This Policy Agenda was established by NCA’s Government Relations Committee and staff to ensure that NCA members and staff have broad policy positions by which to measure the Association’s support, opposition or indifference to legislation and regulation. It also ensures NCA members know the positions
For clubs throughout the country, the problem of misclassification of employees has been an issue for some time. Recently, the California Supreme Court established a new standard for how a golf course in the Golden State determines if a worker is an independent contractor or
WHILE A LION’S SHARE of the National Club Association’s (NCA) work focuses on federal legislative and regulatory policy matters affecting private clubs, that is not our only task. We also join the fray when it comes to state legislative and regulatory issues that work against
Continuing our work to defend the private club industry, the National Club Association (NCA) has created a coalition of clubs, state leaders and a local lobbying firm, to combat a Montgomery County, Md., bill that would dramatically increase the property tax assessments of clubs in
Over the last several months, NCA has been fighting alongside Montgomery County, Md., clubs to fight a newly proposed assessment bill that would dramatically increase the property tax rates for club land throughout Montgomery County—and possibly the entire state. Currently, Maryland clubs have the opportunity
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Congress’ tax reform bill, has passed in the House. The Senate is now tackling its version of the bill. In the end, these two versions will need to be combined for a single bill to emerge with the final
After three days of arm-twisting, the Senate passed a budget resolution with language allowing tax reform to be passed with only a simple majority. For the first time in 30 years, tax reform could be reality, helping club staff and members alike. Tax reform may also
IT WAS NOT supposed to be like this. When voters went to the polls in November of 2016, they placed Republicans in control of the executive branch and both houses of Congress for the first time since 2005. By so doing, they expected Washington would
A bill has been introduced in the Illinois State Senate that would tax club dues and expenses that members incur at the club. The legislation would impose a five percent tax on club dues. Fortunately for the club industry, it is extremely unlikely that this bill will
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). While it provided a number of positive changes to the insurance industry, it also brought with it a host of new requirements that have had a significant impact