CLEVELAND, February 18 — Internal Revenue Service regulations require the BLET National Division to inform its members that a certain portion of your National Division dues are not tax deductible as a miscellaneous itemized deduction on your personal tax returns.
According to the National Secretary-Treasurer’s office, the portion of the National Division dues that is not subject to deduction as an Itemized Deduction on a Form 1040 tax return is 13 percent for 2009.
The 13 percent reflects expenses associated with political lobbying efforts by the BLET, which are not tax deductible.
The non-chargeable expenses reported on the union’s Dues Objector Report provides the basis for dues not subject to deduction.