As ACMA tax attorney George Isaacson and I pointed out during the Fall 2018 NEMOA event, constituents must put immediate pressure on Congress for it to act. Don’t kid yourself otherwise. Remote sellers must make noise right now if there is to be any hope of moving critical legislation to set some basic guidelines as to what the rules going forward will be for remote sellers operating nationwide. States are issuing new regulations weekly, some of which contain unreasonable demands such as your retroactive liability for uncollected back taxes. This is the time for all of us to rise up and say enough! Regardless of your political affiliation or how you feel about your particular elected officials, we implore you to let your congressman know you support HR 6824 and urge him/her to cosponsor it. Case In Point: ACMA member Rich Fairbanks, President & CEO of the Fitness Finders catalog, told me just this morning that following our NEMOA discussion...I called my congressman’s office and left a message asking him to support HR 6824. I then called the DC office of [the bill’s lead sponsor] Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner and they were very interested in my support, took my contact info, and said they might get back in touch. Seems like the more people who can do that the better, so I wanted to share my results. Click Read More below for additional information.