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Member Exclusive: Postal 10-Year Review Update
Dear Member: On December 29th, the US Postal Service filed an appeal over the Postal Regulatory Commission’s 10-year review (RM2017-3). Then on January 19th, the ACMA along with several other mailing industry groups jointly filed a motion for leave to intervene with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. This enables […]
Member Exclusive: ACMA’s Legal Corner – How New State Tax Laws Affect Your Business
By Martin Eisenstein & Jamie Szal Ordinarily we’d start off by wishing you a very Happy New Year, but unfortunately the new year brings further developments on the state tax front that pose new challenges for ACMA members. While the changes will not be as drastic as those that have occurred since the June 21, […]
Member Exclusive: Extended Producer Responsibility is On the Prowl and It Could Cost You
ACMA Closely Monitoring a New & Potentially Sizable Catalog Cost ACMA has been monitoring the fast-moving development of EPR or Extended Producer Responsibility, which if unchecked could cost you money. You may have heard of this concept already: Those companies that generate waste should pay to have it disposed of or recycled. It is a popular […]
ACMA Member Exclusive – November MTAC Recap
Members: The November 17-18, 2020, meetings of the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) were once again held virtually. ACMA’s Hamilton Davison, Paul Miller and Lynn Noble tuned in to all sessions of interest to our membership. Below you will find our recap; hyperlinked session titles will take you to the slides shown. Agendas, Recording Open […]
Member Alert: Postal Regulator Upholds USPS Market Dominant Rate Hikes for 2021
Dear Member: Yesterday, the Postal Regulatory Commission approved the price adjustments for the market dominant mail categories, including First Class, Marketing Mail, Periodicals, Package Services, and Special Services Products and related classifications. The new rates take effect on January 24, 2021. As we reported to the membership previously, the rate increase contains a provision for catalog postage costs to […]
Member Exclusive: USPS Announces Parcel Rate Changes, Effective 1/24/21
On November 16th, the US Postal Service announced its 2021 price changes for competitive products, namely packages. The increases run as low as 1% for Priority Mail Express – Retail and as high as 20% for Parcel Select Lightweight. All package carriers are being aggressive in their price increases reflecting the supply and demand imbalance […]
Member Exclusive: Election’s Finally Over, But ACMA’s Work Is Heating Up
Dear Member: There continues to be no shortage of things demanding attention these days. We’d like to update you on all your ACMA is working on and where we’re headed. Remote Sales Tax Collection Our Sales Tax Policy Committee has been very aggressive since its formation this summer and has made over five dozen calls […]
Member Alert: ACMA Can Help With SBA Form for PPP
Dear Member: If you participated in the PPP, then you may be getting this SBA questionnaire that you are required to fill out. Essentially the purpose of the questionnaire is to help the SBA evaluate the good-faith certification that was made on the PPP Borrower’s application – that economic uncertainty made the loan request necessary. So that […]
ACMA’s Annual Member Exclusive Postal Rate Prognostication: What to Budget For in 2021
Dear Member: It is the time of year when we attempt to provide guidance on postage budgets for 2021. As noted in this month’s ACMA National Forum sessions, the range of open issues, the confusing signals from the White House and Treasury, and the lack of communication from new postal leadership make things difficult. ACMA […]
Member Exclusive: ACMA’s Beltway Report – New U.S. Bans on Certain Chinese Imports
Dear Member: Earlier this week, the White House announced that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would block shipments of certain cotton and other products from the Xinjiang province in China. The CBP issued five Withhold Release Orders (WRO) on products produced with state-sponsored forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, where the […]
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