CEO DATELINE - The daily roundup of news important to associations - Dec. 2, 2013
Supreme Court stays out of sales tax fight The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to take up a case that pitted Internet retailers such as Amazon.com against states seeking to collect sales taxes from online purchases—one of the top legislative issues for many associations.
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Hot tub associations to merge The International Hot Tub Association and the Association of Pool & Spa Professionals are joining forces to give the hot tub industry a single voice. Under an agreement announced Tuesday, IHTA will become part of APSP, which is dissolving its hot tub council to facilitate the merger. IHTA members will become APSP members and will be entitled to the same benefits as a result.
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Realtors secure top-level Web domain ".realtor" The National Association of Realtors is offering its members the chance to land a unique Web address, one that does away with ".com" and ".org" for ".realtor" instead. The association currently is taking applications from any members who want a ".realtor" Web address, according to the San Jose Mercury News. NAR has applied for exclusive use of the top-level domain and is expecting to be awarded that right sometime in 2014.
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Gun group considered moving after school shooting The National Shooting Sports Foundation considered moving its headquarters out of Newtown, Conn., after last year's mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, which is in the same community, the head of the organization recently told the Associated Press.
Read MoreCEO DATELINE - The daily roundup of news important to associations - Nov. 22, 2013
Proposed tax law change puts ad associations on alert Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) is proposing scaling back the amount of taxes that businesses can deduct for advertising, an idea that many advertising groups say would amount to a new tax on advertising. According to the industry publication Ad Age, Baucus has suggested allowing businesses to deduct only 50 percent of their advertising costs during a tax year, with the remaining 50 percent spread over the next five years.
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