May 1999 - from the American Payroll Association: What's New

The battle to ensure reinstatement of Sec. 127 is on again. Efforts to secure an extension for Internal Revenue Code Section 127, employer provided educational assistance, continue in the 106th Congress. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D- NY) and Finance Chairman William Roth (R-DE) and House Representatives Sander Levin (D- MI) and Clay Shaw (R-FL) have introduced legislation that would permanently extend Section 127 for both undergraduate and graduate level educational assistance. The House bill, H.R. 323, would extend Section 127 for undergraduate level courses beginning after May 31, 2000 (the current law expiration date) and graduate level educational assistance for courses beginning after June 30, 1996. The Senate bill, S. 211, would provide a permanent extension upon enactment for undergraduate level assistance and reinstate the benefit for graduate level courses beginning after December 31, 1998. APA is a member of a large coalition that will continue to seek a permanent extension of Section 127 for undergraduate and graduate level educational assistance.

We need you to write your members of Congress immediately! Urge them to support H.R. 323 and S. 211. To find out who your legislators are, check out Capweb, APA's new grassroots lobbying site American Payroll Association: What's New . If you can't access it through the hyperlink, you'll find it in the What's New Section of the APA website http://www.americanpayroll.org. There you will find a sample letter that you can customize easily and send out. Or you can write your own letter.