CONTACT: Marge Eckenroad, 941-964-2534 or foundation@mraa.com BOCA GRANDE, Fla. — The MRAA Educational Foundation is seeking applicants for the 2012 Kevin Lodder Scholarship. The Kevin Lodder Scholarship Fund provides a full scholarship to attend a week-long Spader Business Management Total Management 1 Workshop to an employee of a Marine Retailers
What follows is a summary of a recent article published by the Senate Republican Policy Committee on its concerns over the newly established Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. As a reminder, MRAA worked with a maritime lawyer in New York City and the National Automobile Dealers Association to secure an exemption
The U.S. President signed the $105-billion Highway Transportation Bill on July 6, bringing an end to a three-year fight over fishing and boating spending. This is an important development for the boating industry because the Highway Transportation Bill contains the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund re-authorization. MRAA has
In the House of Representatives, 245 members recently voted in support of small businesses everywhere by passing H.R. 4078, the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act. The bill is a comprehensive regulatory reform bill that streamlines the time consuming rulemaking and permitting process, brings transparency to rules
The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 8, the Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act, on August 1 by a vote of 256 Yea to 171 No along party lines to extend the expiring tax cuts for households and businesses at all income levels through 2013. These tax cuts are
Recreational marine businesses in Maryland are lobbying for a change in the state’s tax policy. Currently, a state excise tax requires boat owners to pay five percent of the value of their boat if they stay in the state more than 90 days during a given year. Representatives from the
1. This isn’t last year’s MDCE. If you attended MDCE last year, or even the year before, and you think you learned enough to skip MDCE for a few years, you’re wrong. Dead wrong! This year’s MDCE is a whole new ball game … new speakers, new exhibitors, different location,
The Marine Dealer Conference & Expo’s Service & Marina Track will show you how to drive more business, and more profit, through these vital areas of your dealership. In the following two sessions, you’ll learn how to improve the health of your dealership, as well as get your tough questions
July 23, 2012, Annapolis, MD: John Greviskis, host of Ship Shape TV, will appear as the celebrity guest at the First Annual American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) Boating Safety Clinic. The clinic will be held Saturday, August 25, 2012 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Annapolis Maritime
I am following up briefly on yesterday’s message on the Bush Tax cuts and continuation of the current estate tax. The House of Representatives voted yesterday 256 to 171 (along party lines) to extend the expiring tax cuts for households and businesses at all income levels through 2013. The vote
