August 7, 2013 By Dinah Wisenberg Brin | Entrepreneur Small businesses with fewer than 50 full-time employees — or the equivalent — as defined by the U.S. Affordable Care Act may wonder what they should do to prepare for employee open enrollment on the new healthcare exchanges this October. If you’re among those…
Obama’s tax plan a bad bargain for small business
August 2, 2013 The Hill’s Congress Blog By Frank Knapp Jr. President Obama is right to address the urgent need to modernize our once grand infrastructure. Unfortunately, the president’s corporate tax reforms would leave us in a deeper hole down the road. The president’s plan to cut corporate tax rates…
Internships.com Another New Benefit for Members and it’s Free!
Do you need an intern for your business? Don’t wait any longer! Now is the time to post your internship opportunities. It’s no secret that internships have become an invaluable way for businesses to recruit top student talent while providing an extended evaluation period for prospective entry-level employees. Now, South Carolina Small…
S.C. businesses have new financing option
July 31, 2013 Staff Report| GSA Business The S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce has joined a Mission Markets online crowd-funding portal that gives businesses access to financing and donation-based investment resources. Chamber President Frank Knapp said the portal gives businesses and non-profits conducting a business enterprise another avenue to…
Is Obamacare a job-killer?
July 26, 2013 By Alain Sherter | CBS News (MoneyWatch) As Republicans in Congress continue trying to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, perhaps the most serious charge leveled against the health care law is that it is a “job-killer.” Critics say the ACA requirement that companies provide employees with health…
Tax havens unfair to small businesses
The Washington Post Published: April 22 The latest deficit-reduction plan offered by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson supports the interests of big business at the expense of the United States’ small businesses by calling for adoption of a territorial tax system. In two recent polls, small-business owners have soundly rejected…
Healthcare costs still a major issue for small businesses
According to a new Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Businesssurvey, Obamacare can’t get here quick enough. The poll released this week found that 54% of the small business owners surveyed said that healthcare costs were hurting their operations a lot and 19% said hurting them a little. Now what Gallup doesn’t tell…
Take Two Minutes to Speak up for Small Businesses Today
American Sustainable Business Council supporters – The fiscal showdown over the Bush-era tax cuts continues in Congress… and defenders of extra cuts for the top-tiers of incomes continue using lip service to small business as their leading excuse for opposing the tax cuts for the middle class. That’s not right.…
State Income Tax
In 2000 the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) was formed with one of its top issues being to establish parity with big business on state income tax rates. Under the tax code at that time, small businesses (sole-proprietors, partnerships, LLC’s and S-corporations) were paying 40% higher state income taxes compared to…
Protecting Small Businesses in the Legal Process
The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) has taken a leadership role in assuring that the state civil courts are free of frivolous lawsuits, legal proceedings are less costly and small businesses maintain their rights to protect themselves against big business. The SCSBCC has successfully supported legislation to:…