All,

See e-mail below from Heidi Fought of the OTA. Then, contact US Senator 
George Voinovich ( 
http://voinovich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm)
and US Senator Sherrod Brown ( brown.senate.gov/contact/) ASAP with your 
concerns.

Happy Thanksgiving!
Christine Matacic
(513) 779-2659
(513) 652-2659 - cell





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christine Matacic" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 11:06 AM
Subject: [Fwd: Federal Legislative Alert - Action Needed]


> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> Subject: Federal Legislative Alert - Action Needed
> From:    "Heidi Fought" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date:    Wed, November 24, 2010 2:12 pm
> To:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Tell Your Senator to Support 1099 Repeal
> Vote on Repeal Could Happen Monday, November 29
>
>
> On November 29, the US Senate is expected to debate the food safety bill,
> and two of the amendments offered for the bill are repeals of the new 1099
> reporting requirements.  The two amendments are:
> *          The Johanns Amendment (S.Amdt 4702) which is a full repeal with
> an offset from unused stimulus funds
> *          The Baucus Amendment (S.Amdt 4713) which is a full repeal with
> no offset
>
> Prior to the vote on Monday, send a message to your US Senators supporting
> a repeal of the new 1099 reporting requirement.
>
> Background on the Issue
> Section 9006 of the health care bill (the Patient Protection and
> Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148)) requires all businesses, charities,
> associations, and state and local governments to file 1099 forms if they
> purchase $600 or more in goods from individuals or corporations during a
> calendar year. This includes everything from office supplies and shipping
> costs to phone and internet services. In addition, staff would also have
> to keep track of multiple payments and obtain the personal tax
> identification information of each vendor that they conduct business with.
> Such requirements would pose a major administrative burden on towns and
> townships, many of which have limited staff capacity to manage the
> required paperwork and compliance obligations.
>
> These requirements are effective for purchases made in 2012 that will be
> reported on 1099 forms filed in 2013. Currently, 1099s are only used to
> document income for individual contract workers and are not used for
> corporations or for purchasing goods. Section 9006 was intended to be a
> fund-raiser for the rest of the health care bill; the Congressional Budget
> Office projects it will deliver $17 billion over the course of 10 years by
> reducing business tax evasion. However, a July 2010 report issued by the
> Office of the Taxpayer Advocate states that "the new reporting burden,
> particularly as it falls on small businesses, may turn out to be
> disproportionate as compared with any resulting improvement in tax
> compliance."
>
> NATaT and the OTA urges Congress to repeal Section 9006 of the health care
> bill and remove businesses, charities, associations, and state and local
> governments from these unnecessary reporting requirements.
>
>
>
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