PMA (Performance Marketing Alliance) is taking action against California Assembly Bill 178 which is an act to tax Californian Affiliates just the same as in New York.
If this bill passes, it will have subsequent effects on other states which will put a serious harm in our industry at its infancy. (Minnesota and Hawaii are already on the pipeline)
PMA is in constant contact with the California Chamber of Commerce and the California Taxpayers Association lobbying groups to help fight this bill. Beth Kirsch, a well known industry leader who was formerly a federal lobbyist also is leading PMA’s efforts.
PMA is actively working against this bill and plan to target congressional representatives to show them the detrimental effects on our industry. For this reason PMA is preparing sample letters, fact sheets, congressional contacts by zip code, and a “Visit Sacramento” day, to put faces in front of decision makers.
PMA needs your voice to show the congressional representatives who you are and how you are working so hard to build this business as industry.
Californian Affiliates, join your forces together with the voice of our industry and contact PMA (rebecca@performancemarketingalliance.com) to see what you can do or just spread the word around your Californian friends by forwarding this link http://www.performancemarketingalliance.com
Please also visit http://caaffiliates.blogspot.com/ to see the latest news and some more details about what you can do to fight against this bill:
- Sign the group letter – we want over 200 businesses to sign this letter. Click here to see the letter and sign up (It’s important we gather as many names, company names, as possible. We have made it easy. You just need to leave your name in the comments.)
- Write a letter to your State Assembly Member – this really does make a difference.
- Sample letter to write your State Assembly Member here - make sure to personalize it
- Find your State Assembly Member here by zip code
- Assembly member’s address here - click on the Assembly Member’s name, then find their contact info on their web page. Please sent your fax to their local office (not Sacramento). It’s best to fax and email.
- Join our lobby day in Sacramento on March 31. We need to put a human face to this story and the best way to do that is to meet with your Assembly members face-to-face. Brook Schaaf and Karen Garcia are organizing this. You can get in touch with them through their websites.
- Editorial board visits – you can twitter Lisa Picarelle here who is organizing it.
This is an effort by grassroots affiliates and the Performance Marketing Alliance.
For more information contact Beth Kirsch via twitter here
You can also visit 5 Star Affiliate Programs Blog for Linda Buquet’s posts about Minnesota, Tennessee, Connecticut and Hawaii pending Sales Tax legislation.
Don’t stand in silence or wait for somebody else on behalf of you, instead act now because time is running up out of your favour. March 31st is the last day to have an impact.
