[Osta-board] Is OSTA being scammed?

Mon Jun 1 15:57:59 PDT 2015

Hello Sue,

    So ADP is not the Armenian Disposable People or some scammer out of
Texas.   ADP stands for the Automatic Data Processing, Inc.  a company our
of New Jersey that does processing of payrolls.

    A couple of questions still lurk regarding those ADP entries on the
Chase Statements.  I guess the first one would be why do they say "ADP
TX/Fincl Svc ADP -" if the ADP company is in New Jersey not TX (Texas) ?

   Another would be why, on O4/01 there are two from ADP TX following the
grant payment to you (Federal and state taxes?) when the electronic
transfer of grant funds to you was from Chase Quickpay and not from the ADP
TX payroll people.

   The two 4/29 ADP TX entries are also confusing as Alfonso only got paid
$95.75 for ? on the 27th.   Nichole received $925 on the 17th, but the $313
and 127 ADP Tax withdrawals seem awfully high for Fed and state withholding
taxes on just $900.

   ADP TX withdrawals on 3/05 give no clue as what or why they are there.
Who authorized ADP to take money out of the OSTA account?   Kristy was
elected as the treasurer.  Nichole Mathes was hired by you and Lori but she
is in Tigard.  How did an outfit in Texas get  access to the OSTA bank
account and how are they able to make what appears to be random and strange
withdrawals of OSTA funds.

   Sue, OSTA never paid withholding taxes in the past.  Carolyn was the
comptroller for Heidi Keller's huge MSEF grant.  She never paid anything to
the tax people, state or federal.   She also wrote all of those checks for
attendees to the MSEF grant workshops and never listed getting paid
anything by OSTA for doing that.

   I'm sorry that you didn't get time on Saturday to explain the stuff on
those Chase statements.  I suppose that is why board meetings need to be
held in person, where board member has a chance to contribute and the
meeting is not limited by the electronic confines and online time
constraints.

 Bradford should be able to make some time on the retreat agenda to get
everything resolved.

      Thank you for all that you do for science teachers!    Peace and
friendship,   Bernie

On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Lori Lancaster <lancaster.ld at gmail.com>
wrote:

> *From:* Susan McWilliams <smcw at me.com>
>
> *Date:* May 30, 2015 at 10:35:34 PM PDT
>
> *To:* Bernie Carlsen <bcarlsen at reed.edu>
>
> *Cc:* "OSTA Board (via Google Drive)" <ostaboard at gmail.com>, OSTA <
> osta-board at peak.org>
>
> *Subject:* *Re: [Osta-board] Is OSTA being scammed?*
>
>
> Bernie-
>
>
> FYi-
>
>
> I will get a detailed explanation for you and the board ASAP about the
> amounts.  But for now- this is not scam.  When someone- like Lori is on
> payroll, the organization withholds taxes from her salary and makes
> payments for her. We (OSTA) are not being taxed.  This has nothing to do
> with the Dept. of Justice or IRS. This is Oregon state taxes that Lori is
> paying.  If you would like to read about ADP and their payroll services, go
> to adp.com.
>
>
>
> On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 8:57 PM, Bernie Carlsen <bcarlsen at reed.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lori,
>>
>>       Thank you for posting the financial reports for the board meeting.
>>
>>       While Sue was explaining the payroll taxes and payroll fees on her
>> budget,  the $545 number seemed high for a salary of just $3630.   Then,
>> when you look at the Chase Bank statement, the tax entries are
>> extraordinary high.  On the April statement, there are four of them
>> totaling $820 !  On the March statement, another two of them total $642 !
>> Way more than the amounts in the budget.
>>
>>        The "payroll fees" are also puzzling.  OSTA never paid anybody $50
>> to write a check, no matter how big the check may have been.
>>
>>      Who is ADP TX/Fincl Svc ?    These are automatic electronic
>> withdrawals and the numbers are random as well.  What triggers these
>> taxes?  The term "Tax" may be what is most confusing because these
>> withdrawals do not appear to be connected to any government entity.  ie OR
>> Dept of Justice or the IRS withholding system.
>>
>>      If $1462 has been taken out in "taxes" in just March and April, how
>> much has been taken out in previous months and where did it go?   OSTA was
>> a nonprofit professional organization and never paid income taxes in the
>> past.
>>
>>      If it is a scam, this should be solved asap!
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 4:16 PM, OSTA Board (via Google Drive) <
>> ostaboard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> OSTA Board <ostaboard at gmail.com> has invited you to *view* the
>>> following shared folder:
>>> Financial Reports May 2015
>>> <https://drive.google.com/a/peak.org/folderview?id=0ByMc2ZZ9qiCVfjVldldoY21PLTF0WWgzZkZsNnhtQjI0S3htWkk2MXRLWXFVR0NKQVpkQzg&usp=sharing_eid>
>>> [image: Sender's profile photo]Here is a folder within the Reports for
>>> 2015 folder with May Financials for your review.
>>> Open
>>> <https://drive.google.com/a/peak.org/folderview?id=0ByMc2ZZ9qiCVfjVldldoY21PLTF0WWgzZkZsNnhtQjI0S3htWkk2MXRLWXFVR0NKQVpkQzg&usp=sharing_eid>
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