Legislative Advocacy

Founded in 1940 to represent the retail industry on a sales  tax issue in the Michigan Legislature, MRA has continued its keen  focus on legislative affairs. The Association works to secure passage  of retail-friendly legislation in Michigan and protect the retail industry from costly and harmful taxes and regulations.

Key accomplishments during MRA’s more than 70-year history include: modernizing the state’s costly and burdensome item pricing law by giving retailers price marking flexibility and saving retailers and consumers money; pro-retail changes in sales tax collection, unemployment  compensation and workers’ compensation; phasing out the Single Business Tax and replacing the Michigan Business Tax with a more business-friendly corporate profits tax; strengthening bad-check and retail-theft protections; and reforming regulations on installment sales and consumer credit.