Small Business

Oregon senator wants to give small businesses a tax break for hiring the first employee

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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 employee tax credit,” and now […]

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Wyden Introduces Bill To Boose Capital Access For Small Businesses

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Today, Senator Wyden introduced the Providing Real Opportunities for Growth to Rising Entrepreneurs for Sustained Success Act (the PROGRESS Act) on a bicameral basis with Rep. Judy Chu in the House. The PROGRESS Act creates two new tax incentives to unlock the growth potential of all small businesses, designed to target industry and economic characteristics

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Every day brings another reason for you to help save capitalism — and a lot more. Spend two days with us and let’s get started.

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Register Now for the ASBC Sustainable Business & Advocacy Summit: “Making Capitalism Work for All” – Dec. 10-11, 2019 in DC The stakes are higher every day, but it often feels like only a few people get it. You know our consumer economy can’t thrive without broad-based prosperity – and our livable planet can’t survive

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Small business is big business in S.C.

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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 in South Carolina the margin

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Recent radio interviews on Protect Democracy USA and the Enhance Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century Act

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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 Hill, SC, Frank Knapp talks

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Small-business group concerned about bill to change license rules

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Florence Morning News September 26, 2019 By Matthew Christian FLORENCE, S.C. – The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce shares the concerns of Florence Mayor Stephen J. Wukela regarding a bill, proposed by state Rep. Wallace H. “Jay” Jordan, that change the way municipalities collect business license taxes. Frank Knapp Jr. said via email

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Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Introduce Legislation to Enhance Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century

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For Immediate Release September 24, 2019 Earlier this year, Klobuchar and Scott launched the bipartisan Senate Entrepreneurship Caucus to address the most pressing policy issues facing entrepreneurs and today hosted a Women’s Entrepreneurship Roundtable to encourage new business founders WASHINGTON—Today, Senate Entrepreneurship Caucus Co-Chairs Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the bipartisan Enhancing

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Poll: Eager for Action on Soaring Health Care Costs, Small Business Owners Seek Market and Policy Solutions

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9/10/2019                                                                                 Washington, D.C – A new national poll of 500 small- and medium-sized businesses shows health care costs are the biggest concern for employers and many have taken steps to lower those costs, at times by passing them on to employees through higher premiums or by reducing coverage. In addition,

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Hurricane Dorian Information for Small Businesses

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Dominion Energy: Report Electrical Outages Online Test Message Calling 1-888-333-4465 ****************************************************** Santee Cooper: Report an Outage Report online or call 888-769-7688. Please take the following steps if you experience a power outage.  Check your circuit panel or fuse box. If you have circuit breakers, flip the main breaker switch to the “off” position, then back

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New York Takes Action to Protect Small Businesses Nationwide from Predatory Lenders

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Bloomberg August 30, 2019 Cuomo Signs Bill Cracking Down on Small-Business-Loan Abuses By Zachary Mider Ban on out-of-state confessions of judgment has national scope Law will restrict use by unregulated cash-advance lenders New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill aimed at preventing predatory lenders from using the state’s court system to seize the assets

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