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White House, Congressional Leaders Reveal Tax Reform Plan The White House and Congressional leaders have unveiled a new framework for tax reform, releasing a proposal that could ultimately become the…

Kentucky Eyes Tax Expansion, CLA Hires Lobbyist Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin’s tax reform plans include several critical components, not the least of which is planned sales tax expansion, which would…

Taxing Sugary Beverages Increasing at the Local Level The debate over the health impact of sugar has raged for decades, and “sugary beverages” have been singled out by some advocates…

The Coin Laundry Association (CLA) is committed to ensuring that all self-service laundries remain exempt from sales tax based on several fundamental principles of tax policy: Sales Tax on Self-Service…

U.S. Mint’s Alternative Metals Research & Development Project The Coin Laundry Association’s Legislative Committee, chaired by Michael Finkelstein, has kept an open line of communication with contacts at the U.S.…

Chicago Water Tax Hits Laundry Owners, Customers HardThe Chicago City Council has passed Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s new tax on water and sewer service in an effort to bail out the…

Millions of Workers Soon to be Newly Eligible for Overtime Pay In a move to help boost low- and middle-income paychecks, the Obama administration has unveiled a long-awaited rule that…

Laundry Sales Tax Expansion Threat Widespread in 2016 While 2015 saw the number of states requiring sales tax to be collected on self-service laundry services shrink to just three with…

Bringing you the hottest topics in today’s laundry industry Section 179 Deduction Limit Expanded to $500,000 The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015 recently passed both the…

October 2015 Drought: Dry Times in the Golden State Clearly, water is the lifeblood of any laundromat operation. And that’s why laundry owners in California are getting nervous. The state…

June 2015 Iowa Governor Signs Historic Bill Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has signed a bill – sponsored by the Iowa Self-Service Laundry Association – which repeals the sales tax on…