Urgent: California Affiliates – Group Letter Opposing AB 178
If you are an affiliate marketer whose business is in California, your livelihood is at risk! California Assembly Bill 178, is a sales tax bill that threatens to change the affiliate marketing playing field. This is no longer just a California issue – it’s an industry wide issue. If this bill passes in California, a firestorm of bills are sure to follow in other states. (Other states already have pending legislation.)
On behalf of the PMA and all the affiliate marketing industry leaders that are heading up the coalition to lobby against CA AB 178, I urge you to take action!
If you are a CA affiliate, merchant, network or OPM we need you to sign this group letter opposing the bill which could cost affiliates their businesses.
Please click here, to sign the group letter opposing AB 178
We need your support to fight this bill that will hurt our industry & YOUR bottom line! We CAN make a difference and stop this bill. A similar bill was vetoed last year. WITH YOUR SUPPORT we can stop this bill again. Please sign it now!
If you’d like to get more involved we have a multi-faceted lobbying campaign and could use your help on various efforts. But the 1st and the easiest thing we need from you RIGHT NOW, is your signature.
P.S. If you are a network or have a list, please pass this on, blog or tweet it. We really need the support of every affiliate marketer in California that we can get word out to.
Thanks in advance for your help!
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#1 Emil wrote on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009:
Hi,
Hopefully you will guys oppose this bill in California. We in Illinois are really suffering as the state of tax us even “on the air that we breath on”. Our taxes are changing like our Midwest climates. There is almost nothing you can do online, without paying the fees!
Good Luck,
Emil
#2 Stephanie wrote on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009:
I signed it yesterday and tweeted it. This is something I’m keeping an eye on.
#3 Linda Buquet wrote on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009:
Thanks Emil and Stephanie! We appreciate the comments and Stephanie’s signature of support.
#4 Joe wrote on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009:
This must be stopped. If it passes in California then other states might start getting the idea. I guess before long the air we breathe will also be taxed.
#5 Linda Buquet wrote on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009:
Several people went to the capital and lobbied in person against the bill yesterday.
Karen from GTO has the story: AB 178 Lobby Day
#6 My Increase | Affiliate sales tax bill wrote on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009:
[...] Read more about the California bill here [...]
#7 Linda Buquet wrote on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009:
Very good news for California affiliates. The hearing on AB 178 was canceled yesterday which means we should be safe from this issue for the remainder of 2009.
Thanks to all who wrote letters and lobbied in any way. Thanks especially to the PMA, Beth Kirsch and all the other industry leaders that helped to coordinate efforts and fight this bill. Working together we CAN make a difference!
#8 Stephanie wrote on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009:
That’s great news! I don’t doubt it will come up again, but it’s nice to get a break for now.