BTW Articles

06 Jan

Sales Tax Victory in Illinois!

On January 6, the Illinois House of Representatives passed HB3659, legislation that contains a sales tax fairness provision. The bill, which was approved by the state Senate on Wednesday, January 5, will require remote retailers with online affiliates in the state acting as sales agents to collect and remit sales tax for purchases made by Illinois residents.

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26 Jan

SBA Administrator Discusses Challenges & Opportunities Facing Small Businesses

On Wednesday, January 19, hundreds of booksellers at Winter Institute 6 heard PBS NewsHour’s Jim Lehrer interview Karen Mills, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, about the challenges and opportunities facing small businesses today.

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02 Feb

Indie Retail & Activism: The Business Road to Political Change

Wendy Hudson of Nantucket Bookworks, Jakob Wolf-Barnett of Revolution Cycles, and Rick Karp of Cole Hardware discussed the advocacy process and how vital it is for independent bookstores during Legislative Day at Wi6.

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02 Feb

Illinois Booksellers Meet With Governor’s Office in Support of Sales Tax Fairness

On Tuesday, February 1, four ABA member booksellers braved threats of an impending blizzard and joined other retailers in a meeting with members of Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s office to urge the governor to sign HB3659, sales tax fairness legislation.

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03 Feb

Senate Votes to Repeal Expanded 1099 Reporting Requirement

On Wednesday, February 2, the Senate voted 81 to 17 to repeal the expanded 1099 reporting requirement that was part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Sen. Deborah Stubenow (D-MI) introduced the bill, which will now go to the House of Representatives.

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09 Feb

Groups Voice Support for Swipe Fee Reforms

Late last week, trade associations and Main Street businesses of all sizes, led by the Retail Industry Leaders Association, wrote to the Federal Reserve in support of swipe fee reform. More than 1,500 companies and associations, including ABA and NACS,  signed the letter.

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09 Feb

Health Care Tax Credits: Is Your Business Eligible?

With tax season officially here, ABA reminds members that the health care reform bill includes important small business tax credits that could help their businesses.

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19 May

Tom Allen to Moderate Panel on Free Speech & Corporations

Former Congressman Tom Allen, the president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers, will moderate a debate at BEA over the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down limits on the money that corporations can spend in political campaigns.

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20 May

Advocacy Panel to Offer Important Update, Strategies, Tactics

Jim Sherin, president and CEO of the Retail Council of New York, provides a preview of the lessons from New York's e-fairness victory, as well as tips on lobbying lawmakers, which he will share at  "Power to the Bookseller" at ABA's Day of Education.

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20 May

Final E-Fairness Fact Sheets Now Available

This week, the final state-specific fact sheets were added to the E-Fairness Action Kit (E-FACT) on BookWeb.org.  E-FACT provides booksellers with a wide array of tools for their e-fairness outreach efforts.

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