“This is a fresh opportunity for the administration to refocus on issues or measures that could actually help small businesses,” said Frank Knapp, co-chair of Businesses for Responsible Tax Reform. The Hill January 7, 2020 By Naomi Jagoda The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Jovita Carranza to head President Trump‘s Small Business Administration…
SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza Must be a Strong Voice for Main Street in an Administration that Favors Big Business
Jan. 7, 2020 Statement by Frank Knapp, Jr., co-chair of Businesses for Responsible Tax Reform and president & CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, who formerly served on an advisory body to the SBA Office of the National Ombudsman, on today’s appointment of Jovita Carranza as…
Why the Impact of the Trump Taxes Remains Partly Hidden
The New York Times December 30, 2019 New taxes should be a big expense for many companies. But they have found a way around disclosing it in annual reports. By Peter Eavis Armed with legions of lobbyists, companies have been pushing hard — and successfully — to weaken new federal…
Reno, Vegas entrepreneurs say Trump’s 2017 tax law has not helped small businesses
Northern Nevada Business View December 31. 2019 By Kaleb Roedel RENO, Nev. — Tonda Benge had plans to hire more staff, raise wages, and invest in better technology. Benge, owner of Professional Dog Mom in Reno, assumed she’d be able to do all of this, and possibly more, following the…
How Big Companies Won New Tax Breaks From the Trump Administration
The New York Times December 30, 2019 By Jesse Drucker and Jim Tankersley The overhaul of the federal tax law in 2017 was the signature legislative achievement of Donald J. Trump’s presidency. The biggest change to the tax code in three decades, the law slashed taxes for big companies, part…
Conservative commentator rips Trump’s signature tax overhaul: ‘It was a big mistake’
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…
At Tax Law’s 2-Year Anniversary, Small Businesses Ask Policymakers for Reform that Actually Helps Main Street
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Conan Knoll conan@emcstrategies.com (831) 524-6764 Nevada entrepreneurs join Businesses for Responsible Tax Reform on a press call to discuss how, two years in, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has failed to help small businesses and to call on policymakers and candidates to support tax policy…
GUEST COLUMN: Solving small business crisis is focus of bills
Florence Morning News, November 12, 2019 Lexington County Chronicle, November 13, 2019 BY FRANK KNAPP JR. Guest Columnist When the Labor Department job numbers for October came out showing that 128,000 jobs were added nationwide last month, The New York Times headline was “Job Market Shows Resilience.” What the headline…
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…
Sen. Wyden’s PROGRESS Act Introduced Today Shows How Tax Reform Can Help Small Businesses and Economy
October 30, 2019 Contact: Conan Knoll conan@emcstrategies.com (831) 524-6764 Statement by Businesses for Responsible Tax Reform Co-chair Frank Knapp, Jr. on the PROGRESS Act Introduced today by Sen. Ron Wyden, which includes key BRTR policy priority Washington, D.C., October 30, 2019—Businesses for Responsible Tax Reform commends Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)…