From karen.park at state.or.us Tue Mar 9 08:42:35 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 08:42:35 -0800 Subject: [OSSSA218] Requesting 2009 Employee count Message-ID: <4B9609FA.4CA4.0094.3@PERS.STATE.OR.US> This e-mail is for all Section 218 employers. Not all receiving this e-mail are 218 employers. If unsure please check with me by sending an e-mail to karen.park at state.or.us or calling 503 603-7633. Good morning, It's that time of year again. Now that you've completed your 2009 year end reports I have one more for you to complete. A few of you have already sent the information. First, thank you for being so prompt. It's not necessary for you to report again. The 2009 numbers will be used for the 2011-2012 invoicing period. The 2010-2011 invoices will be issued May/June and will use the 2008 numbers you reported. Please take this opportunity to also update any of your contact information which may have changed. You may submit your report by replying to this e-mail with the following information or filling in the attached form and e-mailing, faxing or mailing it. Note - your employer # for this purpose is your PERS # if you are a PERS employer - non-PERS employers have a four digit number assigned which begins with an "8". Employer # Employer Federal EIN Employer Name Number of employee's with Social Security wages for the Calendar year 2009 Contact Name (you may include up to 8 contacts and their information) Contact Title Phone # Fax # E-mail Your prompt attention is appreciated. Thought for the day..... Not all State and local government employees are subject to Social Security or Medicare withholding. Food for Thought Do you know your entities coverage? Did you know there are exclusions to coverage? Do you know if your entity is covered by a Section 218 Agreement? Where is your agreement? 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Information Request 2011-2012.doc Type: application/msword Size: 54272 bytes Desc: not available URL: From karen.park at state.or.us Thu Mar 11 14:19:15 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:19:15 -0800 Subject: [OSSSA218] OSSSA - IRS Training Message-ID: <4B98FBE2.4CA4.0094.3@PERS.STATE.OR.US> Good afternoon all, Another training opportunity - who wants to go to Coos Bay? April 21, 2010 the Oregon State Social Security Administration will be sponsoring an IRS training for State and Local Governments and all professional who work with the government entities, ie bookkeeper's, CPA's, legal, benefit administrators. Cost - FREE Where - Coos Bay When - April 21, 2010 - 9:00 - 4:00 What - an array of IRS topics - taxable fringe benefits, determining worker status, 3402 (t), elected officials - and a brief touch on Social Security for State and Local Governments More details to follow........at this time I need to get a show of hands of all those who are strongly interested! Space is limited, first come, first served! For those more inclined to head north to Portland we are working on a May training. Please complete the registration form attached. I'm available if you have questions. Have a great afternoon 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. 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Name: Registration .doc Type: application/msword Size: 54272 bytes Desc: not available URL: From karen.park at state.or.us Mon Mar 15 07:34:22 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:34:22 -0700 Subject: [OSSSA218] Social Security - The Open Government Initiative Message-ID: <4B9DE2FB.4CA4.0094.3@PERS.STATE.OR.US> The Open Government Initiative TRANSPARENCY * PARTICIPATION * COLLABORATION Skip to content www.socialsecurity.govSearch Welcome to the Conversation on Open Government! We?re looking for your input as we create our first Open Government Plan. Please let us know your specific ideas on how we can become more transparent, participatory and collaborative. We?ll accept your ideas on our Plan outline until March 19, 2010. We will post our Plan by April 7, 2010. Thanks to everyone who has already contributed to this dialogue. We?ve received great ideas on how you would like to do business with us, what information you would like to see on our webpage, and how we can make our operations and programs more efficient. Thank you in advance for your participation in this discussion. Resources Open Government Initiatives Evaluating Our Progress How We?re Organized Datasets News and Updates Records and Reports Freedom of Information Act Contact the Open Government Team Receive updates by email Privacy Policy | Website Policies & Other Important Information | Site Map | Need Larger Text? | Contact Us Last reviewed or modified Friday Mar 12, 2010 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. 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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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: flyer_1099misc_1.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 16209 bytes Desc: not available URL: From karen.park at state.or.us Wed Mar 17 14:20:20 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:20:20 -0700 Subject: [OSSSA218] [Payrolltax-News] Updates... In-Reply-To: <05DD0E9E20376243998CD4079C2E4950084B08C1@EXCHANGE2.dor.local> References: <05DD0E9E20376243998CD4079C2E4950084B08C1@EXCHANGE2.dor.local> Message-ID: <4BA0E524.4CA4.0094.3@PERS.STATE.OR.US> Happy St Paddy's Day........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. >>> "TAVARES Cathleen M" 3/17/2010 2:05 PM >>> Payroll Tax News LISTSERV March 2010 Please send this information to anyone who would benefit from it. I. Important updates A. Unemployment: The download for OTTER 2010 has been temporarily disabled. They anticipate having an improved version released by early April. In the meantime, if you have already downloaded the 2010 version, you should be able to file your report as usual. Be sure to check back on the Employment website at http://www.oregon.gov/EMPLOY/TAX/ for additional updates. If you have any further questions, contact the Employment Departments OTTER Help Line at 503 947-1544. B. Withholding Tax Tables Update: The Oregon Withholding Tax Tables dated January 1, 2007 remain in effect for all employees with wages under $125,000.00 a year. However, if you have employees with annual wages that exceed $125,000.00, use the payroll withholding calculator located on our website at http://www.oregon.gov/DOR/BUS/payroll_updates.shtml to adjust for changes resulting from Measure 66. For employers with a small number of employees with annual wages of $125,000 or more, an option is to have the employee(s) modify withholding using form W4 and the Oregon Personal Allowances Worksheet. The tables will be modifies effective January 1, 2011 and should be available by the week of November 29, 2010. For any questions on using the withholding calculator or any other questions, please contact us at 503 945-8091 or by e-mail at payroll.help.dor at state.or.us. C. Additional Updates: a. Personal Allowances: $177.00 b. Standard Deductions: Single $1950.00, Married $3900.00 c. Federal Tax Subtraction: $5850.00 II. Credit Notices The new credit notices issued by the Employment Department and the Department of Revenue now allow for employers to indicate how they wish to have overpayments applied (State Withholding, TriMet/Lane Transit, State Unemployment, Workers Benefit Fund) and what amounts they wish to apply for each program. It still also allow for refund of any overpayment. Notices are sent to advise you that an overpayment is currently reflected on your account. It is very important to carefully research these notices to ensure that you have in fact overpaid your payroll tax account. An amended or corrected return may be needed if you find that this information is not correct. If you think that a notice may have been issued in error, or have any questions as to the nature of the overpayment, please contact the specific agency that issued the credit notice to go over your account. Contact Department of Revenue at 503 945-8091, the Employment Department - 503 947-1488, or the Workers Benefit Fund- 503 378-2372 III. W2 Information: We are currently accepting electronic W2 information from employers who have over 250 employees and all payroll service providers. Those that are electronically filing the W-2?s are required to have the Form WR (Oregon Withholding Annual Reconciliation Report) for 2009 submitted by March 31, 2010. However, all other employers are required to submit the Form WR for 2009 by February 28, 2010. If you have not done so, please complete the form located on our website at http://www.oregon.gov/DOR/BUS/forms-payroll.shtml and submit it as soon as possible. You are not required to submit your W2 information by paper. However, if you are reporting a large adjustment, be sure to indicate the reason on line 7 and attach any W2C?s that support this change. *****The Payrolltax-News e-mail list provides employers with complete and up-to-date payroll tax information. Employers can self-subscribe here. 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: Part.002 Type: application/octet-stream Size: 417 bytes Desc: not available URL: From karen.park at state.or.us Tue Mar 30 16:02:24 2010 From: karen.park at state.or.us (Karen PARK) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:02:24 -0700 Subject: [OSSSA218] Fwd: Health Care Reform Webcast March 31, 7pm In-Reply-To: <9687ABA174F26649B8F916101422A5BF04F533C7@FRS0010CP3MB02.ds.irsnet.gov> References: <9687ABA174F26649B8F916101422A5BF04F533C7@FRS0010CP3MB02.ds.irsnet.gov> Message-ID: <4BB22076.4CA4.0094.3@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" 3/30/2010 3:52 PM >>> Dear Stakeholders, Everyone is anxious to hear about the new Health Care legislation, especially our small businesses want to know how it will affect them. I apologize for the short notice on this but I just received word of this today. Looks like they will do one every week on various aspects of the health care act. If you have received this from another source, please disregard. Please note the web address - www.heathreform.gov and the email address of HealthReform at hhs.gov where you can email questions in advance. KayDel Marshall Senior Stakeholder Liaison Small Business & Self-Employed C/L/D 1220 S.W. 3rd Avenue, Mail Stop O-185 Portland, Oregon 97204 503-326-5240 Phone 503-326-5957 Fax E-Mail: KayDel.Marshall at irs.gov ID #1000843166 March 30, 2010 Home Community How Do I ... ? Find loans or grants Start a home-based business Register a business name Search or register a corporation Obtain a business license Get info on employment laws Bid on government contracts Get more answers Join Us on ... Twitter Facebook LinkedIn YouTube Health Care Reform Webcast March 31, 7pm Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Small Business Administrator Karen Mills will host a webcast on Wednesday, March 31 at 7pm at www.HealthReform.gov to discuss the recent health care reforms and their impact on the small business community. Participants can email their questions in advance to HealthReform at hhs.gov. See the invitation from SBA Administrator Karen Mills below. --- Please join Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and me tomorrow, Wednesday, March 31, from 7-7:30 PM EST on www.HealthReform.gov for a live Q&A session on understanding the new health insurance reform law and its benefits for small businesses. This is the first of several regular webcasts that will cover the overall benefits and implementation of the new law, and I'm happy that this first session will have a focus on small business. Already, I've received countless questions from small business owners about the new law and its benefits. In fact, this new law offers many tools to help small business owners access more affordable health insurance options for their employees. These tools include the creation of 50 state exchanges that will allow small business owners to access affordable health insurance plans for their employees, as well as new tax credits to help pay for this coverage. 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