Oregon return
(or you claimed a credit based on that tax on a prior Oregon
return), you’ll have an addition on your Oregon return.
Note: If you deducted sales tax paid instead of income tax
paid on your federal Schedule A, you must enter -0- on
line 5.
Line 6. Real estate taxes. Enter the state or local taxes you
paid on real estate you own that wasnt used for business,
but only if the taxes are assessed uniformly at a like rate
on all real property throughout the community, and the
proceeds are used for general community or governmental
purposes. See IRS Publication 530, Tax Information for Home-
owners, for more information.
Don’t include the following:
Taxes on real property located outside the United States
or its possessions.
Itemized charges for services to specific property or
persons (for example, a flat fee charged by the county
for mowing a lawn that has grown beyond the permit-
ted height).
Charges for improvements that tend to increase the
value of your property, such as sidewalk assessments.
Line 7. Personal property taxes. Enter the state or local per-
sonal property taxes you paid that were:
• Based only on the property’s value (ad valorem), and
Imposed on a yearly basis.
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Line 8. Reserved.
Line 9. Total income and property taxes. Enter the total
of lines 5, 6, and 7. Dont enter more than $10,000 ($5,000 if
married filing separately).
Line 10. Other taxes. List the type and amount of other
deductible taxes that aren’t already included on lines 5, 6,
or 7.
Interest you paid
You may deduct the following interest on Schedule OR-A:
Home mortgage interest. Interest paid on a home
mortgage that is secured by your main home or sec-
ond home, including first and second mortgages and
refinanced mortgages, including mortgage points. Dont
include interest paid on home equity loans. See IRS
Publication 936, Home Mortgage Interest Deduction, for
debt and income limits and other information.
Mortgage insurance premiums. UPDATE—As of
December 20, 2019, mortgage insurance premiums are
deductible as a form of interest for tax year 2018. You
may deduct premiums paid or accrued for mortgage
insurance on your main home or second home if the
amount on Form OR-40, line 7, or Form OR-40-N or OR-
40-P, line 29F isn’t more than $109,000 ($54,500 if mar-
ried filing separately). If the amount on Form OR-40,
line 7, or Form OR-40-N or OR-40-P, line 29F is more
than $100,000 ($50,000 if married filing separately), use
the “Mortgage Insurance Premiums Deduction Work-
sheet” in the instructions for federal Schedule A to
calculate your mortgage insurance premium deduction.
See IRS Publication 936 for limits and other details.
Investment interest. This is interest paid on money
you borrowed to buy property held for investment. If
the interest is allocable to passive activities or securities
that produce income that is exempt from Oregon tax,
you’ll have an addition on your Oregon return. Unless
an exception applies, if you are deducting investment
interest, you must complete federal Form 4952, Invest-
ment Interest Expense Deduction. Keep a copy of this form
with your tax records; don’t include it with your Oregon
return. Your investment interest deduction is gener-
ally limited to the income (after other expenses) from
the investments. Investment interest expense that
exceeds the investment income may be carried for-
ward to next year. For more information, limitations,
and additional requirements, see IRS Publication 550,
Investment Income and Expenses, and the instructions for
Form 4952. See “Interest and dividends on government
bonds of other states” in Publication OR-17 for more
information.
Lines 12 through 17
Line 12. Mortgage interest and points reported on Form
1098. Enter the home mortgage interest and points reported
to you on federal Form 1098, Mortgage Interest Statement.
Line 13. Mortgage interest not reported on Form 1098.
Enter the home mortgage interest you paid to a recipient
who didn’t provide you with a Form 1098. If the recipient
was the person from whom you bought the home, write the
person’s name, address, and Social Security number (SSN)
(if an individual) or employer identification number (EIN)
on the dotted line next to line 13.
Line 14. Points not reported on Form 1098. Points are shown
on your settlement statement. You may deduct points paid
to borrow money but not for other purposes. Points paid to
refinance a mortgage must be deducted over the life of the
loan. See IRS Publication 936 for more information.
Line 15. Enter the premiums you paid for mortgage insur-
ance provided by the federal Department of Veterans
Affairs, the Federal Housing Administration, the federal
Rural Housing Service, or private mortgage insurance.
Note: If the amount from Form OR-40, line 7, or Form OR-
40-N or OR-40-P, line 29F is more than $100,000 ($50,000 if
married filing separately), refer to the instructions for mort-
gage insurance premiums, above.
Line 16. Investment interest. Enter the interest you paid on
money you borrowed to buy property held for investment.
Use the amount you calculated using federal Form 4952, if
applicable, with the following modifications:
Dont include interest paid on money you borrowed to
buy U.S. bonds, notes, and other obligations if youre
subtracting the income from such obligations on your
Oregon return. You cant deduct this interest because
the income isnt taxable by Oregon.
Dont include interest paid on money you borrowed
to buy bonds issued by the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico or the territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, Samoa, or
the Virgin Islands. Income from these bonds isn’t tax-
able by Oregon.
Do include interest paid on money you borrowed to
buy bonds and notes issued by another state, or politi-
cal subdivision of another state, that you didn’t include
on your federal return. The income from these bonds
and notes isn’t subject to federal tax, but it is taxable by
Oregon. You’ll have an addition for this income on your
Oregon return. See “Interest on state and local govern-
ment bonds outside of Oregon” in Publication OR-17 for
more information.
Gifts to charity
You can deduct contributions or gifts you gave to orga-
nizations that are religious, charitable, educational, sci-
entific, or literary in purpose, including organizations
that work to prevent cruelty to children or animals. If
the organization doesn’t spend at least 30 percent of its
annual functional expenses for program services, you’ll
have an addition on Schedule OR-ASC or OR-ASC-NP.
See IRS Publication 526, Charitable Contributions, for limi-
tations and other details, and the Oregon Department of
Justice website, www.doj.state.or.us for a list of organiza-
tions that don’t meet Oregons spending requirement. See
“Disqualified charitable donations” in Publication OR-17
for information about the addition.
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Amounts you can deduct
Contributions can be in cash, property, or certain out-of-
pocket expenses you paid to do volunteer work for a chari-
table organization. Single gifts of $250 or more require a
written statement showing the amount of cash contributed,
description of any property you donated, and a description
and estimated value of any goods or services you received
in return. Be sure to keep records of all your contributions,
including pay statements if you made cash contributions
through payroll deduction, receipts, written statements
from organizations, and any appraisals or other required
documentation. Unless directed otherwise, keep all state-
ments and other documentation with your tax records; we
may ask to see them later. See IRS Publication 526 for AGI
limits and other restrictions, treatment of gifts for which
you received a benefit, and additional information.
Amounts you can’t deduct
You cant deduct such things as political contributions, dues
paid to fraternal orders or similar groups, or the value of
services you performed or benefits you received in connec-
tion with your contribution. For additional items that can’t
be deducted, see IRS Publication 526.
Contributions for disaster relief
Certain contributions made for relief efforts following
a presidentially-declared disaster are subject to special
treatment. See IRS Publication 976, Disaster Relief, for more
information.
Coordination with Oregon tax credits
In general, if youre claiming an Oregon tax credit that is
based on contributions you made to a charitable organiza-
tion or fund, you can’t include those contributions as an
Oregon itemized deduction. If you’re deducting contribu-
tions made to the following funds and claiming a credit for
those contributions on your Oregon return, you’ll have an
addition on Schedule OR-ASC or Schedule OR-ASC-NP:
Oregon Production Investment Fund (Oregon Film &
Video Office, auction).
Renewable Energy Development Fund (Oregon
Department of Energy, auction).
University Venture Development Fund (various
Oregon universities).
Child Care Fund.
Oregon IDA Initiative Fund.
See the Credits section in Publication OR-17 for more
information.
Lines 18 through 21
Line 18. Gifts by cash or check. Enter the total value of
the gifts you made in cash or by check, including unreim-
bursed out-of-pocket expenses.
Line 19. Gifts other than by cash or check. Enter the total
value of your contributions of property other than by cash
or check. For used items, such as clothing or furniture, you
may deduct their fair market value at the time you donated
them. (Fair market value is what a willing buyer would
voluntarily pay a willing seller for the item.) If the amount
of your deduction is more than $500 (before applying any
income limits), complete federal Form 8283, Noncash Chari-
table Contributions. Keep a copy of this form with your
Oregon tax records; we may ask for it later. For additional
requirements, see the instructions for Form 8283.
Line 20. Carryover from prior year. Enter contributions
that you couldnt deduct in an earlier year because they
exceeded that year’s limits. Your total contributions for this
year, including any carryover amount, cant exceed this
year’s limits.
Other miscellaneous deductions
You may deduct certain other items that arent deducted
elsewhere on the return or on other supporting schedules.
These miscellaneous deductions include claim of right
income repayments in excess of $3,000, gambling losses,
and federal estate tax on income in respect of a decedent. If
you’re deducting a casualty loss or theft related to a presi-
dentially-declared disaster, include the amount here. Don’t
include miscellaneous deductions that are subject to the
2 percent AGI limitation, such as employee business
expenses or tax preparation fees. For more information
about these and other allowable deductions, along with a
list of items that aren’t deductible, see IRS Publication 529,
Miscellaneous Deductions.
Claim of right income repayments. If you repaid more than
$3,000 in income that you‘d included in a prior year’s taxable
income under a claim of right to that income, and you’re not
deducting the repayment on another federal schedule, such
as Schedules C, C-EZ, E, or F, you may deduct the repaid
income on Schedule OR-A. Note: Oregon also allows a
credit for repayments over $3,000 if the income was previ-
ously taxed by Oregon. If you claim the Oregon credit, you
must add back some or all of your itemized deduction on
Schedule OR-ASC or OR-ASC-NP. See the instructions for
Schedule OR-CRC, Oregon Claim of Right Income Repayment
Credit, for information about the credit and addition, and to
determine the option that gives you the best result.
Gambling losses. Generally, you may deduct gambling
losses up to the amount of your taxable winnings. However,
Oregon doesnt tax winnings of $600 or less from a single
play or ticket from the Oregon Lottery. You’ll have an addi-
tion for the amount of Oregon Lottery winnings that arent
taxed by Oregon. See IRS Publication 529 for more infor-
mation about gambling losses, including recordkeeping
requirements. See Publication “Gambling losses claimed as
an itemized deduction” in OR-17 for more information.
Federal estate tax on income in respect of a decedent (IRD).
You may deduct federal estate tax that you paid on IRD if
that income is taxed by Oregon. If only a portion of the fed-
eral estate tax is on income taxed by Oregon, you’ll have an
addition on your Oregon return. See Publication “Federal
estate tax” in OR-17 for more information.
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Line 22. Other miscellaneous deductions. List the type
and amount of your miscellaneous itemized deductions,
and enter the total on line 22.
Oregon itemized deductions
Line 23. Add lines 4, 11, 17, 21, and 22. Enter the total on
line 23 and on Form OR-40, line 16, or Form OR-40-N or
OR-40-P, line 37.
Be sure to include Schedule OR-A when you file your
Oregon return. Failure to include the schedule may delay
the processing of your return.
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