【《We Chinese in America》Media Editor Tang Zhao, August 22, 2022】Jay Chen is a proud Chinese and Taiwanese American and a Democratic candidate for Congress in California’s 45th District. He is one of the few Chinese immigrants who is courageous enough to choose the political path to represent Chinese and Asian in California. (Jay Chen. Photo credit: ballotpedia.org)

But who is he, anyway? Jay is the son of Taiwanese immigrants who grew up in Southern California, attended local public schools, and graduated with honors from Harvard. Jay has served in local office since 2007 and is deeply dedicated to improving educational opportunities as an elected official. He was recently re-elected to his second term on the Board of Trustees for Mt. San Antonio Community College. Prior to Mt. SAC, Jay served 8 years on the Board of Education for Hacienda La Puente Unified School District, the largest district in the San Gabriel Valley and the district he attended and was twice elected Board President.

Jay serves as a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy Reserves and holds a Top Secret-SCI clearance as an intelligence officer. Last year, Jay was mobilized to the Middle East to support Operation Inherent Resolve, the campaign to defeat ISIS. After Harvard, Jay attended Peking University in Beijing, worked extensively in Latin America, and was honored as a Marshall Memorial Fellow and a member of the Truman National Security Project. Clearly, these experiences have helped him develop an informed and nuanced global perspective, as well as a demonstrated dedication to serving his country and his community at every opportunity.

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【《We Chinese in America》Media Editor Tang Zhao, August 20, 2022】As an ongoing effort to enhance our valuable service to We Chinese in America website readers, We Chinese in America website posts English and Chinese versions of “IRS News Release” ， “IRS Fact Sheets”， and “tax tips” directly received from IRS Media Relations Office in Washington, D.C.. We are pleased to take on this important role partnering with IRS to better inform the public.

IRS adds new information in traditional Chinese to help with tax authorizations, part of growing multilingual effort to support taxpayers and help tax pros, third-party designees

IR-2022-152, Aug. 17, 2022

WASHINGTON — As part of a larger effort to expand tax resources in more languages, the Internal Revenue Service announced today the addition of a translation of the Instructions for Form 8821, Tax Information Authorization, in traditional Chinese.

A Tax Information Authorization (TIA) is a critical form often used in assisting taxpayers with their IRS tax matters. Form 8821 is a taxpayer's written authorization designating one or more third parties, including an entity, to receive and view the taxpayer's information.

The designee(s) may inspect or receive confidential tax information for the tax matters, forms and periods specified on Form 8821. This authorization includes the right to receive verbal and written account information (e.g., transcripts) and copies of IRS notices. The designee(s) of a TIA can be anyone the taxpayer chooses, including family and friends.

Form 8821 and its instructions were already available in English and Spanish; also making the instructions available in traditional Chinese will expand access and understanding of this important process.

“This is another step we’ve taken in our ongoing efforts to do more to help taxpayers in their most comfortable language,” said IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig. “Providing Chinese-language instructions for this form helps ensure additional taxpayers with limited English proficiency can understand the authorization they’re giving to those who are helping them with tax matters.”

While Form 8821 is not yet available in traditional Chinese, the Instructions for Form 8821 (zh-t) in traditional Chinese joins other multilingual forms and publications available to assist tax professionals and third-party designees:

• Form 8821, Tax Information Authorization (Spanish)
• Instructions for Form 8821, Tax Information Authorization (Spanish)
• Form 2848, Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative (Spanish)
• Instructions for Form 2848, Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative (Spanish)
• Publication 947, Practice Before the IRS and Power of Attorney (Spanish)
• Publication 947, Practice Before the IRS and Power of Attorney (Simplified Chinese)
• Publication 947, Practice Before the IRS and Power of Attorney (Korean)
• Publication 947, Practice Before the IRS and Power of Attorney (Russian)
• Publication 947, Practice Before the IRS and Power of Attorney (Vietnamese)
• Circular 230, Regulations Governing Practice before the Internal Revenue Service (Spanish)

Most tax professionals now use the online Tax Pro Account at IRS.gov/TaxProAccount. Tax Pro Account allows for faster processing of certain Form 8821 authorizations versus filing Form 8821; most online requests record immediately to the Centralized Authorization File (CAF). See the Instructions for Form 8821 for details.

Increasing the availability of services and tax products that are easy to use and support the needs of all communities is part of the IRS’s recently released new five-year Strategic Plan that outlines the agency’s goals to improve taxpayer service and tax administration. Information about IRS services available in languages other than English is available at IRS.gov/MyLanguage.

IRS multilingual resources

The IRS also has a Languages webpage available in 20 languages to help taxpayers find basic tax information. Some of the multilingual resources include the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, e-file resources and many tax forms and publications. Other available multilingual resources include:

• Interpreter services. Taxpayers can access interpreters in more than 350 languages when interacting face-to-face or over the phone with IRS employees.
• The Let Us Help You page is available in seven languages.
• Latest tax news and information in seven languages through the agency’s official Twitter account @IRSnews.
• Help for taxpayers and tax professionals: Tax season alerts and planning ahead for 2023. This special page, available in seven languages on IRS.gov, includes the latest filing season updates and details of the agency's ongoing efforts to address the inventory of previously filed tax returns.

• Online tools that provide step-by-step instructions in various languages:
  • Where's My Refund?
  • Make a payment.
  • Get transcript.

Alternative media resources for blind, sight-impaired individuals

The IRS recently announced that the agency’s Alternative Media Center (AMC) is converting IRS Form 1040, its main schedules and six publications in Spanish Braille and large print. Taxpayers can download forms and instructions from the Accessible Forms and Publications page of IRS.gov or request copies by going to IRS.gov/OrderForms or calling 800-829-3676.

If a taxpayer has questions about IRS accessibility services, they can contact the Accessibility Helpline at 833-690-0598. This helpline does not have access to taxpayers' IRS accounts. For help with tax law, refunds or other account-related issues, visit the Let Us Help You page on IRS.gov.

Source: IRS News Release

Internal Resource Service

Media Relation Office

Washington, D. C

Media Contact: 202 317 4000

Public Contact: 800 829 1040

www.IRS.GOV/NewsRoom

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【《We Chinese in America》Media Editor Tang Zhao, August 21, 2022】As a continuous effort to enhance our valuable service to We Chinese in America website readers, We Chinese in America website posts US Army recruitment information directly received from the US Army Recruiting Command headquarter office at Fort Knox, Kentucky. We are pleased to take on this important role partnering with US Army Recruiting Command (USREC) and be a part of the USREC’s Partnership Outreach Program to better inform the public.

Army dentist chose service for education, opportunity and brotherhood

By John Wollaston 3rd Medical Recruiting Battalion

FORT KNOX, Ky.  –  

Maj. Adam Bennett chose Army service as a way to pay for dental school, but through service, he also gained opportunities and a formed a brotherhood. (Photo Credit :U.S. ARMY RECRUITING NEWS)

To afford dental school, Bennet applied for military scholarships and received offers from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. He chose to accept the Army’s Healthcare Professionals Scholarship Program.

“When I started to weigh the pros and cons of each (military branch), what ultimately pushed me Army were three points: the culture, the training opportunities and people.” Bennett said.

Bennett, now a commissioned officer in the Army Dental Corps, was assigned to Fort Sill, Oklahoma for his first duty assignment. Describing it as “an old school Army post”, Maj. Bennett said being at Fort Sill, one of four Army basic training posts, gave him a behind the scenes look at how Soldiers were made.

Bennett also discovered opportunities available to him as an Army dentist that would not be available to him in the civilian world.

“If I wanted to try new materials, I was able to order them. If I wanted to work with a specialist, I just blocked off a day to do so,” Bennett said. “Coming out of Fort Sill, I felt ready to practice with more autonomy than when I went in.”  

After Fort Sill, Bennett deployed to Camp Buehring in Northern Kuwait. The conditions in Kuwait were different compared to the dental clinic where he practiced in Oklahoma. He now found himself as one of two dentists in a two-chair clinic in a doublewide trailer. But even in living and working conditions that were quite basic, Bennett embraced his new assignment and the challenges it presented.

“I had an ever-evolving population of approximately 6,000,” Bennett said. “It was a lot like being a small-town dentist. We all ate at the same dining facility, worked out at the same gyms and walked the same paths every day. It was such a gratifying experience to be able to be their dentist.”

After returning from Kuwait, Bennett spent time as a staff officer for a two-star general. His experience while serving on the general’s staff gave Bennett a behind the scenes look at what makes Army dentistry tick, as well as seeing how the Army Dental Corps is structured, the unique opportunities that exist and the pathways to get there.

It was during his time as a staff officer that Bennett was chosen to represent all “new” (less than 10 years since graduation) military dentists in the American Dental Association. This experience cemented in Bennett’s mind that he had made the right choice joining the Army to be a dentist.

With his four-year initial contract coming to a close, Bennett made the decision to re-enlist for another four years and continue his Army career. Wanting a challenge, Bennett applied for the Army’s comprehensive dentistry program, a three-year residency that allowed him to specialize within the Army Dentist Corps.

“One of the biggest benefits young Army dentists have is the number of residency programs available,” Bennett explained. “Where (the) Navy has three-ish oral surgery programs, we have six or seven. More programs mean more specialists within the corps.”

After a residency at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Bennett was still looking to push himself to find a new challenge. He found that challenge when he applied to be the dentist for “The Originals”, the Green Berets of the 10^th Special Forces Group (Airborne) headquartered at Fort Carson, Colorado. In his current assignment, he is the sole dentist for the group.

“My job gives me complete autonomy to take care of the guys. I also have the ability to drive my daily and monthly mission to meet the needs of Soldiers,” Bennet said. “I am not confined to the clinic on a daily basis. If I want to attend a live tissue trauma training, go to the range or pursue jumping out of airplanes, I have the support from my boss to do these things.”

The uniqueness of his current assignment aside, Bennett says the best part of his job is interacting with Soldiers, something he has enjoyed since his first duty assignment at Fort Sill. He also knows that living and working in the Special Operations world puts him shoulder to shoulder with Soldiers who are making history on each deployment.

“The stories of what my patients have done and the history of the unit that I am part of humble me on a daily basis,” Bennett said.

Being an Army dentist in the Special Forces also means that Bennett is in a unique brotherhood among his peers. Currently there are only five active-duty Special Forces groups. That means he is one of five dentists treating and caring for these highly skilled and elite warriors. It is something that the special warfare units in the other branches do not have the luxury of claiming.

“I do not believe that the Seals have their own dentist, I know that the Air Force’s Special Tactics Squadrons does not,” Bennett said.

At the end of the day, Bennett says he would never have gotten to where he is, had the experiences and learning opportunities he has had or had the chance to provide dental care for some of America’s best and brightest, had he not applied for that original HPSP Scholarship.

“The opportunity to compete for and serve these Soldiers in this culture is the last thing that drove home why I would time-and-time again pick the Army scholarship,” Bennett said. “Each scholarship requires sacrifices, however, the opportunities are endless and the experience you walk away with will change how you interact with your peers and patients for the rest of your career.”

(Source: U.S. ARMY RECRUITING NEWS)

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【美国《华人》传媒编辑 唐钊, 八月十九日, 二零二二年】一项新的民意调查发现，该州绝大多数选民希望拜登总统和前总统特朗普在两年内都不会再次竞选。图片显示2020 年，人们在旧金山梅森堡中心附近的一座小山上观看候选人乔·拜登和唐纳德·特朗普的辩论。（图片来自美联社）

这项由加州大学伯克利分校政府研究所和《泰晤士报》共同赞助的调查发现，大约十分之六的受访者反对拜登在 2024 年争取第二个任期 - 这在总统轻而易举地获胜的稳固的民主党国家中表现出惊人的不情愿。 特朗普的另一场竞选活动将更不受欢迎，超过 70% 的人反对。

副总统卡玛拉哈里斯被广泛认为是拜登选择的领导党的继任者，如果拜登不参选，副总统卡玛拉哈里斯也难以在她的家乡寻找牵引力，落后于州长加文纽森和佛蒙特州独立参议员伯尼桑德斯作为选民的选择。

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