Today June 1 is the deadline for all advertising insertion orders for the 2010-2011 NLA Directory of Members.  Orders with payment MUST be received by the NLA office today to ensure the advertisements are included.  Please contact executive director Patricia Nelson at patricia.nelson@limo.org or (800) 652-7007 if you want to run an ad or get more information.  Listing verification forms also are due today.

Per the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, "Roadcheck is the largest targeted enforcement program on commercial vehicles in the world, with approximately 14 trucks or buses being inspected, on average, every minute from Canada to Mexico during a 72-hour period in early June. Each year, approximately 10,000 Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA)-certified local, state, provincial and federal inspectors at 1,500 locations across North America perform the truck and bus inspections.  Roadcheck is one of a series of activities that occur year round whereby CVSA-certified inspectors conduct compliance, enforcement and educational initiatives targeted at various elements of motor carrier, vehicle, driver and cargo safety and security.”  More information is available at www.cvsa.org.

The Limousine Association of Houston honored the organization’s president Joe Jordan at a surprise (for Joe!) dinner on May 23.  The association’s board and membership held the event to recognize Jordan for his exceptional leadership role for the chauffeured transportation industry in the Houston metropolitan area and within the National Limousine Association and, especially, to thank him for unifying industry operators to achieve common goals. 

Speaking of helping, the National Limousine Association rebated $40,404 to local/state/regional member associations in the first quarter 2010.  This is the fifth consecutive year the NLA is returning 20% of dues collected from new and renewing operator members to the operators’ affiliated limousine associations (that are NLA members).  The total amount returned to local associations since the program’s inception is $210,015.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law on March 23, 2010, directly impacts 1099 reporting for small businesses.  Effective January 1, 2012, small businesses will now be required to issue 1099 forms to any vendor of services or property to which the business has paid more than $600. The Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation clarifies that this new 1099 requirement applies "for all payments aggregating $600 or more in a calendar year to a single payee."  Form 1099 is also sent to the Internal Revenue Service.  Changes will apply to all payments made after December 31, 2011. The first 1099s under these new rules will be filed in 2013.  For more information, see the second “News” item on www.limo.org.