tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319775530671726401.post5151730844658115896..comments2023-10-01T09:18:26.162-04:00Comments on Keith Leggett’s Credit Union Watch: CUs Lobby Congress, Avoid Paying DC Hotel Occupancy TaxKeith Leggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14794334790117033547noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319775530671726401.post-66776512528873369362016-02-23T08:43:31.394-05:002016-02-23T08:43:31.394-05:00If you really want to save your members money then...If you really want to save your members money then disaffiliate from Nafcu, CUNA and leagues. Stop wasting their money for a 0 ROI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319775530671726401.post-5493942066763449932016-02-22T18:25:23.737-05:002016-02-22T18:25:23.737-05:00Since federal credit union are 501(c)(1) corporati...Since federal credit union are 501(c)(1) corporations chartered by Congress/Federal Government, FCUs get the tax exemption like any government traveler. Now working for a state credit union, I see how much I saved my FCU member-owners when I traveled. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319775530671726401.post-11134737832207976432016-02-22T14:05:28.231-05:002016-02-22T14:05:28.231-05:00You are right that the exemption from the hotel oc...You are right that the exemption from the hotel occupancy tax is legal. But this exemption is still outrageous.Keith Leggetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794334790117033547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319775530671726401.post-5092983452292478052016-02-22T12:07:43.145-05:002016-02-22T12:07:43.145-05:00If a legal tax break, then absolutely right and fa...If a legal tax break, then absolutely right and fair to take it. Banks take advantage of every legal tax break (including Sub S corporations) and that is 100% fair and right. Of course, if CUs ever got taxed, those legal tax avoidance strategies would be employed to the maximum of the law/regulation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319775530671726401.post-87334189724356477262016-02-22T07:40:36.012-05:002016-02-22T07:40:36.012-05:00Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are living proof t...Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are living proof that the American people know that Congress and DC is corrupted.<br />Congress LOVES the bank and credit union "war". They benefit hugely by doing NOTHING about it.<br />ABA, CUNA, NAFCU, ICBA grease Congress and their collective constituents (banks and cus) lose.<br />American tax payers foot the bill for the collective dysfunction and lose.<br />Outrageous?<br />Yes.<br />Congress is outrageously awful.<br />Gotta love those credit unions that disaffiliated.<br />They spoke for their members.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com