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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Janet Carleton | Digital Initiatives Coordinator | Ohio University Libraries | 1 Ohio University | Alden 322 | Athens, Ohio | 740.597.2527 |
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Kristen Chinery <kristen.chinery@wayne.edu> via [mailto:raac@forums.archivists.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 5, 2017 12:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Regional Archival Associations Consortium (RAAC) <raac@forums.archivists.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [raac] Fw: [NCHPolicyBoard] Fwd: Urge Congress to Save the Historic Tax Credit and Stop the Tuition Waiver Tax!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Hello RAAC Representativs,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We just received this from our NCH Policy Board Rep and were asked to forward to all of you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Kristen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Kristen Chinery<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Reference Archivist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Walter P. Reuther Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Wayne State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">313.577.8377<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:kristen.chinery@wayne.edu">kristen.chinery@wayne.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.reuther.wayne.edu">www.reuther.wayne.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Sent:
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<a href="mailto:NCHMembership@historycoalition.org">NCHMembership@historycoalition.org</a>; Callie Hopkins; Lee White; Seth Denbo; Stephanie Kingsley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Subject:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">[NCHPolicyBoard] Fwd: Urge Congress to Save the Historic Tax Credit and Stop the Tuition Waiver Tax!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The legislative alert below was just sent to our subscriber list. Please share this information ASAP with all of your members through your social media
and other channels, and urge them to contact Congress on these two vital issues! The conference committee negotiations over the tax bill are on a fast track so please expedite your alerts.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://historycoalition.org/2017/12/05/urge-congress-to-preserve-the-historic-tax-credit/" id="LPlnk540812">http://historycoalition.org/2017/12/05/urge-congress-to-preserve-the-historic-tax-credit/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Taxation of Graduate Student Tuition Waivers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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From: <b>National Coalition for History</b> <<a href="mailto:lwhite@historycoalition.org">lwhite@historycoalition.org</a>><br>
Date: Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 10:48 AM<br>
Subject: Urge Congress to Save the Historic Tax Credit and Stop the Tuition Waiver Tax!<br>
To: <a href="mailto:lwhite@historycoalition.org">lwhite@historycoalition.org</a><br>
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houses of Congress have now passed versions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The legislative process is not over as a House-Senate conference committee will need to reconcile the differences between the tax bills passed by each chamber.
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Urgent action is needed on two major issues in the bill that will impact our member organizations!</span></i></strong></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060;text-decoration:none"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p>
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</span><strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;text-decoration:none">Preserve the Historic Tax Credit</span></strong><span style="color:#606060;text-decoration:none"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#606060;text-decoration:none">After nearly forty years of demonstrated success, the federal
<strong><u><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#6DC6DD">Historic Tax Credit (HTC)</span></u></strong> was eliminated in the tax reform bill recently passed by the House of Representatives. The Senate-passed version of the bill includes a restored
20 percent historic tax credit (HTC) payable over five years. <strong><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u><span style="color:#6DC6DD;font-weight:normal">We need you to contact Congress NOW in support of the HTC!</span></u></span></i></strong></span><span style="color:#606060;text-decoration:none">
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060"><a href="https://historycoalition.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878&id=c1f63b8ef5&e=58a48c9e86" target="_blank"><span style="color:#606060;text-decoration:none">A House-Senate
conference committee will need to reconcile the differences between the tax bills passed by each chamber. There is tremendous pressure on the Republican leadership in Congress to get the final bill passed before Christmas. We expect House-Senate conferees
will be selected quickly and negotiations on the final conference report will be on a fast track.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;color:#606060;text-decoration:none"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060"><a href="https://historycoalition.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878&id=c1f63b8ef5&e=58a48c9e86" target="_blank"><span style="color:#606060;text-decoration:none">Our colleagues
at the National Trust for Historic Preservation have an <u><span style="color:#6DC6DD">online advocacy center</span></u> where you learn more about the issue and send messages to your Members of Congress in support of the Historic Tax Credit.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;color:#606060;text-decoration:none"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060"><a href="https://historycoalition.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878&id=c1f63b8ef5&e=58a48c9e86" target="_blank"><span style="color:#606060;text-decoration:none">Further
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060;text-decoration:none">The House version of the tax bill contains a provision that would make tuition waivers for graduate students subject to income tax, significantly
increasing the tax liability of hundreds of thousands of graduate students.<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> The Senate bill does not include that section.
<i><u><span style="color:#6DC6DD;font-weight:normal">It is imperative that we urge Members of Congress to reject the House provision in the final bill.</span></u></i></span></strong><br>
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Our colleagues at the National Humanities Alliance have issued a legislative alert concerning graduate student tuition waivers. Please
<u><span style="color:#6DC6DD">click here</span></u> to take action via their online advocacy center and encourage others to do so via social media. They have activated patch-thru calling in addition to automated email messages.<br>
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This is now a high-profile issue, with coverage in the <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u><span style="color:#6DC6DD">New York Times</span></u></span></em>, the <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u><span style="color:#6DC6DD">Washington
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legislators as possible hear from their constituents on this issue.</span><span style="color:#606060;text-decoration:none"><br>
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