BREAKING NEWS: PACT Act Reinstated

 • Court restores ban on shipping tobacco via U.S. mail  Details
 • But puts tax collection requirement on hold pending trial  Ruling

 • NACS, NYACS granted "amicus" status in case  Our Brief

2nd Wave of Tobacco Tax Hikes Arriving August 1
• Tax Dept. Bulletin on OTP Tax Hikes                   • Read Tobacco Tax Portion of Approved Bill 
• Q & A on Effective Dates, Floor Tax, Etc.            • How Your Legislators Voted on the Tax Hikes
• Cig Tax Hike Won't Generate $$ Predicted       • New State-Min Cig Prices Per NYS Tax Dept.

Highlights

  •  Within 9 months, Federal Reserve must issue standards for debit interchange fees that are reasonable and proportional to the cost of the transaction. Within 90 days thereafter fees must be adjusted accordingly.

  •  In same time frame, Fed must write rules implementing non-exclusivity of debit networks, meaning that a debit card issuer must offer retailers at least 2 networks through which debit transactions can be processed.
  •  Immediately allows retailers to set a minimum transaction level (not to exceed $10) for credit card transactions, and to discount for different methods of payment and significantly liberalizes the form of discounts and permitted discount marketing language.

  NACS Q & A on the Swipe Fee Reforms                       NACS Overview of Durbin Amendment Provisions

Lottery Conversion This Weekend

 • On Sunday, August 1, New York Lottery and GTECH will convert all new terminals and peripheral equipment statewide to its new "Enterprise System."

Conversion Q & A for Retailers

   
Tobacco Fees Remain Frozen

 • Appellate Division grants NYACS preliminary injunction pending appeal; Retailers should not pay more than $100 to Tax Department for 2010 registration

The Latest Details

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 "EXECUTIVE REFUSAL"
Report by NYS Senate Committee on Investigations on New York State's failure to    collect taxes on Native American sales of cigarettes to non-Indian customers
Read the Full R eport

Rescinding 'Forbearance Policy,' NYS Issues Tax Fairness Regs

- Tax Dept. Release, Text of Regs, NYACS Analysis
- NYACS' Written Comments on Tax Dept. Regulations

Latest From the Tax Fairness Front
 - Assemblyman Townsend's Tax Fairness Lawsuit Reaches Dead-End
 - Legislature Votes to Reinstate its Final Say on Tax Settlements With Indian Tribes
 - NYACS Testimony Before NYS Senate Investigations Committee 1/26/10
 - Coalition Rallies Support for U.S. Senate Passage of Bill Curbing Internet Cigarettes
 - NYACS Remarks at "Coalition to Stop Contraband Tobacco" Press Conference 11/17
 - Paterson Asks Feds for "Threat Assessment" (Buffalo News)
 - Senecas Threaten to Finance Campaigns Against Pro-Tax Fairness Senators (Buffalo News)
 - Economist: Cigarette Tax Evasion Costs NYS $1 Billion a Year
 - State Tax Department Testimony before Senate Investigations Committee (and Appendix)
 - Seneca Leader Tells Senate Panel They'll "Keep Fighting"

 - NYACS Opposes Cayuga Indian Trust Land

 - NYACS Honors 4 Legislators As 'Tax Fairness Tigers'

 - NYACS White Paper: "Perspectives on Tax Fairness Issue"

•  Recap of NYACS 2010 Trade Show & Convention   
•  Photos of NYACS 2010 Trade Show & Convention

•  SOI Keynote Presentation at Trade Show & Convention

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