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The PIPAC (Printing Industries Political Action Committee) was formed in 2004 to promote and strive for improvement of local, regional and state government, encourage individuals to know their government, and bring financial resources to bear in key races.
The PIPAC is funded through donations by the Printing Industry of Minnesota members (individuals, not corporate funds), and is a stand-alone, bipartisan entity.
Its purpose is to collect voluntary contributions from individuals in the graphic arts community and make donations to business friendly candidates regardless of political party, running for state government.
PIPAC works for you to help preserve private property rights, reduce onerous regulation of your business, and ensure a fair tax code that does not penalize investment or success.
Consider your contribution to PIPAC as an investment in your business and your future.
By clicking the donate button above you verify that the donation is from your personal funds.
Your generous personal contribution will go a long way toward helping PIPAC elect pro-business candidates. By law, PIPAC cannot accept corporate donations. All contributions must be drawn from personal funds and are not considered deductible for tax purposes.
Nexus Status Exemption Passed
In the 2009 session, PIM lobbying efforts, supported by PIPAC, were successful in passage of a bill aimed to make Minnesota printers more competitive nationally by exempting from nexus status print clients who supplied the substrate to the printer. Large tax savvy print buyers have avoided publishing in Minnesota because of this competition-killing application of nexus. Since passage, PIM members have been able to bid on millions of dollars of print contracts not available to them in the past.
Capital Equipment Sales Tax Upfront Exemption
Because of the insistent work by PIM and PIPAC, many Minnesota legislators are now aware of the significant tax burden placed on those investing in their business by purchasing new production equipment. Businesses are required to pay to the State the sales/use tax on equipment additions, and then request (no more than twice per year) a refund. This ties up much needed capital at a time when the printer needs it more than ever for training, installation, marketing, and other start up costs. Language to phase in an upfront exemption was actually in the tax bill passed by the 2009 legislature; however a veto by the Governor of the entire bill left this fight for another day.
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