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Tax students
Clackamas Community College students
had the highest passing rate in the state for
the Oregon State Tax Preparer Examination
given in December.
CCC students competed against other
students from 10 community colleges, eight
state colleges, four private schools, two
correspondence schools and two company
schools. They had an 89 per cent pass rate
with 17 of the 19 students completing the
state exam successfully.
All CCC students taking the test had
completed a basic course in income tax
taught by Donna Young, manager of Scheer
and Stewart Licensed Tax Consultants. The
class is part of the college's job skill im
provement program and will be offered
again next fall with other classes and semi
nars for tax preparers.
Aid deadline
Ron Hoodye, financial aides specialist,
reminds students that the deadline is ap
proaching for students to mail in financial
aide forms.
March 15 is the last day that students
may apply for a Basic Educational Grant
(BEOG). This grant will apply to the 1976-
77 school year.
The returned application, if the student
is accepted, should be brought in to the
financial aid office no later than May 30.
Forms turned in after that date will not be
considered.
Education bill
A bill designed to provide a tax incen
tive for peoole to save for the future costs
of their education was recently introduced
in the Oregon Legislature.
The bill, Senate Bill 636, grants a tax
credit of 20 per cent of up to $250 of
of funds deposited in "an educational savings
plan." It is intended to counteract the dis
couragement to such saving which results
from present financial aid requirements and
also to help middle income students and
parents.
In the event that such funds are not used
for education costs, the bill provides for a
tax penalty equal to the credit received.
The program also terminates when the stu
dent reaches 25 years of age or enrolls in a
For more information on this bill, con
tact Kirby Garrett, Oregon Student Lobby,
528 Cottage Street, N.E., Salem, 378-4966.
on Thursday, March 10, fromlti
The program is part of the Focus«
series and will be held in the Cog
Center building, room 117.
Waste water
Led by Clackamas Community
business education instructor Joan
mann, the workshop for women«|
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past.
Some 200 wastewater system employes
from throughout the state are expected to
attend a regional wastewater short course to
be offered at Clackamas Community Col
lege, March 23, 24 and 25.
The course, being held in conjunction
with a meeting of the Northwest Oregon
Operators Section of the Pacific Northwest
Pollution Control Association, is designed
to provide upgraded training for wastewater
plant managers, operators, maintenance per
sonne1 and collection system personnel.
Pre-registration is now open and regis-
stration will be accepted on the first day of
the course which begins at noon in Randall
Hall.
Information is available from Jim Bark
men, 656-2631, ext. 307 or 659-3428; or
from Clarence Ortman, 648-0821, ext. 229.
June Thompson, Pacific North«
executive, will join Wiechmanninth
shop as featured speaker.
Book buy-back
The Clackamas Community Colli
store buy-back will begin Monm
14 and continue through finals J
spring vacation for students waul
funds for winter textbooks.
Doug Shannon, CCC bookstore!
Tax laws
said some textbooks required fra
term should be available in em
A new change in tax laws, retroactive to
Jan. 1, 1976, does away with the tax bene
fit allowing an individual to exclude a cer-
tain amount of sick pay from taxes each
year.
This exclusion is now only allowed for
persons under age 65 who retire with a
permanent disability. Such an individual
can exclude from taxation up to $5,200
a year of disability income.
However, contributions made during 1976
to a political candidate or campaign com
mittee may qualify for a tax deduction or
tax credit.
To qualify, the contribution must have
been used for political activities directly
related to a campaign of an announced
candidate.
For further information on these, and
other tax laws, contact the local Internal
Revenue Service office, 221-3960.
Women management
How can a woman move up the manage
ment ladder, and what does it take to get
on the ladder in the first place?
These and other questions will be an
swered in the "Women in Management"
workshop at Clackamas Community College
post-secondary institution.
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