Alerts & Updates
New Top Level Domain Plan Under Congress Review for Potential Harm to Business
Both U.S. Senate and House committees have conducted hearings examining the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) plan to put up for auction a virtually unlimited number of new top level domains (TLDs).
Free Speech Trumps FDA Graphic Tobacco Advertising Legislation
Recently, Congress and the FDA have been working to implement new tobacco warning requirements for cigarette advertising and packaging.
Protect Yourself and Your Brands. The .XXX gTLD Domain Names are Coming!
The ICM Registry, which facilitates the registration of new domain names using various top level domains, has received the green light from ICANN to operate the .XXX gTLD.
Is Walmart More Powerful Than the President?
Check out this article from Ad Age. It provides an interesting look at the power of capitalism – and the power of Walmart.
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Help Ad Fed shape future legislation. Keep track of relevant legislative efforts through this site and use the below tools to contact your government representatives or find resources. Let your voice be heard!
THE AD TAX ISSUE
- Ad Tax Issue in a Nutshell (PDF)
- Ad Tax Disasters: The Florida Case Study (PDF)
- Response to Minnesota Ad Tax Threat in 2001 (PDF)
- Why Minnesota Can't Afford an Ad Tax
FIND / CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE
CURRENT MN DEPT OF REVENUE ADVERTISING TAX RULES AND TOOLS
- Minnesota Department of Revenue: A Step-by-Step Guide to Filing and Paying Sales and Use Tax Electronically (PDF)
- Minnesota Department of Revenue: Nontaxable Advertising Services Fact Sheet
- Minnesota Advertising Sales Tax Rules (PDF)
- Minnesota Department of Revenue Certificate of Exemption (PDF)
OTHER RESOURCES
If you have any questions about pending legislation or AdFed's lobbying efforts, feel free to contact your Ad Fed lobbyist Melissa Parker at mparker@fredlaw.com.