From karen.park at state.or.us Thu Dec 2 12:16:04 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:16:04 -0800 Subject: [OSSSA218] Fwd: Oregon [Payrolltax-News] Payrolltax News Dec. 2010 References: Message-ID: <4CF78E01.4CA4.0094.3@PERS.STATE.OR.US> FYI >>> TAVARES Cathleen M 12/2/2010 9:03 AM >>> Payrolltax News LISTSERV Dec.2, 2010(part 1) Please share with anyone who would benefit from this information. I. End of the Year Updates: 2011 tax rates: Employment: New employer rate: 3.3% Wage base rate: $32,300 Workers Benefit Fund: No change in rate: 2.8 cents per hour Transit taxes: TriMet: 0.006918 Lane: 0.0067 Note:Information on Oregon?s standard deduction, federal tax subtraction and personal allowances will be available shortly. iWire Update ? Electronic W-2 * W-2 Filing Effective for calendar year 2010, businesses with 50 or more employees and all payroll service providers are required to report W-2 information electronically. The transmittal due date is March 31, 2011. Only Form W-2 are filed electronically; paper W-2s or other forms of media are not accepted. Note:Although employers are not required to submit paper copies of W2 information, it is important to keep copies in case you are requested to do so at a later date. For links to 2010 iWire file specifications for Form W-2, ?Frequently Asked Questions? and ?Troubleshooting Tips?, see our website at http://www.oregon.gov/DOR/BUS/iwire-income-wage-information-return-eservices.shtml You may also contact us directly at iWire.DOR at state.or.usor call us at 503-945-8127 II. Outsourcing Payroll: When outsourcing payroll, whether using a payroll service provider or bookkeeping firm, it is important to be aware of the following: A. The employer is ultimately responsible for correctly reporting and paying state and federal payroll taxes, even if the third party is making the deposits. Be sure that your payroll provider has up to date information to correctly file and pay all payroll tax obligations. Even if the third party payroll provider fails to correctly report and pay all payroll tax obligations, the employer is still held liable for any penalties and interest that is assessed. B. Periodically review your account to make sure everything is current and up to date.Contact the different tax agencies if needed to verify that your account is current. C. If there are issues on the account, correspondence is always sent to the employer address on record. Make sure that you report any address changes so that you are kept informed of any tax matters involving your business. III. Additional Information: A. Mailing error: When the form WA (Oregon Agricultural Annual Withholding Tax Returns) was mailed for 2010, the form WR (Withholding Annual Reconciliation Report) for 2011 was included instead of the 2010 form in error. If you receive one of thesepackets, simply change the year at the top of the form WR to "2010" and complete the form as usual. B. 2011 Employment rate letters have been mailed out to employers. If you haven?t received your information by the beginning of December, be sure to contact the Employment Department by calling 503 947-1488. C. The 2011 version of OTTER is expected to be available the first week of March 2011. IV. New Change in Status? form: The updated ?Change in Status? is now separated into two forms: ?Business Contact Change?: Reports address and telephone number changes only. ?Change in Status?: Reports all other changes such as entity changes, owner/officer changes, closing accounts etc. The new forms can be downloaded by going to http://www.oregon.gov/DOR/BUS/forms-payroll.shtml under ?Combined Payroll Tax Forms. Be sure to complete and send in ANYTIME there is a change to your business. The Payrolltax-News e-mail list provides employers with complete and up-to-date payroll tax information. Employers can self-subscribe here ( http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/payrolltax-news ). Representatives in the Business Division will send information to employers through this list. Employers can request additional information by e-mailing payroll.help.dor at state.or.us. As a standard practice, e-mail sent from the department will be in text form only. Department of Revenue will not open attachments. Questions about list content and subscription problems should be directed to the list owner: Cathy Tavares Oregon Dept of Revenue Cathleen.M.Tavares at state.or.us 503-945-8762 ( mailto:Cathleen.M.Tavares at state.or.us ) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Part.002 Type: application/octet-stream Size: 440 bytes Desc: not available URL: From karen.park at state.or.us Mon Dec 6 14:37:20 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 14:37:20 -0800 Subject: [OSSSA218] The rest of the year Message-ID: <4CFCF51F.4CA4.0094.3@PERS.STATE.OR.US> Good afternoon all, After 2:30 tomorrow I will be out for the rest of the year to tend to my husbands recovery from surgery. I will be checking e-mails on Mondays and Wednesdays starting the 13th through the end of they year. As always my out of office reply will direct you to Tim Beard and Lori Stieber for SSA & IRS issues. Lori is out this week returning next. And if you have a PERS issue Brenda Pearson can help. Seasons Greetings Karen Park Oregon State Social Security Coordinator Oregon PERS 503 603-7633 karen.park at state.or.us SL2 Please note my office hours are Monday thru Thursday 6 am to 4:30 pm CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: All information in this email, including attachments, is approved solely for delivery to and authorized use by intended recipients. Use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this message and/or any of its attachments by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful. If you are not an intended recipient of this message or an authorized assistant to an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete it from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 5253 bytes Desc: not available URL: From karen.park at state.or.us Tue Dec 7 14:10:19 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 14:10:19 -0800 Subject: [OSSSA218] New Mileage Rates In-Reply-To: <9687ABA174F26649B8F916101422A5BF066A7BD1@FRS0010CP3MB02.ds.irsnet.gov> References: <9687ABA174F26649B8F916101422A5BF066A7BD1@FRS0010CP3MB02.ds.irsnet.gov> Message-ID: <4CFE404A.4CA4.0094.3@PERS.STATE.OR.US> FYI Karen Park Oregon State Social Security Coordinator Oregon PERS 503 603-7633 karen.park at state.or.us SL2 Please note my office hours are Monday thru Thursday 6 am to 4:30 pm CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: All information in this email, including attachments, is approved solely for delivery to and authorized use by intended recipients. Use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this message and/or any of its attachments by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful. If you are not an intended recipient of this message or an authorized assistant to an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete it from your system. >>> "Marshall KayDel D" 12/7/2010 1:19 PM >>> The Internal Revenue Service has issued the 2011 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2011, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be: ? 51 cents per mile for business miles driven ? 19 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes ? 14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations Please refer to Notice 2010-88, IR-2010-119 & Rev Proc 2010-51 for additional information. You may view them at www.irs.gov KayDel Marshall Senior Stakeholder Liaison Small Business & Self-Employed C/L/D 100 S.W. Main Street, Suite 1200 Portland, Oregon 97204 503-415-7141 Phone 503-415-7217 Fax E-Mail: KayDel.Marshall at irs.gov ID #1000843166 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 5253 bytes Desc: not available URL: From karen.park at state.or.us Mon Dec 13 10:31:19 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:31:19 -0800 Subject: [OSSSA218] Fwd: Federal Mandates on Public Pensions Message-ID: <4D05F5F9020000940008A0DF@PPN007.a4590.pers.state.or.us> Good morning all, NCSSSA Regional VP's please pass along to your states. Oregon employers......please take note and pass along as necessary. Employers with plans other than PERS may want to pass the information along to their plan administrators. Here is the link included in the original e-mail from Ms. Motza http://www.gfoa.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=220 Have a great day Karen Park State Social Security Coordinator Oregon PERS 503 603-7633 karen.park at state.or.us SL2 -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Maryann Motza" Subject: Federal Mandates on Public Pensions Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:59:18 -0700 Size: 8697 URL: From karen.park at state.or.us Mon Dec 13 10:36:45 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:36:45 -0800 Subject: [OSSSA218] The latest Social Security Press releases Message-ID: <4D05F73D020000940008A0FB@PPN007.a4590.pers.state.or.us> Good morning, The following are new Social Security Press releases ..... you may access them at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pressoffice/pressrel.htm December 13, 2010 Social Security?s Online Retirement Estimator Available in Spanish at www.segurosocial.gov (Aqu? en Espa?ol) December 10, 2010 Statements of Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, and John P. Melville, New York State Police Acting Superintendent, on the Theft of Personal Information in Upstate New York (Aqu? en Espa?ol) December 8, 2010 Social Security Publishes New Rule Revising Withdrawal Policy (Aqu? en Espa?ol) Karen Park State Social Security Coordinator Oregon PERS 503 603-7633 karen.park at state.or.us SL2 From karen.park at state.or.us Mon Dec 13 10:45:06 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:45:06 -0800 Subject: [OSSSA218] Fwd: FW: IRS Fed State & Local Governments Update Message-ID: <4D05F932020000940008A10F@PPN007.a4590.pers.state.or.us> FYI -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Fletcher Clark M" Subject: FW: IRS Fed State & Local Governments Update Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:32:34 -0800 Size: 19294 URL: From karen.park at state.or.us Wed Dec 15 11:50:10 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:50:10 -0800 Subject: [OSSSA218] Fwd: IRS & Tax Pros Discuss Tax Law Changes Message-ID: <4D08AB73020000940008A511@PPN007.a4590.pers.state.or.us> FYI Karen Park State Social Security Coordinator Oregon PERS 503 603-7633 karen.park at state.or.us SL2 -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Tax Talk Today" Subject: IRS & Tax Pros Discuss Tax Law Changes Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:47:10 -0500 Size: 19477 URL: From karen.park at state.or.us Mon Dec 20 10:07:52 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:07:52 -0800 Subject: [OSSSA218] Fwd: FW: Flyer for 218 Webinar Message-ID: <4D0F2AF8020000940008AAD2@PPN007.a4590.pers.state.or.us> FYI Karen Park State Social Security Coordinator Oregon PERS 503 603-7633 karen.park at state.or.us SL2 -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Fletcher Clark M" Subject: FW: Flyer for 218 Webinar Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:11:27 -0800 Size: 91299 URL: From karen.park at state.or.us Wed Dec 22 08:38:50 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:38:50 -0800 Subject: [OSSSA218] FYI - Social Security withholding change no later than Jan. 31, 2011 Message-ID: <4D11B91C020000940008AE73@PPN007.a4590.pers.state.or.us> Thanks Lori..... Happy Holidays all.....for those of you who work with payroll withholdings here is information on the change. Karen Park State Social Security Coordinator Oregon PERS 503 603-7633 karen.park at state.or.us SL2 -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Stieber Lori A" Subject: RE: Social Security withholding change no later than Jan. 31, 2011 Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:56:17 -0800 Size: 168766 URL: From karen.park at state.or.us Wed Dec 22 08:43:28 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:43:28 -0800 Subject: [OSSSA218] Fwd: New Federal withholding tables & New Law Summary Message-ID: <4D11BA30020000940008AE83@PPN007.a4590.pers.state.or.us> More information about the new law Karen Park State Social Security Coordinator Oregon PERS 503 603-7633 karen.park at state.or.us SL2 -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Marshall KayDel D" Subject: New Federal withholding tables & New Law Summary Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:07:05 -0800 Size: 567243 URL: From karen.park at state.or.us Wed Dec 22 08:55:12 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:55:12 -0800 Subject: [OSSSA218] Fwd: [Payrolltax-News] LISTSERV Dec. 2010 Message-ID: <4D11BCF1020000940008AEAF@PPN007.a4590.pers.state.or.us> FYI Karen Park State Social Security Coordinator Oregon PERS 503 603-7633 karen.park at state.or.us SL2 -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: TAVARES Cathleen M Subject: [Payrolltax-News] LISTSERV Dec. 2010 Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:52:07 +0000 Size: 19118 URL: From karen.park at state.or.us Wed Dec 22 09:11:59 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:11:59 -0800 Subject: [OSSSA218] Fire Fighter and Emergency Responder exemption expiring Message-ID: <4D11C0DF020000940008AED8@PPN007.a4590.pers.state.or.us> This e-mail is for all the employers working with the $30 Federal Tax exemption from the HEART ACT. See the attachement. The attached is in regards to the Federal exemption which expires with the 2010 tax year. There has been no information published for an extension. You'll will be notified if something changes. Karen Park State Social Security Coordinator Oregon PERS 503 603-7633 karen.park at state.or.us SL2 From karen.park at state.or.us Wed Dec 22 09:28:45 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:28:45 -0800 Subject: [OSSSA218] Fire Fighter and Emergency Responder exemption expiring Message-ID: <4D11C4CD020000940008AF1A@PPN007.a4590.pers.state.or.us> This e-mail is for all the employers working with the $30 Federal Tax exemption from the HEART ACT. See the attachement. The attached is in regards to the Federal exemption which expires with the 2010 tax year. There has been no information published for an extension. You'll will be notified if something changes. Karen Park State Social Security Coordinator Oregon PERS 503 603-7633 karen.park at state.or.us SL2 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Exclusion for Firefighters and Emergency Responders.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 25600 bytes Desc: not available URL: From karen.park at state.or.us Wed Dec 22 09:32:09 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:32:09 -0800 Subject: [OSSSA218] Signing off Message-ID: <4D11C59A020000940008AF28@PPN007.a4590.pers.state.or.us> Happy Holidays I am signing off and will catch e-mails next Monday the 27th. Karen Park State Social Security Coordinator Oregon PERS 503 603-7633 karen.park at state.or.us SL2 From karen.park at state.or.us Wed Dec 29 08:42:09 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:42:09 -0800 Subject: [OSSSA218] December 2010 Social Security Update Message-ID: <4D1AF461020000940008B4AB@PPN007.a4590.pers.state.or.us> Good morning, Please check out the December 2010 Social Security Update at http://www.ssa.gov/newsletter/ . The latest newsletter includes articles on - Social Security's Retirement Estimator is in Spanish, Treasury Issues Final Rule on Electronic Payments (all new benefit payments as of May 1, 2011 and all current recipients as of March 1, 2013 will be made electronicaly), Your clients may Qualify for New Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, Getting Income Verification Online is Easy, Medicare General Enrollment is Near and more.