Clan Stewart Society in America, Inc.
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2012 NEW
2nd Best Clan Tent at the Sarasota Highland Games and
Celtic Festival
in Srasota, FL, on February 4, 2012 Some pictures on the Region III page, but check their Facebook page for full details! http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Clan-Stewart-Society-in-America-Florida-Chapter/212864335589 (try pasting this link or use your Facebook account) |
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NEW AWARDS: For
the 2nd Year in-a-row: (2011 and 2010)
Best Clan Tent, Appalachian CLetic Festival & Highland Games, Ringgold, GA Congratulations to Curtis Hixon and crew*. See Region 3 page for details * survived Tug-of-War |
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NEW AWARD: 2nd
Place Best Clan Tent
Taste of Scotland, Franklin, GA, June 2011 Congratulations to Curtis and Genie Hixon. See Region 3 page for details |
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NEW AWARD: Best
Clan Tent, 2011 at Texas Festival
Congrats to Ken. See Region VII web page for photos and story. |
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NEW AWARD: 2nd
Best Clan Tent, 2011 at NE Florida Games
See Region III web page and Facebook for more details and photos. |
In Memoriam: Don Livingston, CSSA Founding Father
From its beginning at Grandfather Mountain Games in 1975 with ten founding members, Clan Stewart has grown to an international organization with members in a number of countries worldwide. There is no hereditary chief to whom Stewarts offer allegiance, we do however, maintain cordial and effective relations with our sister organization, The Stewart Society in Edinburgh, Scotland.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact information for ALL our officers, board members, Regional High Commissioners and State commissioners are on the relavent pages of this website. We welcome hearing from you and revell in suggestion by our members. Here is a quick summary of where to find email, address, and phone information:
- National Officers: Use the "Officers" button above. All officers (and board members can be addrressed by their postion, e.g. "president" or "regionhc7" at clansstewart.org (@clansstewart.org)
- Regional and State Commisoners: Use the "Regions" button and navigate to the desired Region page
- Newsletter: The "Newsletter" button takes you to the page with Nancy's email and tells you how to get you newletter electronically (faster and it is great)
- The Web Master for CSSA: is "webmaster" at the same "clansstewart.org" (@clansstewart.org). [I tell it to you this way to avoid excess spam from website trolling programs.]
Please note: Our site addresses include 2 "s" in the name. Clans and Stewart combined!. (clansstewart). It is not the webmaster's bad typing or spelling (although, a lot of errors can be blamed on that). Let us hear from you!
President Fred Stewart presents a award to Paul Carl
for his database work. The award was presented at the Texas Scottish Games
in June, 2010. Kevin and Nancy Stewart were able to come down from Pennsylvania
for the presentation.
Mileage deduction for volunteer expenses. The following was provided by Alvin E. Stewart, a past president, on july 27, 2011.
Subject: IRS Increases Mileage Rate to 55.5 Cents per Mile
Hello,
Following is more detail regarding the IRS mileage reimbursement rate
increase:
IRS Increases Mileage Rate to 55.5 Cents per Mile
IR-2011-69, June 23, 2011
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced an increase in the optional standard mileage rates for the final six months of 2011. Taxpayers may use the optional standard rates to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business and other purposes.
The rate will increase to 55.5 cents a mile for all business miles driven from July 1, 2011, through Dec. 31, 2011. This is an increase of 4.5 cents from the 51 cent rate in effect for the first six months of 2011, as set forth in Revenue Procedure 2010-51.
In recognition of recent gasoline price increases, the IRS made this special adjustment for the final months of 2011. The IRS normally updates the mileage rates once a year in the fall for the next calendar year.
"This year's increased gas prices are having a major impact on individual Americans. The IRS is adjusting the standard mileage rates to better reflect the recent increase in gas prices," said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. "We are taking this step so the reimbursement rate will be fair to taxpayers."
While gasoline is a significant factor in the mileage figure, other items enter into the calculation of mileage rates, such as depreciation and insurance and other fixed and variable costs.
The optional business standard mileage rate is used to compute the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business use in lieu of tracking actual costs. This rate is also used as a benchmark by the federal government and many businesses to reimburse their employees for mileage.
The new six-month rate for computing deductible medical or moving expenses will also increase by 4.5 cents to 23.5 cents a mile, up from 19 cents for the first six months of 2011. The rate for providing services for charitable organizations is set by statute, not the IRS, and remains at 14 cents a mile.
The new rates are contained in Announcement 2011-40<http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/a-11-40.pdf> on the optional standard mileage rates.
Taxpayers always have the option of calculating the actual costs of using their vehicle rather than using the standard mileage rates.
Mileage Rates (centsw/mile)
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Purpose
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Business
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Medical/Moving
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Charitable
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Rates 1/1 through 6/30/11
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51
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19
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14
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Rates 7/1 through 12/31/11
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55.5
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23.5
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14
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