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We work on legislative and regulatory policy issues that have a significant impact on the business operations of our food retailer and wholesaler member companies.
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FMI Disappointed 2019 Spending Bill Lacks Correction of Retail Glitch
Dec 17, 2019
Andy Harig, vice president, tax, trade, sustainability & policy development for FMI expressed dissatisfaction that this oversight in the tax code has prevented retailers from implementing operational improvements inside their businesses and ...
Food Retailers Advocate on Tax Reform and Payments with Lawmakers
Apr 30, 2019
Retail members from the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the National Grocers Association (NGA), which include supermarket retailers, wholesalers, and food industry state association executives, will participate in nearly 200 meetings with Members ...
FMI Applauds Movement to Create a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code
Dec 2, 2017
FMI Chief Public Policy Officer, Jennifer Hatcher, offered the following statement on the Senate’s passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: "FMI is very pleased with the additional improvements in the Senate Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. A fairer, simpler tax ...
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Growing Optimism – Tax Law to Boost Food Retailers’ Investments in Stores and Employees
Nov 5, 2018
Retailers have another source of optimism: the recent passage of the tax reform law. At the end of 2017, lawmakers passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which lowered the U.S. tax rate for corporations, passthrough entities and individuals. The ...
Celebrating 2017 Legislative, Regulatory, Judicial Success and Laying the Groundwork for the Future
Dec 19, 2017
While tax reform is probably the most significant legislative item for 2017, the broad range of legislative and regulatory items that FMI and the industry were able to influence – both offensively and defensively – demonstrates the diverse portfolio ...
Tax Reform: One Last Legislative Gift Before Year’s End?
Nov 16, 2017
Clearly, we’re living in different times these days, but unfortunately our tax code has not evolved to reflect this reality. It is so complex that some tax lawyers make a good living specializing in only one or two specific provisions....

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