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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#800080>The ACT/FSLG Subcommittee is asking state and local government<BR>employers’ payroll officials, human resources professionals, and their<BR>legal and financial advisors to “pretest” the draft Compliance<BR>Checklist.</FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#800080>The more feedback received during the pretesting of the checklist, the better the recommendations will be to the IRS. That, in turn, will result in a higher quality final product that is ultimately implemented by the<BR>IRS, if they adopt our recommendations.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Footlight MT Light" color=#6147c5 size=4><STRONG><FONT face="Brush Script MT" size=6>Karen Park<BR></FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Footlight MT Light" color=#6147c5 size=4><STRONG>Oregon State Social Security Coordinator</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=2>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</FONT>. </P></FONT></DIV><BR><BR>>>> Maryann Motza <maryann.motza@state.co.us> 2/5/2010 12:38 PM >>><BR>In order to assist state and local government (public) employers and<BR>their legal and financial advisors in complying with federal<BR>employment tax laws and regulations, the IRS Advisory Committee on Tax<BR>Exempt and Governmental Entities (“ACT”) has developed a compliance<BR>verification checklist for public employers that is now posted on the<BR>National Conference of State Social Security Administrators (NCSSSA)<BR>website as an <A href="http://www.ncsssa.org/whatsnewcombo.html.">http://www.ncsssa.org/whatsnewcombo.html.</A><BR><BR>The ACT/Federal-State-Local Government (FSLG) Subcommittee needs help<BR>from public employers throughout the nation in pretesting the<BR>Compliance Verification Checklist for State and Local Governmental<BR>Entities. The more feedback we get during the pretesting of the checklist, the better our recommendations will be to the IRS. That, in turn, will result in a<BR>higher quality final product that is ultimately implemented by the<BR>IRS, if they adopt our recommendations.<BR><BR>The ACT/FSLG Subcommittee is asking state and local government<BR>employers’ payroll officials, human resources professionals, and their<BR>legal and financial advisors to “pretest” the draft Compliance<BR>Checklist. We ask all people who pretest the form to go to<BR><A href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/825RHY5">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/825RHY5</A> and complete the Evaluation Form<BR>on or before March 15, 2010. We know that your time is valuable, so<BR>the Evaluation Form is structured to take less than 4 minutes to<BR>complete. There is no cost to you for completing the form on-line.<BR><BR>If you prefer to print and submit your responses in hardcopy, rather<BR>than online, you can return the completed Evaluation Form by either of<BR>the following means:<BR><BR>Fax:(303) 318-8069 (ATTN: Maryann Motza)<BR><BR>Mail:Maryann Motza<BR>Colorado State Social Security Administrator<BR>Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment<BR>633 17th Street, Suite 700<BR>Denver, CO 80202<BR><BR>We will consider all comments and suggested edits, but cannot<BR>guarantee that all recommendations will be incorporated into the final<BR>product that will be provided to the IRS during the June 2010 public<BR>meeting. NO INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES RECEIVED DURING THE EVALUATION<BR>PROCESS WILL BE DOCUMENTED AND LISTED UNDER THE ORIGINATOR’S NAME/<BR>ENTITY NAME. ALL DATA WILL BE RECORDED ACCORDING TO A NUMBER WE WILL<BR>ASSIGN TO ALL EVALUATIONS WE RECEIVE. ONLY CUMULATIVE DATA WILL BE<BR>REPORTED IN THE JUNE 2010 ACT REPORT AND TO THE IRS. We value your<BR>comments, but need to ensure that we retain the primary goal of the<BR>project, i.e.:<BR><BR>“To adapt the existing FSLG Compliance Check Form 4318 into a self-<BR>check form for public (state and local government) employers to access<BR>in order to enable them to verify their compliance with applicable<BR>federal laws and regulations.”<BR><BR>The final Compliance Verification Checklist and results of our<BR>evaluation will be reported in the June 2010 ACT Report, which will be<BR>available later that month on the IRS website at: <A href="http://www.irs.gov/.">http://www.irs.gov/.</A><BR><BR>If you have questions or need further information about the Checklist,<BR>the ACT/FSLG Subcommittee’s evaluation process, or other information<BR>pertinent to this project, please email or call Maryann Motza, Project<BR>Leader, at: MMotza@msn.com or (303) 318-8061.<BR><BR>Thank you, in advance, for your help.<BR><BR>Maryann Motza<BR>Colorado State Social Security Administrator<BR>In conjunction with Paul Carlson, and Patti Phillips<BR>ACT/FSLG Subcommittee Members, 2009-2010<BR><BR>-- <BR>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NCSSSA e-list" group.<BR>To post to this group, send email to ncsssa@googlegroups.com.<BR>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ncsssa+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.<BR>For more options, visit this group at <A href="http://groups.google.com/group/ncsssa?hl=en.">http://groups.google.com/group/ncsssa?hl=en.</A><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>