Monday, November 28, 2011

WHERE'S MY CHRISTMAS GIFT CARD!?!

Sorry, AFSMCE Local 2456 does not give its members gift cards. Why don't we? If we give you a $25 gift card under Federal Law, AFSCME Local 2456 would have to issue you a 1099-MISC and you would have to report that $25 as income on your Taxes.

We know other locals do it, but we are big, and Audited on many levels. We love our members, but we aren't going to jail for them.  If you would like to read more about the IRS Rules on Gift Cards please follow this link http://www.irs.gov/publications/p525/ar02.html

We love our members and would love to see you at meetings, so much so we buy you dinner at every local meeting. Often we give away great gifts like in May we gave away a Hershey Park Ticket to every member that came to the meeting. A $52 value.

But we can only do this if you come to the meetings. Hope to see you there!

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