By becoming a financial member of Doctors for the Environment, Australia means you will:
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.
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 this 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 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 of DEA 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