(Washington, DC) The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) is pleased to announce that it has become an official partner of Simplify, a national initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The NGLCC has partnered with the Simplify campaign to communicate to its small business membership the benefits of paying federal taxes electronically through the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS).
“The NGLCC’s partnership with the U.S. Treasury Department represents a unique opportunity for our organization to help our members stay competitive in today’s increasingly electronic marketplace,” said NGLCC Co-Founder and President Justin G. Nelson. Nelson further stated, “EFTPS simplifies the federal tax payment process and allows members to invest their time where it counts—building their businesses”. NGLCC members can use EFTPS to make federal tax payments in fewer than 3 minutes and spend less time out of the office. Also, EFTPS protects taxpayer privacy by requiring unique pieces of information about each taxpayer only known to him or her.
The NGLCC first shared the Simplify campaign with its regional chamber affiliate leadership in April at the NGLCC’s Midwest LGBT business conference in Minneapolis. Over the next several months, the NGLCC will be working with the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Simplify campaign to educate businesses about the benefits of EFTPS through in-person seminars, webinars, and member communications.
Since its inception in 1996, EFTPS has processed more than 532 million transactions and $12.7 trillion in payments. All federal tax payments, including corporate, excise and employment taxes as well as 1040 quarterly estimated tax payments, can be made through EFTPS through a variety of methods, including the Internet and a telephone voice-response system. The NGLCC hopes its members will use EFTPS in order to have greater accuracy, security and convenience when making federal tax payments.
About the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce is the largest LGBT business development and economic advocacy organization in the world. The NGLCC represents the interests of more than 800,000 LGBT businesses and entrepreneurs and is committed to forming a broad-based coalition of LGBT owned and friendly businesses, professionals, and students of business for the purpose of promoting economic growth and the prosperity of its members.
About Simplify
Simplify is the U.S. Department of the Treasury's national public information campaign designed to encourage tax preparers and small businesses to pay federal taxes electronically through the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS). EFTPS is a free service from Treasury that allows tax preparers, small businesses and individuals to pay all federal taxes electronically. To learn more about the Simplify campaign, visit www.simplifyeftps.org, and to enroll in EFTPS, log on to www.eftps.gov.
