APWU Urges House To Extend ‘Tax Holiday’ To CSRS Employees

APWU President Cliff Guffey has sent a letter to members of the House of Representatives urging them to extend a proposed 2 percent “payroll tax holiday” to postal workers and other federal employees who are covered by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). Congress is currently considering a 2 percent payroll tax cut for postal and federal employees who contribute to Social Security, which includes workers in the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).

Extending the 2 percent tax holiday to CSRS employees is a matter of equity, the union president said. “A necessary adjustment that treats senior postal and federal workers enrolled in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) equitably with those enrolled in the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) is urgently needed,” he wrote.