Employees should follow the USPS ethics guidelines on outside activities

Posted on April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 by 21cpw

April 3, 2024 USPS wants employees to remember that there are rules for engaging in outside activities that conflict, or appear to conflict, with their official Postal Service duties. Under the USPS Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct, employees: • May not work in any capacity for an entity that delivers matter that could otherwise be…

Ensuring Timely Filing With Private Delivery Services

Posted on June 4, 2014June 4, 2014 by 21cpw

Most of us are aware of the timely-mailed-timely-filed “mailbox rule” contained within the Internal Revenue Code. Most of us are probably also aware that a document mailed with a private delivery service may also qualify for the rule. However, as illustrated by the U.S. Tax Court’s recent decision in Sanders v. Commissioner, there are important…