CPA and tax preparation in Camas, WA

A CPA for Camas households and business owners

Camas began as a mill town. In 1883 the LaCamas Colony Company picked the site for a paper mill, and Camas was incorporated as a town in 1906. The mill company is now known as Georgia Pacific. The tax returns of the people who live in Camas today look very different from a mill town's.

Today a Camas return might include Oregon wages, stock from an employer, a home office, a side business, or a move from Portland partway through the year. Each of those touches a different set of rules in Washington and Oregon.

Our office is at 515 NW Saltzman Rd in Portland. We do not have an office in Camas. Most clients work with their CPA online through a secure portal, by phone and by video, and meetings are arranged when needed.

Oregon returns for people who live in Camas

Washington does not currently have a personal income tax, but Oregon taxes nonresidents on Oregon source income. If you live in Camas and work at an office or plant in Oregon, you usually file Form OR-40-N each year. Oregon does not tax wages for days you work at home in Camas, so a hybrid schedule can lower your Oregon income when it is reported correctly.

Moving creates its own return. If you lived in Portland for part of the year and then moved to Camas, you are a part year resident of Oregon and file Form OR-40-P. Your income has to be split between the part of the year you lived in Oregon and the part you lived in Washington. Getting the move date and that split right is where most of the work is.

Some local Oregon taxes also follow your paycheck across the river. The Metro SHS tax and the Multnomah County Preschool for All tax apply to nonresidents on income earned inside their boundaries, once income passes the thresholds. For tax year 2025 those started at $125,000 single and $200,000 joint.

Stock compensation and Washington capital gains

If your employer pays part of your compensation in stock, the tax can land in two states. Oregon taxes wages for work performed in Oregon, so stock pay earned while you worked in Oregon can still matter on your Oregon return after a move to Camas. Your CPA reviews your grant and vesting dates against where you actually worked.

Selling the shares later brings in Washington. The Washington capital gains tax applies to individuals on long term capital gains allocated to Washington, after a standard deduction that was $278,000 for 2025. A large sale of company stock, a business, or other investments can cross that line. The return is due on the same day as your federal return.

Planning before a large sale usually helps. Spreading sales over more than one year, or timing charitable gifts, can change the result, and your CPA can model the options with you before you place the trade.

B&O, sales tax and Oregon CAT for Camas businesses

A Camas business owner deals with Washington taxes that look very different from income tax. The Business and Occupation (B&O) tax is charged on gross receipts, before expenses, at a rate that depends on your business activity. Retail sales tax applies to most goods and some services, and both are reported on the Excise Tax Return through My DOR.

If you sell into Oregon or send crews across the river, Oregon rules come into play. Oregon taxes income from work done in Oregon, and a business with $750,000 or more in Oregon commercial activity must register for the Oregon Corporate Activity Tax, with payment due above $1 million. Being based in Washington does not exempt you.

Your CPA can set up bookkeeping that tracks Washington and Oregon sales separately, which makes every one of these filings easier and shows clearly which state each dollar came from.

What a Camas CPA engagement usually covers

For a working household, that usually means a federal return, an Oregon nonresident or part year return, a check for local Oregon taxes, and a review of stock sales for Washington capital gains tax. Your CPA also makes sure you claimed any Oregon kicker credit you were owed on your 2025 Oregon return.

For business owners, the work can include your federal business return, Washington excise filings, payroll and monthly bookkeeping. If you need an LLC or S corp structure, your CPA can talk through the tax side of that choice.

Some Camas clients only need a federal return and a quick check that nothing ties them to Oregon. Others have three or four filings across two states. Your CPA tells you which group you are in before quoting.

Getting started from Camas

Use the quote form to tell us where you live, where you work, and what changed this year. A licensed CPA who works with Washington residents earning Oregon income gets in touch with a clear, fixed quote.

Then you upload documents, answer follow up questions, and approve each return before filing. If an in person meeting would help, it can be arranged.

Common questions