[OSSSA218] Help Refine and Improve a New IRS Compliance Tool for State and Local Governments

[Karen PARK]

Good morning,

Your input is important! Please pass this information along to the appropriate party within your organization.

The ACT/FSLG Subcommittee is asking state and local government
employers’ payroll officials, human resources professionals, and their
legal and financial advisors to “pretest” the draft Compliance
Checklist. 

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
IRS, if they adopt our recommendations.

Your input will make a difference!

If you require guidance on accessing the information or have questions please do not hesitate to contact either Maryann Motza or myself.




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


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>>> Maryann Motza <maryann.motza at state.co.us> 2/5/2010 12:38 PM >>>
In order to assist state and local government (public) employers and
their legal and financial advisors in complying with federal
employment tax laws and regulations, the IRS Advisory Committee on Tax
Exempt and Governmental Entities (“ACT”) has developed a compliance
verification checklist for public employers that is now posted on the
National Conference of State Social Security Administrators (NCSSSA)
website as an http://www.ncsssa.org/whatsnewcombo.html.

The ACT/Federal-State-Local Government (FSLG) Subcommittee needs help
from public employers throughout the nation in pretesting the
Compliance Verification Checklist for State and Local Governmental
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
higher quality final product that is ultimately implemented by the
IRS, if they adopt our recommendations.

The ACT/FSLG Subcommittee is asking state and local government
employers’ payroll officials, human resources professionals, and their
legal and financial advisors to “pretest” the draft Compliance
Checklist.  We ask all people who pretest the form to go to
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/825RHY5 and complete the Evaluation Form
on or before March 15, 2010.  We know that your time is valuable, so
the Evaluation Form is structured to take less than 4 minutes to
complete.  There is no cost to you for completing the form on-line.

If you prefer to print and submit your responses in hardcopy, rather
than online, you can return the completed Evaluation Form by either of
the following means:

Fax:(303) 318-8069 (ATTN:  Maryann Motza)

Mail:Maryann Motza
Colorado State Social Security Administrator
Colorado Dept. of Labor & Employment
633 17th Street, Suite 700
Denver, CO  80202

We will consider all comments and suggested edits, but cannot
guarantee that all recommendations will be incorporated into the final
product that will be provided to the IRS during the June 2010 public
meeting.  NO INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES RECEIVED DURING THE EVALUATION
PROCESS WILL BE DOCUMENTED AND LISTED UNDER THE ORIGINATOR’S NAME/
ENTITY NAME.  ALL DATA WILL BE RECORDED ACCORDING TO A NUMBER WE WILL
ASSIGN TO ALL EVALUATIONS WE RECEIVE.  ONLY CUMULATIVE DATA WILL BE
REPORTED IN THE JUNE 2010 ACT REPORT AND TO THE IRS.  We value your
comments, but need to ensure that we retain the primary goal of the
project, i.e.:

“To adapt the existing FSLG Compliance Check Form 4318 into a self-
check form for public (state and local government) employers to access
in order to enable them to verify their compliance with applicable
federal laws and regulations.”

The final Compliance Verification Checklist and results of our
evaluation will be reported in the June 2010 ACT Report, which will be
available later that month on the IRS website at:  http://www.irs.gov/.

If you have questions or need further information about the Checklist,
the ACT/FSLG Subcommittee’s evaluation process, or other information
pertinent to this project, please email or call Maryann Motza, Project
Leader, at:  MMotza at msn.com or (303) 318-8061.

Thank you, in advance, for your help.

Maryann Motza
Colorado State Social Security Administrator
In conjunction with Paul Carlson, and Patti Phillips
ACT/FSLG Subcommittee Members, 2009-2010

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