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CAWA Fall UPDATE Newsletter Available
Catch up on everything that CAWA is doing on your behalf in our quarterly newsletter. This issue includes legislative highlights for CA, NV, and AZ, details about windshield washer sales, driver safety tips, CAWA Annual Memberhip Dinner information, and scholarship winners. View UPDATE. |
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Special Seminar on November 2nd at AAPEX - Are you registered?
Join CAWA Legislative Advocate, Norm Plotkin and Director of Government Affairs, Jennifer Zins at a special seminar AAPEX to discuss the growing trend of automakers labeling their parts "Theft Related" and its impact on the aftermarket's ability to sell and install parts. View Details Here |
Deadline Approaching for CAWA Annual Memberhip Dinner - Make your reservations NOW .
Don't miss this year's CAWA Annual Membership Dinner sponsored by Motorcar Parts of America! Now located at the Venetian on Sunday, October 30th beginning at 7 p.m. Enjoy an entertaining evening with your industry colleagues while making a difference for individuals pursuing their education in the aftermarket. All proceeds from registration and the auction support the CAWA Memorial Scholarship. View more details here. |
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AZ Unemployment Tax Assessment Hitting Mail
During the 2011 legislative session in Arizona, HB 2619 was signed into law, which established a special assessment on unemployment insurance (UI) for all employers in Arizona. AAWA provided members with information about the special assessment as it went through the process.
As a reminder, due to higher-than-anticipated job losses in the Arizona, the Arizona UI Trust Fund became insolvent in 2010. To address the insolvency issue, Arizona borrowed funds from the U.S. Department of Labor to continue its ability to pay out unemployment benefits to claimants, like many other states. The insolvency, combined with the borrowing of monies from the federal government, would likely have caused a federal tax increase on employers in Arizona.
In order to mitigate the impact of the increase, the business community, including AAWA, supported HB 2619, which imposed a special assessment on employers for a limited period of time in order to pay back the loan and interest and make the Arizona UI Trust Fund solvent, as the alternatives were more costly business.
Employers should be receiving a statement from the Arizona Department of Economic Security regarding the amount of the special assessment that is owed for the first two quarters of 2011.
Beginning with the third quarter of 2011, special assessment amounts due are payable with quarterly UI taxes. Payment of the Special Assessment on taxable wages paid during the first three calendar quarters of 2011 is due by October 31, 2011. |
