UASU: The Right Choice For A Brighter Future

Ours is the only union that has worked to organize and empower University of Alaska employees since 1973. Click here to find out how University of Alaska Staff United is the right choice for a brighter future.

Last Piece of the Puzzle

As the only University of Alaska employees who are not currently represented by our union, Classified and APT staff are the last piece of the APEA/AFT puzzle. Click here for full details.

 

You Deserve A Seat At the Table!

In these tough economic times when public employees and university faculty and staff are being hit with givebacks and take-backs, all University of Alaska employees deserve a seat at the table! Click here for full details.

List of Officers

Chapter Chair - Margaret Rosen

Treasurer - Al Opacity

Secretary - Michael Kownacky

Grievance Chair - John Forconi

GFT Minutes [02/05/10]




Notes on Meeting with Patricia P. – Accounting Consultant

 

If you have received money you were not due, do not cash the check. See the board office immediately to request the check be voided, and a new check be issued to the appropriate person, or if it was for you for the correct amount. DO NOT PAY another employee with a personal check. Your taxes will be incorrect at the end of the year!

 

Summer school teachers are paid on a 1099 form, and do not receive a W-2 for summer school work. This means it is not being paid out of the regular salary accounts, but you are being paid as a “consultant”, which is fine. If a summer school teacher needs a sub, they should pay the sub the full amount, then take it off as a deduction. The sub should then claim it as income on their own taxes. The difference here is that you can file a Schedule C (Self-Employment Income) form on your tax return, and claim the following deductions, which we normally cannot claim with our regular pay (Use your SS number as your employer ID#):

 

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a percentage of what your internet costs are if you are using it at home to prepare your lessons

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a percentage of the cost of your computer, printing expenses, paper

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books & any other materials used for your class

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tolls you incur to/from work

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mileage @55 cents per mile (will check on this exact figure, or check with your accountant)

 

Also, the current employee share of taxes is 7.65%, and our employer pays the same, totaling 15.3%. On the 1099 for summer school pay, none is taken, so you are responsible for the full share, 15.3%.

 

Pensionable wages – under 50 - $16,500

                                      over 50 -     $21,500

 

Paycheck deductions:

 

In general…

 

Federal taxes – depends on you file – single, married, # of dependents, etc

 

Social Security – 6.2% - maxes out at $105,000 for 2010

 

Medicare – 1.45% - never maxes out

 

Unemployment - .00425% - maxes out at $114.28

 

Many tax prep chains will charge you based on how many W-2’s you are submitting. Because many of us receive multiple W-2’s, we may contribute more taxes than necessary, as they are taken out on each W-2. Form NJ-2450 can be filed to get overpayments back.

 

If you have any other questions, please submit them to any GFT officer, and we will forward all questions on to Patricia.

GFT Minutes [12/11/09]





  • Teacher’s Room – need help keeping clean
  • Coffee $ better – Milk – sign ups needed
  • ADP – Issues with paychecks – Cathy’s sister, a CPA, will be asked to come in to give us a seminar on what comes out of our paycheck, how much, what to check, how to check pension, etc.
  • Negotiations – meeting next week – who is negotiating for board? Zukerman, Baruch, Vasquez (alternate)
  • Laminating & Poster Machines – Please do not change rolls – ask a trained person!
  • Vending machines – still waiting…
  • Water – still waiting…(bill was not paid)
  • No new business
  • Meeting adjourned – 8:25 – Motion: Colleen T. 2nd: Pam G.
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