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Board Ruling Explanations
Last Updated
Verified-optional reporting of payment for public place programs
03/19/08
Verified public place updateairline/restricted-access clubs
03/17/08
Verified and sponsored sales updates with FAQs
11/27/07
Verified public place updatehotel copies
11/15/07
Single-copy combination sale rule update
08/07/07
Member obligationsfinal passage July 2007
08/03/07
Publisher’s Statementfiling and certificationJuly 2007 board meeting
08/03/07
Variations from Publisher’s Statement July 2007 board meeting
08/03/07
Multimedia reporting
07/31/07
Credit cancelsdirect accounting method update
07/25/07
Board request rule modification
04/04/07
Archived Explanations
Last Updated
Free copies of ABC documents – rule modification
11/30/06
Annual newsstand publications
11/29/06
Premium rule updated – archive access & expanded online content
11/15/06
Partnership nondeductible programs - update for qualification and reporting
11/13/06
Sponsored sales/eligible purchaser—modification to Rule 2.1
08/21/06
Board makes review of premium rule – archive access
08/09/06
Publisher’s Statements/FAS-FAX - Rule F4.1 Modification
08/08/06
Update to back-copy service eligibility
08/03/06
Military subscriptions - Rule F 2.8
07/25/06
Partnership sales - deductible
06/20/06
Opt-out notice guidelines (PDF*)
05/15/06
Channel of sales - production Paragraph 8C
05/04/06
Loyalty point policy modified
04/19/06
June 2006 reporting: formats (prototypes & tutorials)
04/03/06
June 2006 reporting: analyzed non-paid defined
04/03/06
Partnership Non-deductible sales - Rule F2.6 modified
03/28/06
Separate edition rule modified
03/20/06
Sanction – new Bylaw Article 7.6
03/17/06
Hurricane Katrina’s affect on circulation distribution
09/01/05
Listing of “Audit Status” for all ABC members on ABC Web site
07/22/05
ABC legal expenses – reimbursement by involved ABC members
03/29/05
Censure provisions formalized
03/29/05
Public notification of impending audit adjustment
03/29/05
Single-copy price reporting
03/21/05
Club/membership program approval and audit requirements
03/17/05
Paragraph 4B reporting
11/29/04
Reducing the release time for the Audit Report
11/29/04
Change in qualifying club/membership-nondeductible
07/23/04
Modification to Rule F 8.4 Subscriptions/Single-Copy Sales in Combination
07/23/04
Sponsored sales explanatory reporting updated
07/23/04
Subscription/Single-copy sales in combination
07/21/04
Club/membership deductible programs
05/28/04
Reporting of subscriptions obtained through award points
05/28/04
Audit Report format
01/04
Premium disclosure
11/03
Consumer magazine reporting format modified
06/03
FAS-FAX format change
03/03
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