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<BODY style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 14pt Footlight MT Light">Here is the e-mail sent out a week and a half ago.<BR><BR>>>> On 11/6/2008 at 3:17 PM, in message <49130A79.4CA4.0094.3@STATE.OR.US>, <osssa218-fire-all@listsmart.osl.state.or.us> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>First I'd like to say we are getting closer to getting you a date & time for the phone forum and of course the dial in number and access code. I have to break Clark in gently!</DIV>
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<DIV>I do have an answer for you on state withholding for this monthly $30.00 below from the State Department of Revenue.</DIV>
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<DIV>Please feel free to share this information and to contact me should you have questions. I will however be leaving the office shortly for the day and will return on Monday at 6:00am.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you and have a great weekend.</DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Karen,<BR>I apologize for not getting back to you sooner. I checked with my sources here and was told that we have not adopted the IRS change that allows the first $30.00 to be exempt.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Volunteers are defined as someone who receives NO compensation of any kind for performing services for a group or organization. <BR>Any type of compensation, whether it is monetary (cash or per diem payment) or non monetary (movie tickets, ski lift tickets) is considered wages and therefore taxable.<BR> <BR>If the person is employed temporarily as an emergency forest firefighter, wages are exempt from withholding. (OAR 150 316.162). Otherwise, any compensation received is considered to be taxable wages for withholding tax purposes. <BR> <BR>Oregon does not always follow the federal treatment. </DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV><FONT face="Footlight MT Light" color=#6147c5 size=4><STRONG><FONT face="Brush Script MT" size=5>Karen Park<BR></FONT>State Social Security Coordinator<BR>Oregon PERS<BR>503 603-7633<BR>karen.park@state.or.us<BR><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:UAQGEEIIACRU.IMAGE_58.GIF" align=baseline border=0><BR>SL2</STRONG></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>