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All states vary in their choices to conform to the federal tax Bowling Proprietors’ Association
code. In the provided example many states choose to of America is excited to share
conform to the federal code regarding individual income, but with you the latest news and
how do other reforms compare during this shake up of the BPAA Government Affairs
federal overhaul? Read more on page 2 and the State Tax activity for the first quarter of 2018. Most
&Budget Update on page 7. notably, Congress passed tax reform at the
end of 2017, which was just the start of tax
Did you know... reform for the states. The tax overhaul
affected each state differently, so what
Nine-pins was the most popular form of bowling in much actions have some state already taken and
of the United States from colonial times until the 1830s, what are good reforms for particular states
when several cities in the United States banned nine-pin to make? We also share a recent
bowling out of moral panic over the supposed development on federal tip-pooling laws,
destruction of the work ethic, gambling, and organized take a deeper dive into the SBA Loan
crime. Programs and the results of a survey we
took of BPAA Members regarding this small
business federal loan program.
In this newsletter:
Tax Reform Has Only Begun (page 2-4)
SBA Loan Programs: Are Bowling Centers
Being Treated Unfairly? (page 5)
Tip-Pooling Rule Changed with Omnibus
(page 6)
BPAA Member Survey: SBA Loan Programs
(page 7)
State Tax Update (page 7)
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