Saturday, October 11, 2008
Iowa Laundry Group
A group of Iowa Laundry Owners attended Laundry Fest in La Crosse, WI in October. Iowa is one of only 5 states that currently imposes a sales tax on Self-Service Laundry businesses. This group would like to see that changed. We are currently working on contacting other laundry owners in the state to gather and discuss strategies to make change happen. This site is a place for us to post information, and network with each other during this process. Please subscribe if you would like updates to new information as the journey begins... and for information on meetings/events that are upcoming. Thanks for checking us out and for your support!
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11 comments:
Daryl,
Thanks for setting this up. Hopefully I can figure out how to use it! Can I suggest we change some verbage to "self-service laundries" instead of "coin-operated". This will help us avoid the problems Wisconsin is having now.
Thanks, Brian
Thanks for setting the site up. I am still trying to figure out how to use it. I am still trying to locate my copy of the Iowa tax code to send to yuo all.
Jeri Postma
bubbles
THe Iowa Sales tax code is Rule #18.47 it states that we do not have to pay sales tax on the water we use but we have to pay sales tax on the sewer. I had it backwards at the meeting in LaCrosse.
I contacted CLA about getting a mailing list of all the laundries in the state. Their mailing & phone list is likely superior to phone books or other lists, since laundry owners typically can't be reached at their stores.
With regard to the Nov 22 meeting, we have two options: Get as many people as we can to attend, or just have the original "gang of four" If we choose the first optio and need more time to contact that is OK (I realize I have not been speedy at getting a list and splitting it up!) we can reschedule.
If we want to meet with only the original group, that is OK too, but we should have an agenda that progresses us further than our current plan.
What do you guys think?
I am easy to reach on 319-330-7368.
Daryl, can we build a database within this site of our contact info, or is that not advisable?
Thanks!
I'd be happy to help in any way I can. Thanks for setting this up.
Todd Santoro
Discount Laundry
Carter Lake
I apologize in advance, We can not meet on Saturday Nov 22. A freind of ours son, was in a serious accident and they asked us to help with their fund raiser for expenses and it happens to be the same day. If we are meeting as a small group can we change it or let us know what is going on.
Jeri
Great News!! I talked with Senator David Johnson today and he will introduce the sales tax issue. He did not realize we were still paying sales tax on coin laundry income.
Would work best for us to rescheduale to after the holidays. I agree that we should take some time to get our plans laid out, make some goals, and continue to contact fellow owners, Distributors, other CLA members that can help us in forming a organization.
Would be best for us to meet during the week, but will work with whatever is decided. Thanks, Matt
Hello Iowa store owners,
It looks like you are heading in the right direction! This is a great way to get communication started.
I will let the Staff at CLA know you are making progress, and I will check in from time to time on the site to catch up with you.
I sudjest that you get distributors involved as soon as possible. they are also a great source for reaching other store owners.
Please feel free to contack me if you need anything.
Jeff Gardner
President MNCLA
Jeff@thelaundrydoctor.com
Senator David Johnson wrote this issue in a bill in January so he may contact a few of you for more input YEAH
The news about Senator Johnson is great I hope it gets some movement. We need to see if we can get together soon--maybe we can have senator Johnson come to a future meeting later this year. Let me know you thoughts on a meeting time and I will try to arrange something.
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