Oregon Department of Revenue Distributing 2025 Tax Refunds
The Oregon Department of Revenue has begun distributing refunds for the 2025 tax year.
According to the department, most taxpayers can expect to receive their refunds within two weeks of the date their return is filed. Some returns, however, require additional review and can take up to 20 weeks before a refund is issued.
Oregon is returning a $1.41 billion revenue surplus “kicker” to taxpayers in 2026. The kicker credit will either increase a taxpayer's refund or decrease the amount of state taxes they owe. Only taxpayers who filed a tax year 2024 return and also file a tax year 2025 return can receive a kicker.
The department encourages taxpayers to file electronically. Taxpayers can check the status of their e-filed refund by using the department’s Where’s My Refund? Tool, which has been updated for 2026.
Taxpayers should file just once unless they need to make a change to their return. They should choose to either file electronically or by paper. Doing both will delay processing of their return.
In addition to checking the status of their refund, taxpayers can make payments, or get tax forms at www.oregon.gov.
Posted on 2/18/26 10:42AM by Alex Bauer
