Heads up from NEA member benefits

NEA Today, Feb 2001

The NEA Magazine Service offers seven payment options for subscriptions, including a three-month interest-free billing plan.

The available magazine selections range from popular news magazines to niche publications that focus on hobbies. More than 500 titles are available, including periodicals that cover fitness, gardening, travel, sailing, music, hunting, environment, decorating, and more.

When you move, you can call the NEA Magazine Service to change your address for all of your subscriptions, even if they were not purchased through the NEA program.

In addition, current sub-, scriptions to magazines can be renewed through the NEA Magazine Service.

A toll-free service at 1-800YOUR MAG is available 24 hours a day to answer NEA member questions and to place orders. Members can also place orders online at www.neamb.com in the Spacial Discount Programs section of the NEA Member Benefits Web site.

Member education guidebooks, including background information on the most recent set of federal tax law changes, are now available online via the NEA Member Benefits Web site.

Understanding the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 can be found under the "Life Plan. ning" section of the Web site at www.neamb.com. This guide offers taxpayer information based on member profiles in three age brackets: 21 to 35, 36 to 49, and 50 and over.

Information on the Education IRA, Lifetime Learning Credit, and HOPE Scholarship Credit is also covered in these guides.