MFDEA Podcast

0.00 - Greeting 1.00 - Navigating website compliance with Americans Disability Act  13.20 - Closing

0.00 - Greeting 0.22 - Cindy is retiring - party on 6/26 1.22 - Convention recap 2.55 - Scam update 4.50 - Preneed and exclusion of assets for qualifying for public assistance 20.25 - Closing

0.00 - Greeting 0.12 - June 10th is last day to register online! 1.45 - New & old scams that have affected FDs. 9.42 - Court of Appeals says sales tax amendment can go to vote in Aug. 14.56 - Closing

0.00 - Greeting 0.25 - Follow up on service sales tax questions. 11.35 - Convention News 13.38 - Closing

0.00 - Greeting 0.18 - Convention News 1.40 - St Louis post office discovered huge pile of dumped mail. How such an event can affect your funeral home. 3.25 - Final bill news now that legislative session is closed. 12.25 - Services sales tax goes to vote in August. 22.15 - Closing

0.00 - Greeting 1.10 - Convention News 2.20 - Consumers questioning retainage fee on trust funded preneed contract when cancelling. 21.30 - New Convention News 22.22 - Closing

0.00 - Greeting 0.20 - Convention News 3.12 - Cremated Remains - liabilities & things to consider 21.56 - Closing

0.00 - Greeting 0.17 - Disinternment follow up question & answer session 5.10 - Update: Senate changed No Income Tax bill & House passed it 8.42 - Update on guardians of minor child in NOK list bill  9.17 - Closing

0.00 - Greeting 0.20 - Band scam is back! 3.22 - It passed: phasing out income tax and replacing with sales tax. 7.46 - Fast moving bill changes for guardians of NOK minor children. 13.58 - This legislative news report is brought to you by MFDEA. 16.21 - Closing

0.00 - Greeting 0.30 - Hot topics this week. 3.50 - How to properly do a disinterment legally. 11.50 - Closing

0.00 - Greeting 0.30 - Thank you to FDs who attended legislative day. 1.08 - Status on MO income tax and MO sales tax on services 9.15 - Closing

0.00 - Greeting 0.12 - Tuesday is Funeral Director Day at the Capitol 1.10 - Sales Tax on services, focus on exemption for funerals 15.13 - Closing

0.00 - Greeting 0.23 - Band scam is targeting funeral homes 7.25 - Family requesting body left unattended for a reason. Is this legal? 12.26 - War and how it may affect your business. 14.24 - Closing

0.00 - Greeting 0.25 - Correction from last Weekly Update video/podcast 1.29 - Issues with DFS re: FH being beneficary 16.50 - Legislative focus this year: funerals are tax exempt 17.21 - New HB 1696 re: NOK and death of minor child 27.52 - Funeral Director Day at Capitol is March 24 28.18 - Closing

0.00 - Greeting 0.13 - Scam emails from Don or President, don't fall for it! 1.53 - Legislative Update on sales tax 4.11 - Legislative Day for Funeral Directors is March 24 5.33 - New Bill passed: ADA compliance on websites 11.05 - Closing

0.00 - Greeting 0.35 - Scam: Meeting email notice - don't just click, verify sender first 4.26 - If you received a NPS check you'll get a 1099 form for your taxes.      Watch NPS Receivership video online in the Member Resources Library. 6.42 - MoEVRS death certificate new system presentation update 26.10 - Closing

0.00 - Greetings 0.57 - Adoptions and NOK list 3.00 - NOK list in order 10.10 - Death Certificate correction assistance 10.54 - Closing

0.00 - Greetings 0.40 - Disinterment - when, where, why, and whom 18.27 - Closing

0.00 - Greeting 0.57 - MFT over $100 million 2.05 - MFT will be 100% electronic by January 1, 2027 5.40 - Trust funded preneeds vs insurance funded contracts, differences 10.23 - Switching one investment vehicle to another requires permission 12.13 - Don helping Sec of State's office archive death certs from 1975 15.18 - 2025 Wrap up & Happy New Year!

0.00 - Greeting 0.45 - Member Thank You 1.45 - Mystery gift! Was it you? 3.40 - Exceptions to minimum wage increase Jan. 1st. 9.12 - 2026 possible changes: sales tax on services, remove income tax 13.08 - Membership dues special offer 14.16 - 2025 wrap up & Happy Holidays to all!

0.00 - Greetings 0.14 - Minimum wage $15/hr January 1st, may affect hiring 2.44 - Affordable Care Act subsidies voted down, may affect hiring 5.08 - Now only 2 documents accepted to correct SS# on a death cert 15.17 - Closing

0.00 - Greetings 0.22 - State Board update: new licensing rules 3.17 - State Board update: preneed audits 7.41 - MFDEA board meeting: convention update 13.00 - Warm up

0.00 - Greeting 00.37 - Recap of District 6 & 7 event and Cozean funeral 1.24 - Portability of a preneed contract and what is required 11.00 - Transfer preneed contract out of state? 15.46 - Happy Thanksgiving! 

0.00 - Memorial info for Jon Cozean 2.00 - Kids NOK in divorce, filed not final, and not married situations 8.25 - Wrap up and vacation thanks