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Financial assistance in Oregon
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Working Family Household and Dependent Care Credit
Oregon Department of Revenue · Shared Oregon or institution-specific route
Oregon credit for qualifying care expenses connected to work, job search or school.
Confirm current availability: The agency decides eligibility. An application does not establish approval.
How to apply: start, prepare, submit and follow up
Amount or support
Depends on qualifying paid expenses and the official percentage calculation.
Start here: Check which care expenses and dependents qualify for the tax year.
1. Is this for me?
Households meeting the tax-year income limit and qualifying-person and care-expense rules.
Service area: Oregon; confirm program-specific location and institution requirements.
2. What should I prepare?
Some documents may be conditional. Ask about alternatives. Checkmarks are temporary and are not saved or sent.
3. Where and how do I submit?
Read the linked publisher instructions to confirm the receiving office, accepted submission method and current forms. This page has not separately verified those details. A county filter does not decide the correct court or filing location.
- Check which care expenses and dependents qualify for the tax year.
- Complete Schedule OR-WFHDC using the calculator or official tables.
- Complete Schedule OR-WFHDC-ST if the student calculation applies.
- Attach applicable schedules to your Oregon return and claim code 895 on OR-ASC or OR-ASC-NP.
Timing: Claim with the applicable tax-year income-tax return.
4. What will it cost?
Details to confirm with the provider
A program-specific cost explanation has not been verified. Ask the provider whether this route has any fees, required contribution or repayment terms, and what cost assistance is available.
5. What happens after I submit?
Details to confirm with the provider
Keep a copy of what you send and its confirmation or receipt. Ask the receiving office how to track it, when to expect a response and how it will request missing information. These follow-up details have not been separately verified for this route.
6. What if something goes wrong?
Details to confirm with the provider
Read any returned filing, correction request or denial notice promptly. Ask the responsible office for the correction, review or appeal instructions and the deadline that applies to your notice. This guide does not verify a route-specific appeal process.
Language, disability and offline help
Ask the receiving office about language assistance, disability accommodations and an alternative to online submission. Available options have not been separately verified for this route.
K–12 tuition, tutoring and many other listed expenses are excluded. Expenses paid by another person or agency generally do not qualify.
Sources and review date
Application guidance reviewed 2026-10-11. Check the current publisher instructions before applying.
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