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This tax credit will be calculated at a rate of 6.2 percent of earned income and will phase out for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross income in excess of $75,000, or $150,000 for married couples filing jointly.
For people who receive a paycheck and are subject to withholding, the credit will typically be handled by their employers through automated withholding changes in early spring.
These changes may result in an increase in take-home pay. The amount of the credit will be computed on the employee's 2009 income tax return filed in 2010. Taxpayers who do not have taxes withheld by an employer during the year can also claim the credit on their 2009 tax return.
It is not necessary to submit a Form W-4 to get the automatic withholding change. However, an employee with multiple jobs or a married couple whose combined income places it in a higher tax bracket should consult the IRS withholding calculator and, if necessary, submit a revised Form W-4 to ensure enough tax is withheld.
Publication 919 provides additional guidance for tax withholding including a special Making Work Pay worksheet.
Visit www.irs.gov .
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LAKE COUNTY – Lake County Wine Studio is hosting a wine tasting event with Cleavage Creek Cellars on Saturday, June 6, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Cleavage Creek Cellars is a producer of world-class wines and contributor of 10-percent of gross sales to fight breast cancer and fund research.
Since the time of Cleavage Creek Cellars’ first release of varietals in the autumn of 2007, a total of $55,800 has been contributed. Most recently, owner Budge Brown and Cleavage Creek made a major contribution to Bastyr University, a national leader in natural health arts and sciences education and research, for the establishment of the Integrative Oncology Research Clinic.
To date, Cleavage Creek has donated $30,000 to Bastyr University. With this grant from Cleavage Creek, the Bastyr University Integrative Oncology Research Clinic opened earlier this year on the University’s Kenmore, Washington campus. This outpatient facility provides state-of-the-science and state-of-the-art naturopathic and traditional Chinese medicine treatment and integrative management of cancer patients.
In January of this year, five of the varietals won medals at the S.F. Chronicle Wine Competition, and most recently, the 2007 Reserve Chardonnay earned a Gold Medal at the Lodi Wine Competition. Each bottle of Cleavage Creek wine honors a breast cancer survivor with their picture on the label and their story is told on the Cleavage Creek website www.CleavageCreek.com .
Lake County Wine Studio will be pouring a $10 sampler of the Cleavage Creek wines paired with appetizers. Cleavage Creek Cellars Merlot and the Merlot-Shiraz blend (a LCWS customer favorite!) will be offered for sale at 30 percent off. A portion of proceeds will be donated to the Cleavage Creek Cellars philanthropic fund.
Rolf Kriken, bronze memorial sculptor, is our featured artist for the months of June-August.
Kriken is intensely familiar with battles of another sobering kind, having served our country in the U.S. Army from 1962-1965. Resuming his education in 1965 and from 1973 actively working as an artist, sculptor and foundryman at the same time, Kriken graduated with his M.A. in Fine Arts in 1975.
Following a position as an instructor at the Richmond Art Center, Rolf became the director at the Berkeley Art Foundry. A career including more than 40 exhibitions, numerous private, state, city and federal commissions and lectures continues.
In 1979, Kriken established Nordhammer Foundry in Kelseyville. Kriken created the three-dimensional, life-size sculptures and did the bronze fabrication and art work for the California Vietnam Memorial in Sacramento, which was dedicated in 1988. While viewing his works may be personally difficult for some people, the intention is to raise consciousness, honor those who have served our country, promote discussion and education to prevent and bring an end to a devastating form of conflict resolution.
Another concurrent showing of some of his works will be available for viewing during the Moving Wall display at the Lake County Fairgrounds June 11 through 16. The wine studio is honored to show some of his fine thought-provoking works for a three-month run at the wine studio and to have Kriken present at the monthly reception events.
Lake County Wine Studio is located on the corner of First and Main Streets in historic Upper Lake, across from the famous Tallman Hotel and Blue Wing Saloon & Café.
To RSVP, or for more information, call Susan Feiler at 707-275-8030 or 707-293-8752.
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LOWER LAKE – Join Six Sigma Ranch & Winery on Saturday, June 6, for an afternoon of good food, good friends and good wine.
The winery will host a release part for two new wines – the 2007 Sauvignon Blanc Rooster Vineyard and the 2006 Tempranillo Diamond Mine Vineyards.
The event will take place from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the ranch, located at 13372 Spruce Grove Road, Lower Lake.
An RSVP is appreciated; call 707-994-4068.
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For customers equipped for HD viewing, the expanded line-up includes 20 channels added automatically to HD Family Cable at no added cost.
“High-definition is the most significant change in the viewing experience since a generation ago when color television replaced black and white,” said Shawn Swatosh Mediacom’s senior manager for area operations. “Mediacom made investments to improve the Clear Lake area system over the past six months, and the result is evident today with this almost unprecedented addition of 25 high-definition channels. We’re thrilled that we could make such a huge boost to give our customers a wide range of programming to enjoy with the brilliantly-rich quality of high-definition.”
The channel additions include 20 popular cable networks added automatically to Mediacom Family Cable, boosting the number of Family Cable channels available in high-definition from eight (8) to 28.
The five other additions are HD formats of premium channels such as HBO and Showtime, made available to customers whose video subscriptions include the standard versions of those movie and entertainment channels.
“This is a significant upgrade that puts Lake County at the leading edge of television,” Swatosh said. “It is part of Mediacom’s commitment to deliver advanced digital services to all communities we serve, regardless of their size or proximity. Our robust channel line-up offers consumers more programming choices than ever before.”
High-definition broadcasts for all local television stations and two ESPN sports networks were previously made available to Mediacom Family Cable subscribers. Some customers use HD televisions with built-in QAM tuners and can receive some HD channels without a cable box. To receive HD reception for most cable networks, customers must have an HD television connected to either a Mediacom HD cable box or cable card.
Mediacom HD channel additions for Clear Lake and Lake County:
827 – CNN HD
835 – TNT HD
836 – TBS HD
838 – USA HD
839 – Sci-Fi HD
840 – Universal HD
842 – Discovery HD
843 – TLC HD
844 – Animal Planet HD
847 – A&E HD
848 – History Channel HD
855 – CNBC HD
856 – Fox News HD
857 – HGTV HD
858 – Food Network HD
859 – Bravo HD
860 – FX HD
861 – Speed Channel HD
862 – Cartoon Network HD
863 – Lifetime HD
880 – HBO HD *
885 – Starz HD *
890 – Showtime HD *
892 – The Movie Channel HD *
899 – In Demand PPV HD *
* Separate from Family Cable; included in digital or premium packages.
Mediacom Communications is the nation's eighth largest cable television company and one of the leading cable operators focused on serving the smaller cities and towns in the United States. It offers a wide array of broadband products and services, including traditional video services, digital television, digital video recorders, high-definition television and high-speed Internet access.
For more information visit www.mediacomcc.com/home.html.
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