4/20/11: NTEU has launched an effort to obtain a mid-year increase in the mileage deduction for business-related travel to account for rising fuel prices. While it is unusual to have a mid-year adjustment, the Union will press the point that we are in unusual circumstances and that the current allowable level is inadequate for business and for government employees who use their vehicles for work. Very clear facts back us up on this. 

As part of our effort, NTEU National President Colleen Kelley has written this letter to IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, who in his policy capacity has the authority to make a mid-year adjustment in the mileage reimbursement rate. In 2005, then Commissioner Everson honored President Kelley's request to make a mid-year adjustment in the mileage reimbursement rate, and NTEU is hoping for a positive response from Commissioner Shulman.