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A Call to Action:
- Did you know…Domestic Partner benefits are taxed as income?
- Did you know…You could do something about changing this?
Learn what is being done to eliminate the inequitable federal
taxation that employees must pay on their domestic partner benefits. For
employees, this can amount to as much as $3,000 $6,000 each year.
Find out how to get your company involved in the
Business Coalition for Benefits Tax Equity,
along with A.H. Wilder Foundation, Ameriprise Financial, BlueCross
BlueShield of Minnesota, Best Buy and General Mills, four Minnesota
organizations who have already joined. The
Benefits Coalition for Benefits Tax Equity is a group of employers that
support eliminating the federal tax inequities that result when they
offer health-care coverage to the domestic partners of their employees.
The
Domestic Partner Health Benefits Equity Act would eliminate these
federal taxes. The Act was introduced to Congress once already and will
be re-introduced in the early part of 2007.
More Information.
Click here for
information on how you can get involved and present the issues to your
own employer regarding federal tax parity.
"I just want to say 'thanks' to OutFront Minnesota for the domestic
partnership benefits information that you provide on your website. When
I started a new job recently, I discovered that my employer did not
offer benefits to domestic partners. I went to the OutFront website to
gather information on how I might best make a case for changing this
policy. I wrote a memo using some of the discussion points made on your
website and attached printouts of the Twin Cities employer list and some
of the other information sheets that you provide. Apparently, that did
the trick because my employer has now expanded their benefits policies
to include domestic partners. Thanks again to everyone at OutFront for
all the good work you do. It is truly appreciated!" ~Aaron Black
Frequently asked questions about providing domestic partner
benefits. A short and easy-to-read review prepared by the Williams
Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at the UCLA School
of Law.
The Workplace Alliance is an Association of Minnesota Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender & Allied Employee Networks. For more information
on the Workplace Alliance, visit the WPA homepage.
PRIDE (People Respecting Individual Differences Equally) is an
Employee Resource Group at Best Buy. If you have any questions, please
email Pride@bestbuy.com.
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