If you wish to join, renew or make a donation, please read the below information regarding our new tax-deductibility status for donations and our new membership fee.
By becoming a financial member of Doctors for the Environment, Australia means you will:
be supporting DEA and its work to achieve its objectives
be contributing much needed support to the field of environment and human health
receive regular member updates on DEA and related news, via email (or post)
be eligible to vote at the AGM, other meetings and elections
Important
information on changes to DEA Membership
DEA has now received
Endorsement from the Australian Taxation Office as a Deductible Gift
Recipient (DGR). Due to this, DEA changed its financial structure at
the 2005 AGM:
Ordinary
Membership
DEA now has a flat rate annual Ordinary Membership
of $42. Membership is free for medical students.
Tax
advice regarding Membership:
As a membership fee, not a
‘donation’, this amount is not paid into our public fund
with DGR status. However: The Tax Office website states that: "...a
deduction is allowable to the person (up to a maximum amount of $42
in an income year for payments in respect of each association to
which the person belongs) under section 25-55 of the Act if the
payment is made for membership of a trade, business or professional
association."
Please check with your tax accountant about
tax deductibility because how much you can deduct may depend on your
individual situation.
Donations
Any
amount in excess of the annual membership of $42 that you may choose
to pay as a donation will now go to ‘The DEA Fund’ (ABN #
80 178 870 373) and will be eligible for tax deductibility.
To RENEW your DEA Membership and/or make a DONATION, please click here.
To
receive news from DEA but not join
If you wish to receive an
abridged version of our monthly news bulletin but do not wish to
financially support DEA at this stage please do not continue.
Rather, email treasurer@dea.org.au
stating your email address (if different to the one you are mailing
from) and that you wish to be placed on our correspondence list.
To become a member JOIN DEA (for the first time) please follow these steps:
Step 1: Confirm that you support our objects
Step 2: Fill in the membership application form
Step 3: Pay your annual membership fee by one of these methods:
•
Visa or MasterCard
online
•
Direct deposit to the DEA account
•
Cheque via postal mail
We will now take you through these steps – this will take you 5-10 mins
Click here to begin