Trevor, Dan and I have spent the late morning and early afternoon speaking with John Forbeck (Supt. of HR) and Darlene Steele about the pay stub income tax issues.
From their investigation, as the calls started to roll in from all corners yesterday, they have assured us of the following:
That from January 2010 - May 2010 we were effectively taxed less than for the same period than last or previous years under the old payroll program. Under the old program, someone manually entered the tax rate to equalize the amounts deducted. Under the new program, payroll personnel allowed the new software to generate appropriate tax divisions, by pay, according to the tax code.
As such (for example) if one checked their pay from February of 2009 and compared it February of 2010, you would notice that you probably paid anywhere from $100-$250 less in income tax than February 2009.
With less deductions from January to June, the new software made up for the discrepancy by a higher than usual tax rate to balance it out. The board has said they would provide us with a 2009 and 2010 June pay statement from a Cat4 Max teacher with no additional allowances. The year-to-date gross and year-to-date Income Tax should be very close after taking into consideration our three percent raise.
We look forward to providing everyone with this evidence on Monday, but would encourage you to check yourselves if you have a June 2009 pay statement that can be compared to the year-to-date totals on your 2010 electronic pay statement. Please let us know, if after our 3% raise and no additional allowances, if the board's claims are not true in your case.
All this said, the board is exploring strategies to address the greater than anticipated tax deduction in June 2010. We have recommended a possible deferral of this larger than expected tax deduction which could be reclaimed by the board from September to December of 2010.
We hope to have this resolved by June 30th at the latest.
Regards,
Anthony Marco
TBU Acting President
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