Stephanie Lichtenstein

Tomorrow I am meeting with my local state representative Julio Robaina. Andy Rodriguez, Emilio Yepez, and I are going to discuss the dangers that the advertising tax could bring to Florida. As far as I know Florida does not have a bill…yet! However, this is impacting everyone and spreading from state to state. As far as I’m concerned it is better to be proactive. This meeting tomorrow is important for the future of our advertisers.

A big thanks to Shawn Collins for putting together a video explaining the advertising tax. This provides anyone with the basic understanding of the tax. Please keep in mind when you are talking to others about the tax to call it the advertising tax instead of the affiliate tax so no one gets confused.

Here are the main points I decided to use in the meeting:

Small Businesses in Opposition to the Advertising Tax
Meeting Agenda
April 11, 2009, 10:00 a.m.

I. Florida Tax Opposition (Bullet Points and Oposition Letter)
II. Florida Advertisers (Network Statistics)
III. California Advertisers (Network Oposition Letter and Statistics)
IV. Hawaii Advertisers (Amazon’s Letter to Hawaii Advertisers)

Through all these statistics, maps, real life examples, and strong opposition letters, I am confident about my meeting tomorrow. A big thanks to the networks for helping with statistics, I believe this is going to make a big impact in my meeting. I would be happy to help others with feedback and try to get them this kind of information for their own States. Wish me luck!