IBWA Distributor Membership Dues Form

DISTRIBUTOR MEMBERSHIP

IBWA Distributor members are companies that do not bottle water and are distributors for IBWA Bottler members, and have sales in the United States (whether or not the company is located in the United States).

IBWA International Bottler members are companies located outside the United States that bottle or package water for sale outside the United States and that meet IBWA Code of Practice standards which is verified by annual plant inspections. This inspection is MANDATORY.

Dues for Distributor members are based on gross sales and start at $1,292.00 for gross bottled water sales of $500,000 or less. See page 2, Section III for additional information. Total payment for new members is due at the time of application.

List IBWA Bottler member(s) for whom your company distributes.

My company is a distributor of bottled water for the following IBWA Bottler member(s):

Total 2018 Gross Sales

Dues Payment/Formulas

$1 - $500,000 = $1,292

$500,001 - $2,000,000 = Total Gross Sales x 0.002578

$2,000,001 - and greater = $5,154 + (0.0020664 x Total Gross Sales in excess of $2,000,000)

SEND YOUR COMPLETED DUES FORM ALONG WITH PAYMENT TO THE IBWA MEMBERSHIP DEPARTMENT:

By mail:

IBWA 1700 Diagonal Road Suite 650 Alexandria, VA 22314

By fax:

703-683-4074

By email:

ibwainfo@bottledwater.org

For membership questions, contact the IBWA Membership Department at 703-647-4615or cbass@bottledwater.org.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Dues paid to IBWA are deductible as an ordinary business expense but NOT deductible as “charitable” contributions for 2019 Federal Income Tax purposes. The portion of dues payments used for lobbying expenses by the association is not deductible for 2019 Federal Income Tax purposes. The nondeductible portion of your 2019 dues is 18.34%. Contributions to the Drinking Water Research Foundation (DWRF) are deductible as charitable donations for Federal Income Tax purposes.

• IBWA tax ID #25-1124210

$25 of your dues investment is applied towards your yearly subscription to the Bottled Water Reporter

Payment of the above membership dues indicates agreement by the company to abide by the IBWA Bylaws and other rules of membership in IBWA. See the Member Use of the IBWA Logo for additional conditions of IBWA Distributor Membership. All sales and other information provided will be kept in the strictest confidence.

“I have calculated my dues payment using the formula provided by IBWA and my company’s sales figures for the previous year.”

If there are additional employees that you would like to receive IBWA News Splash, the Bottled Water Reporter magazine, and other announcements, please provide their contact information in the spaces available below. There is no limit to the number of additional contacts that can be provided to IBWA, so feel free to attach additional sheets of contact information, if needed. .

FAll additional contacts do not have to be located at the same address. For more Additional Contact sheets, go to: http://www.bottledwater.org/membership/dues-renewal, or make a copy of this page.