FW: Advocacy Alert - H.R. 1212 Charitable Driving Tax Relief Act of 2013
Carrie Porter
Good morning – this advocacy alert is very timely to the discussion on the listserv is an advocacy alert from the Greater WI Agency on Aging Resources on this national issue related to volunteers. Please spread this far and wide to your national contacts. Rep. Petri of WI introduced a bill to make the charitable driving reimbursement rate equal to that of the IRS business rate. There is only one co-sponsor who signed on just yesterday and there needs to be more to move it from the Ways and Means Committee. Please take a minute to read below, forward the email and make a call. Let your representative know how important volunteers are to your program and to those it serves!
See attached Advocacy Alert – Co-sponsors needed for H.R. 1212: Charitable Driving Tax Relief Act of 2013. Contact your U.S. Representatives.
A complete list of contact information for the Wisconsin Members of Congress is attached for your convenience.
Links to additional resources provided by Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) can be found below.
Resources:
A sample phone script regarding H.R. 1212: http://www.mowaa.org/document.doc?id=561
The Association’s letter of support that was sent in May: http://www.mowaa.org/document.doc?id=560
The bill text: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr1212ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr1212ih.pdf.
Congressman Petri’s March 2013 Press Release: http://petri.house.gov/tax-code-should-more-fairly-reimburse-volunteers.
August 2013 article which appeared in the Chronicle of Philanthropy: http://petri.house.gov/tax-code-should-more-fairly-reimburse-volunteers.
Thank you in advance for taking action to support this important legislation.
Janet
Janet L. Zander, CSW, MPA
Advocacy & Public Policy Coordinator
Greater WI Agency on Aging Resources, Inc.
Elder Law & Advocacy Center
1414 MacArthur Rd., Suite 306
Madison, WI 53714
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