Idaho State Seal
The Office of the Governor

Executive Department
State of Idaho

The Office of the Governor
Proclamation

State Capitol
Boise

 

        WHEREAS, the American Payroll Association joins countless payroll professionals throughout the State of Idaho in observing National Payroll Week, September 4th through the 8th, 2006; and

        WHEREAS this awareness campaign is designed to help worker in America better understand issues related to our payroll and tax systems, as well as to educate payroll professionals and employers about important payroll-related and compliance issues; and

        WHEREAS, payroll professionals in Idaho play a key role in maintaining our state’s economic health, carrying out such diverse tasks as paying into the unemployment insurance system, providing information for child support enforcement and carrying out tax withholding, reporting and depositing; and

        WHEREAS, payroll departments nationwide collect more than $1.4 trillion annually complying with myriad federal, state and local wage tax laws; and

        WHEREAS, these funds to toward supporting important civic projects, including roads, schools and parks in communities across Idaho; and

        WHEREAS, these dedicated professionals continually strive to meet the highest standards toward improving compliance with government procedures, reducing costs and improving the overall payroll process in Idaho; and

        NOW THEREFORE, I, JAMES E. RISCH, Governor of the State of Idaho do hereby declare September 4th through the 8th, 2006, to be

PAYROLL WEEK

in the State of Idaho, and urge everyone in Idaho to reflect on the important work done by payroll professionals statewide.

Gold State SealIN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this 16th day of August in the year of our Lord two thousand and six and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-first and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred seventeenth.


JAMES E. RISCH
GOVERNOR

Ben Ysursa Signature
BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE

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