or call the Oakland Education Association at 510-763-4020
2011 DUES AMOUNTS FOR TAXES
The following information regarding Association
dues and fees is presented for possible use on your 2011 tax return.As with all such information, the advice
of a competent professional should be followed regarding its appropriateness to
your return.
Category
Yearly % ofEmployment
Dues/Fees*
Category 1
61-100%
$1,107.00
Category
2B
51-60%
$648.90
Category
2A
34-50%
$570.50
Category
3B
26-33%
$341.44
Category
3A
Less than 25%
$302.50
Category
4
Adult School Employed Part-time or
Hourly
$209.16
Agency
Fee payers who received rebates need to subtract the rebate from the above
amounts.
*Based
on ten-month deduction plan.
Subs should
call the FUDTA Office on Monday-Friday from 8:30-1:30 and speak to Karen
forcalculations or email fudtakaren@aol.com.
Your input
is needed as the FUDTA Bargaining Team develops our proposals for our next
Contract. Please complete the on-line survey at www.surveymonkey.com/fudtabargainingsurvey
Action Alert #35We
Have a New Senate Bill!ssfairness.com
Just
before the Senate went on recess in mid-December John Kerry (D-MA) introduced a
companion bill to the House Social Security Fairness Bill (HR1332).
The
new Senate bill specifies repeal of both the GPO and the WEP. It is number S 2010 and is co-sponsored by Susan Collins (R-ME).
We
are delighted!
The best way we can thank these two Senators is to get their
colleagues to sign on as co-sponsors! The National Education Association
has set up a quick and easy way to email both your Senators and your Congress
Person. This is open to everyone and you do not need to sign up for NEA emails
to use the service. Click here and also pass this link on to your
friends:
It is not likely that these bills will be passed this year, but
they are a vehicle for explaining to legislators why these offsets are WRONG.
When any changes are made to the Social Security retirement formulas, we want
to make sure that lawmakers know that this is a problem that must be fixed!
From our recent sign ups, here
is another story of outrageous injustice:
My mother
(a public school teacher) was blindsided by this unfair legislation. She is constantly having to explain to people why she does not
receive survivor benefits, when most of her peers (84 years old) do receive
them. It feels so punitive to me. It's as if they are saying, "You worked
so we are now going to punish you for it. And, your husband died so now we are
going to rip up your life even more. Ha!" The concept of double dipping
was inaccurate, as if someone were stealing. They built their lives and family,
contributed to society, and paid taxes, together. California.
Thank you for staying with us as we fight for change!!!
Repeal the WEP and GPO!
For more information, go to ssfairness.com.
