The Hill June 12, 2019 By Frank Knapp Jr., Opinion Contributor The recently released Department of Labor May report on employment revealed a shocking number: New jobs last month rose by only 75,000, dramatically below expectations. Even worse, the number of new jobs created in March and April were revised…
Weighing in on Election Issues, Small Business Owners Say Presidential Candidates Should Release Tax Returns, Support Raising Taxes on Wealthy
For Immediate Release: June 11, 2019 Contact: Conan Knoll, (831) 524-6764, conan@emcstrategies.com Scientific opinion poll finds nearly two-thirds of small business owners support legislation requiring presidential candidates to release tax returns, and support raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations Washington, D.C., June 11, 2019—A public opinion poll released today…
Opinion: Time for Small Businesses to Benefit from Tax Reform
Morning Consult May 14, 2019 BY FRANK KNAPP JR. It happens every year. The weeklong, business-boosting spotlight on small business during National Small Business Week fades to business as usual. The high-profile campaign to promote shopping local with small businesses is replaced by other national concerns about growth and investment,…
Opinion: Trump’s tax reform didn’t help small business
Waco Tribune-Herald 4-10-19 The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg) 4-14-19 The Iowa Gazette 4-14-19 InsideSources 4-15-19 Jacksonville Journal Courier 4-16-19 Northwest Indiana Times 4-16-19 The Edwardsville (IL) Intelligencer 4-16-19 The Palm Beach Post 4-17-19 Columbia Regional Business Report 4-22-19 By Frank Knapp Jr. While every April 15 is an important day for…
Entrepreneurs, here’s how to lower your small business taxes
USA TODAY April 10, 2019 By Rhonda Abrams My CPA emailed me Friday night, letting me know the taxes I’ll have to pay on my small business income. Gulp—those number are high! (Note to CPAs—wait til Monday to clobber small business clients with bad news, let us enjoy our weekends.)…
Small-business owners lukewarm — or worse — on new tax la
MultiBriefs April 12, 2019 By Seth Sandronsky At best, some owners of small firms are lukewarm about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) that Congress passed and President Trump signed. We turn to an April 10 public opinion poll from Businesses for Responsible Tax Reform. Among 501…
Poll: New Tax Law a Dud for Small Businesses
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 10, 2019 Contact: Conan Knoll conan@emcstrategies.com (831) 524-6764 New Opinion Poll: Majority of Small Businesses Say Tax Law Did Not Help Them, Support Rolling Back Cuts for Corporations Scientific opinion poll finds nearly half of small business owners say the new tax law has had no…
This tax season for small business: Disappointing refunds, higher prep fees, mass confusion
The Hill April 8, 2019 By Anne Zimmerman, Opinion Contributor “Many happy returns” may be a fitting birthday or anniversary wish, but it certainly doesn’t describe what most small business taxpayers are experiencing in the first real test run of the new Republican tax law. As we near the end…
Tax returns are coming in…..
Federal tax reform hurriedly pushed through Congress in late 2017 and signed into law in December of that year was to give every American family a $4000 pay raise by cutting their taxes. Remember that? To anyone who was really paying attention to what was in the new law, that…
Small business, middle class still losers in lame duck tax proposal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Conan Knoll conan@emcstrategies.com (831) 524-6764 Statement by Frank Knapp, Jr. co-chair of Businesses for Responsible Tax Reform and founder and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Washington, D.C., Nov. 29, 2018—The strong push-back against the new tax law, which culminated in ousting the Republican…