Sentences with phrase «burden on small business»

When Vice President Mike Pence came to Buffalo this week to discuss the federal tax reform framework, he focused primarily on how it plans to ease the burden on small business owners and simplify the filing process for most Americans.
Canadian business leaders are skeptical of government plans to reduce the paper burden on small business.
And frankly, I think far more people would benefit by reducing the regulatory burden on small businesses than would benefit by a higher minimum wage.
Schnapp said easing the burdens on small business would go far toward reviving the economy, citing as an example the 17 different bureaucracies she would need to deal with if she wanted to open a winery in her Northern California home base of Sonoma County.
Opponents, on the other hand, point to the fact that the proposed changes place an undue burden on small businesses, especially those planning to expand or invest in new products, services, or operations.
He also passed several laws to ease the regulatory burden on small businesses, protect veteran's benefits, and Clean Water Acts for Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess Counties to revitalize impaired waterways and combat flooding.
And the burdens on small business pre-dated their majority and continue today.
«I think the regulatory burden on small businesses in New York is too strong,» Wu said in the interview.
«[This] would place an undue burden on small businesses,» said Heather Briccetti, CEO of The Business Council of New York State, Inc..
The Business Council of New York State, an Albany - based lobbying group, said the proposals «would place an undue burden on small businesses» by creating staffing and compliance problems.
The plan's five points focus on creating an environment in New York that eases the tax and regulatory burden on small businesses, as well as providing incentives for employers -LSB-...]
«By reducing the onerous tax burden on small businesses, we give them a greatly enhanced opportunity to create jobs, prosper and grow our economy.
The speaker has argued that ongoing economic sluggishness makes this the wrong time for imposing new burdens on small businesses, a position she stuck to at her campaign kick - off even though she said she supports «the goal» of the legislation.
Quinn's view is that the bill would add an additional financial burden on small businesses at a time when they are already suffering in a laggard economy.
Perdue was particularly enthusiastic about lifting the tax burden on small businesses and eliminating the «death tax» on inherited property.
Thus, the burden on small businesses should be minimal.
Thus, this requirement will impose a minor burden on small businesses.
This will limit the burden on small businesses.
Taxing e-commerce imposes a greater burden on small businesses than on larger ones, which are better able to afford the resources needed to manage or automate tax collections.
The system may be introduced earlier, but there remains considerable opposition from the business community, many of whom believe that flexible leave places too high a burden on small businesses, and will in fact be bad for the economy.
NAR supports curbs on abusive e-mails but cautions against compliance burdens on small businesses.

Not exact matches

Immigration policy, from potential burdens of reporting and verification to visa needs for highly skilled positions, are also critical to small business owners, as is Dodd - Frank's impact on lending to small business.
Remember, though, individual tax rates have generally gone down as of Jan. 1 and a new 20 percent deduction on certain income for small businesses (which includes solo workers) could reduce your tax burden even further.
«These freelancers come on board as subcontractors and save the small business owner the burden of paying overhead associated with payroll taxes and expenses such as health insurance and worker's compensation, as well as the space constrictions that growing a company in - house can present.»
On Sunday, a Journal editorial defended NFIB, saying that many small business owners oppose «ObamaCare» and the tax burden it places on companieOn Sunday, a Journal editorial defended NFIB, saying that many small business owners oppose «ObamaCare» and the tax burden it places on companieon companies.
But at the same time, we have prices at the pump rising out of control, the burdens of insurance costs (which also keep going up), as well as complicated taxes, and you can see why small business owners continue to proceed with caution on hiring.
In fact, it may well have hurt, since the higher taxes needed to pay for those programs have placed an unnecessary and punitive burden on small and medium - sized businesses, which, in turn, have stifled their ability to hire workers.
But it has failed to recover in recent years because of a series of policies that increase the burden on small - business owners — higher taxes, increases to health - care costs, more costly regulations, and now the minimum wage increase proposal
Our Government has reduced the red tape burden on small and medium - sized businesses.
The Act also minimizes burdens on start - ups and small businesses through a relaxed surety requirement.
Taking the cost of the equipment as an immediate expense deduction allows the business to get an immediate break on their tax burden whereas capitalizing then depreciating the asset allows for smaller deductions to be taken over a longer period of time.
Our submission also cites egregious examples from Victoria's meat regulator PrimeSafe, the huge impact of knee - jerk changes to regulation of raw milk on small - scale dairy farms (many of whom have now gone out of business), and the complicated business of ensuring appropriate labeling of GMO and imported ingredients while not creating an extra burden for small - scale producers who sell directly to the public.
Sale of packaged alcohol (wants convenicence stores to be allowed to sell packaged alcohol); Excise increases on fuel and tobacco (negatively impact small business more than larger chains); Penalty rates (claim huge cost burden for small business)
After a first year in which the de Blasio administration drastically reduced fines levied on small business, the City has just launched a new, multifaceted approach to reduce regulatory burdens.
Professor Teachout is clueless about living in Upstate New York and the burden property taxes impose on homeowners and small businesses
«I pledge to continue fighting to ease the burden on New York's small businesses and middle class families so we can work together to renew the Upstate economy.»
Wills said the city leans on small business to get the economy out of the financial crisis, yet agencies burden them with violations?
«The choice for Republicans is clear: they can keep Richard Hanna, who votes to raise taxes, to extend U.S. debt to economically dangerous levels by voting with Obama, Reid and Pelosi to raise the debt ceiling while bankrupting our nation, or they can choose a commonsense Republican like me who has a proven record of voting to reduce taxes, voting against the implementation of Obamacare in New York, votes against funding an illegal database (including ammunition database) against legal gun owners, voting against increasing our debt ceiling in New York and supports countless initiatives to reduce the burdens of government red tape on individuals and small businesses, including family farms,» Tenney said.
In the days leading up to his annual address to the state Legislature, Mr. Cuomo unveiled proposals designed to ease property taxes for some homeowners, cut taxes on some small businesses, and reduce the burden of college loans for thousands of low - income students.
On Tuesday, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and other council members joined officials from the Bloomberg administration to announce a new round of measures aimed at easing some of the biggest burdens facing small businesses.
«We must provide middle class tax relief and lower the burdens on job - creating small businesses,» Faso, R - Kinderhook, said in a statement.
And any government preparing for a Budget in the current climate should be looking at the burden of business rates, especially as they fall on small businesses on this country.
Support amongst small to medium size businesses is flooding back to the Conservatives as they see how Labour has passively overseen the destruction of our manufacturing and engineering base and heaped burdens of regulation and tax on our entrpreneurs.
Said Heather Briccetti, acting president and CEO of the Business Council of New York, «The Business Council commends Governor Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Skelos and Speaker Silver for coming to a bipartisan agreement that will encourage job creation and economic development, reduce the tax burden on middle - income New Yorkers and small businesses, and assist those communities devastated by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.
Burke says he's also wants to lessen the tax burden on homeowners and help small companies cut through the red tape operating a business in New York.
Faso is running on a platform centered on reform to help small businesses, including simplifying the tax code, ending corporate welfare and easing regulatory burdens.
«The toll is hurting Queens residents and placing a great burden on the local economy and the small businesses in the area.
«The onset of [increased worker benefits] in anything except increments causes a great burden to small businesses,» Cornegy warned in a hearing on raising the minimum wage in 2014.
Faso, a former state Assembly minority leader who ran against Democrat Eliot Spitzer for governor in 2006, is running on a platform centered on reform to help small businesses, including simplifying the tax code, ending corporate welfare and easing regulatory burdens.
OK, let's lose our heads a little now & envisage a sale of Newmark: Here's the wonderful thing about small companies — no matter how parsimonious management might be, the costs of a listed company HQ (in absolute terms) can be a heavy burden on the margins of its underlying business (es).
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