The Hill December 23, 2019 By Tess Bonn Conservative commentator Johnny Burtka ripped President Trump’s 2017 tax law in light of a new report that found that some of the most profitable companies in the U.S. didn’t pay any taxes last year as a result of the legislation. “It was a…
Local businesses prepare for Small Business Saturday
WIS-TV November 29, 2019 By Emily Wakeman COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – You may be recovering from a day spent at the department stores taking advantage of all of the Black Friday deals, but this week’s kickoff of the holiday shopping season continues tomorrow with Small Business Saturday. It’s a day…
Does a jump in personal loans signal economic trouble ahead?
MultiBriefs November 25, 2019 By Seth Sandronsky As night follows day, economic expansions end in recessions. Consumer debt is a part of each chapter. On that note, the consumer credit agencies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — are reporting a rise in personal loans over recent months. Is this a…
Oregon senator wants to give small businesses a tax break for hiring the first employee
USA Today November 6, 2019 By Rhonda Abrams Special to USA TODAY In my USA TODAY column in November 2009 – 10 years ago – I proposed a new idea: a tax credit for small businesses who hire their very first employee. Throughout the last decade, I’ve repeatedly advocated this “first…
Small business is big business in S.C.
Charleston Regional Business Journal October 18, 2019 Staff Report You’ll hear it from politicians hoping to get your vote and occasionally raise your taxes for water, sewer and roads: Small business is the backbone of the nation’s economy. Turns out, they’re right. Most companies have fewer than five employees, and…
Small Businesses Deserve Tax Policies that Help Them Thrive, Not Public Relations Attempts to Bolster a Failed Tax Law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 3, 2019 Contact: Conan Knoll conan@emcstrategies.com (831) 524-6764 Statement by Businesses for Responsible Tax Reform Co-chair Frank Knapp, Jr. on a recent NFIB survey and actual small business sentiment about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Washington, D.C., October 3, 2019—House Ways and Means Committee Ranking…
Recent radio interviews on Protect Democracy USA and the Enhance Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century Act
On September 13th on WVOC in Columbia, SC, Frank Knapp talks about the Protect Democracy USA campaign to raise the voice of small businesses demanding that Congress and the President take immediate action to address foreign interference in the nation’s elections. Listen here. On September 25th on WRHI in Rock…
Opinion: What to Make of August Job Numbers?
InsideSources, September 10, 2019 The Post-Journal (Jamestown, NY), September 14, 2019 By Frank Knapp Jr. The Labor Department has told us that that 130,000 new jobs were created in August. However, around 25,000 were temporary census workers hired by the federal government. That puts the August total for new private-sector…
Opinion: New Corporate Purpose Equals New Opportunity
Inside Sources August 30, 2019 by Rhett Buttle The Business Roundtable, an influential group of CEOs of America’s most powerful corporations, made headlines recently by declaring they would no longer define the purpose of a corporation as solely focused on generating returns for shareholders. Instead, they declared that the purpose…
Report: CEO pay increases 1,000% over past 40 years
MultiBriefs August 23, 2019 By Seth Sandronsky What can small businesses make of booming CEO pay? First, we look at the numbers. Lawrence Mishel and Julia Wolfe of the Washington, D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute dove deep into the data on compensation trends in the U.S. over the past 40 years.…