Employee Purchases, Taxes and QBP

Sport Chalet has a policy that employees in good standing and past their 90 day probation period may make Employee Purchases from our vendors and distributors with Manager Approval. This is a benefit that most bike-junkies really enjoy. The issue to the state governments is that ALL of those direct payments generated no tax revenue. QBP is the first distributor to respond by not accepting Credit Cards from employees. QBP's intention is that all EP's are to be rung through the receiving store's register, with the taxes added there. What does that mean to us? The fallout from that is if an employee’s part order is processed thru Sport Chalet a 10% charge is added to pay for the store/corporation costs. Oh, and you’ll get charged the normal tax rate too.

This is resulting in some "discussion", which is understandable. That parts kit for your new bike may have just jumped in price from $1000 to $1188. Yes it’s only $188, but that can be a deal breaker. They are still working on the details, as it kills EP's on SRAM/Truvativ/Rock Shox items. Changes are expected in the future on this.

Paying less than retail is still a benefit. If you don't like QBP's policy, go somewhere else. Check other distributors, there may be another way!