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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>At payroll year-end, one of your
most valuable resources is the <u>OSPS Recommended Payroll Practice for
Year-End Payroll Processing</u>. This guide provides the information you
need to bring your payroll year to a close and ensure that the W-2s produced
for your agency employees are accurate. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><a
href="http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/docs/pubs/practice/practiceyearend.pdf">http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/docs/pubs/practice/practiceyearend.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>A topic for close
attention at year end is: Maximum Amounts – Deferred Comp and PEBB
Flexible Spending Accounts – See Page 10 in the year end recommended
payroll practice. Your attention to these topics can avoid having to do a
corrected W-2. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>PEBB:</span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> will run a report that discloses any
employee who is in danger of exceeding their maximum amount for either the
Health or Childcare flex-spending accounts. ($5,000 for each) Watch for
these reports to come from PEBB and process according to their instructions. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>DEFERRED COMP: </span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>Staff at the deferred comp office are
there to assist at year-end. Here’s a message from Kathy
Gannon: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=1 color=blue face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Please
call Kathy Gannon at OSGP (503 378-5798) regarding employees retiring on
12/31/10 who are close to the 2010 deferred compensation maximum contribution
limit of $16,500 (or $22,000 if participant is age 50 or older) in order
to prevent a possible over-deferral for the 2010 tax year. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue;font-weight:bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=1 color=blue face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue;font-weight:bold'> New
email address - <a href="mailto:kathleen.m.gannon@state.or.us"
title="mailto:kathleen.m.gannon@state.or.us">kathleen.m.gannon@state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue;font-weight:bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=1 color=blue
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'>Kathy Gannon <br>
Program Coordinator<br>
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>
Savings Growth Plan<br>
503-378-5798<br>
OSGP customer service line 1-800-365-8494<br>
Online Internet Site <a href="http://osgp.ingplans.com/"
title="http://osgp.ingplans.com/">http://osgp.ingplans.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Contact OSPS with questions or
clarifications about year end. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=gray face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:gray'>Sharon McKeehan,
Manager<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><strong><b><font
size=2 color=gray face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:gray'>Oregon</span></font></b></strong></st1:place></st1:State><strong><b><font
color=gray face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:gray'> Statewide
Payroll Services<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
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color=gray face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:gray'>155 Cottage
Street NE</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font color=gray><span
style='color:gray'>, U-50<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=gray face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:gray'>Salem</span></font></st1:City><font
color=gray><span style='color:gray'>, <st1:State w:st="on">OR</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">97301-3969</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
color=gray><span style='color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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