The Unfair Sales Act was enacted in 1939, during the Great Depression, to prevent unfair business practices and protect consumers. Today this antiquated law has been proven to have no impact on the success of small businesses and hurts consumers by artificially increasing prices and decreasing competition.
Piece reviews how current 9.18% mandatory markup law harms Wisconsin consumers, makes scofflaws of retailers like Krist Oil who want to offer competitive pricing, bargains
January 29, 2018 – Milwaukee, WI – On Friday, WILL Executive Vice President CJ Szafir and Americans for Tax ...
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, WILL Executive Vice President CJ Szafir and Americans for Tax Reform call for the repeal of Wisconsin's minimum markup law.
It should be easy for lawmakers to repeal regressive regulations like this, but special interests in petroleum, agriculture and ...
Gov. Scott Walker has announced that he will include a sales tax holiday for 2017 in his state budget proposal to be unveiled early next year. More details are forthcoming, but the tax holiday will likely be targeted for August and exempt certain back to school purchases like clothing, ...
WILL attorneys have been hard at work this week after announcing they will be challenging Wisconsin's minimum markup law in court. The depression era law dates back to 1939 and has been a discussion of debate ever since. Opponents of the law argue that it is anti-competitive and anti-consumer, ...
Molly Dill, managing editor at BizTimes Milwaukee, recently wrote an article on WILL's fight against the minimum markup law, "Group challenges Wisconsin’s minimum markup law".
Dill's article can be read below:
A lawsuit filed Monday against the State of Wisconsin challenges the ...