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5 Things You Need to Know this Week
Advancing our community together, from students to Tribal Leaders.
Monday, August 19, 2024
Source: NAFOA
1. CONFERENCE:
OVERFLOW HOTEL OPTIONS FOR #NAFOAFALL24
A few rooms remain in the conference hotel room block at the Hilton San Diego Bayside. We encourage you to check back periodically, as availability fluctuates with attendee cancellations.
Overflow Hotel OptionNAFOA has secured a limited number of overflow hotel rooms at the Wyndham San Diego Bayside. You can reserve your room at the group rate of $349. ADDITIONAL OVERFLOW HOTEL
NAFOA has arranged another overflow room block at the Courtyard San Diego Old Town, located 6 miles from the Hilton Bayside. You can reserve your room at the group rate of $194. Visit the Conference Site
2. WEBINAR:
TRIBAL TAX WEBINAR SERIES PART 3 ON TUESDAY AUGUST 20TH
On Tuesday, August 20th at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, NAFOA will host the final part of the Tribal Tax Bill webinar series covering Sections 8, 10, 11, 12, and 13 of H.R.8318, the Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act.
Section 8: Creation of New Markets Tax Credit for tribal statistical areas. This section creates an annual $175 million New Markets Tax Credit for low-income Tribal communities and for projects that serve or employ Tribe members. NMTC Program attracts private capital to economically distressed communities by providing tax credits to investors. This section addresses the low rate of NMTC deployment in Indian Country through a credit set-aside.
Section 10: Clarification that Tribal General Welfare Benefits are not unfairly categorized as income related to Supplemental Social Income eligibility or benefit amounts. The Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act (TGWEA) excludes from gross income and resources, for income tax purposes, the value of a tribal general welfare benefit. This section excludes these benefits from Supplemental Social Income eligibility and benefit amount determinations.
Section 11: Modification and Extension of Indian employment tax credit. The section extends and updates the expired Indian Employment Tax Credit, a credit for employers who hire Tribal members or their spouses who work on a reservation and live on or near a reservation. This credit is important to addressing high unemployment rates on many Tribal Nations and supporting tribal communities and businesses. The section increases the wage amount an employer can offset from $20,000 to $30,000 and simplifies the credit formula.
Section 12 and Section 13: Exclusion from gross income for payments under Indian health service loan repayment program and Indian health professions scholarships program. These sections make health professionals at the Indian Health Service eligible for recruitment and retention tax incentives available to other public sector health professionals.
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3. STUDENTS:
MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW CAREER PREP APPLICATION IS NOW OPEN
MLT’s Career Prep (CP) program provides Fellows with a winning professional playbook, 20 months of programming, which includes personalized coaching, and an accelerating network of 10,000 MLT Rising Leaders.
The CP program provides emerging student leaders who have experienced inequity, including Black, Latine, Native American, and other students with personalized effective tools, and a powerful professional network to secure highly competitive internships and early career opportunities in consulting, tech, finance, and more.
Career Prep Eligibility
- U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident (includes DACA participants)
- Graduating Fall 2026, Spring 2027, Summer 2027 (July and August)
- Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
- Earning a bachelor’s degree in a four-year accredited college/university
- Demonstrated commitment to MLT’s mission to close the racial wealth gap
- Lived experience with inequitable access to career accelerating resources
4. TAX:
FREE TAX PREPARATION PROGRAMS VIRTUAL WORKSHOP FOR INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS OFFERED THROUGH MICROSOFT TEAMS
You’re invited to join us for a free workshop offered by the Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Indian Tribal Governments and Stakeholder Partnerships, Education and Communication. The workshop will provide an overview of the free tax preparation programs – the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) programs.
The workshop will provide basic information on how local tribal communities can create their own free tax preparation sites to serve their local community. It will also include information on grant opportunities offered by the Internal Revenue Service to support local free tax preparation activity.
Note: No registration is required for this event. When it is time to join, just click the link or call in.
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 04, 2024, 1:00 p.m. Eastern time – 3:00 p.m. ET
Join on your computer or mobile app: Click here to join the workshop>
Call in (audio only): +1 737-253-8186, Phone Conference ID: 188 938 028#
Questions emailed to TEGE.outreach@IRS.gov with the subject line “Pre-submitted questions for the “ITG SPEC VITA Symposium” will be answered as time permits.
Source: Internal Revenue Service
Join on September 4
5. JOBS:
FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, NAVAJO NATION JUDICIAL BRANCH
Under the direction of the Administrative Director of the Courts, performs professional and managerial work related to supervision and oversight of all aspects of the financial, procurement, and budget functions of the Judicial Branch ensuring accuracy and completeness of data. Manages and oversees the Judicial Branch’s financial support systems and services, develops and justifies budget requirements, executes approved budgets, analyzes financial data to forecast Judicial Branch fiscal needs, ensures proper maintenance of all court and program accounting records, oversees the performance of day-to-day management issues and financial projects, and develops and implements policies and procedures, and programs for compliance with appropriate statutory, rules, guidelines, policies and approved internal controls including procurement, financial, and budget management consistent with Navajo Nation laws, policies and procedures and Judicial Branch policies and procedures.
Learn More & Apply at nafoa.org/jobs
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