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NASE Urges Senate Action on Crowdfunding Legislation

Yesterday, the National Association for the Self-Employed along with several other major small business groups urged Majority Leader Reid and Minority Leader McConnell to advance legislation related to crowdfunding.
Posted on Feb 29, 2012

Tax Time: Deducting The Business Use Of Your Automobile

Business expenses come with the territory when you are an entrepreneur. Some expenses, however, can be easy to miss come tax time because they do not show up in your business checkbook.
Posted on Feb 27, 2012

NASE Statement On President Obama's Corporate Tax Reform Plan

"Today’s joint proposal by the White House and the Department of Treasury announcing recommendations for business tax reform must be called what it truly is, corporate tax reform exclusive to major corporations and large employers." Read the rest of the NASE's statement here.
Posted on Feb 22, 2012

The President’s Budget and The Self-Employed Agenda: A First Step, But More Steps Are Needed

The President’s proposed FY 2013 budget request released last week includes several initiatives of interest to the nation’s 22 million self-employed and at least one of the items on the National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) Self-Employed Agenda.
Posted on Feb 21, 2012

Congress Close To Agreement On Payroll Tax Extension

Congress is coming out ahead of this month’s payroll tax extension, currently set to expire at the end of February. Senate and House conference committee members have agreed to a 10-month extension of the payroll tax deduction.
Posted on Feb 17, 2012

Small Business Startup Bill Introduced In House

The House has introduced another piece of legislation for future self-employed individuals. The Help Entrepreneurs Create American Jobs Act of 2012 makes permanent the deduction for startups at $10,000. If left to expire, the deduction reduces to $5,000.
Posted on Feb 15, 2012

Small Business Worker Classification: Independent Contractor Or Employee?

The self-employed contribute a mighty portion to the U.S. economy – nearly $1 trillion. There is no question that they are helping create jobs by growing and hiring new workers. The question is, by hiring additional workers, are micro-businesses (those with 10 or fewer employees) actually creating more paperwork for themselves?
Posted on Feb 14, 2012

Taxes: Self-Employed Can Deduct Health Insurance (Bloomberg Businessweek)

The self-employed health insurance deduction is one of the most powerful deductions you can take—and one of the single most-powerful ways to address the affordability of health insurance, says the NASE's Keith Hall.
Posted on Feb 08, 2012

Multitasking Might Harm Your Health (And Your Business)

Modern workers might find it hard to believe that multitasking is a relatively new idea. For most of us, the need to accomplish many things at once seems like a given. But, believe it or not, the concept of multitasking didn’t crop up in the workplace until around the time that every desk got a computer.
Posted on Feb 08, 2012

Who Is Angie?

Would it be a blessing or a business killer if the whole world knew what your customers thought of your micro-business? In the social media age, the question isn’t if, but in what format, people tell others what they think of your company.
Posted on Feb 08, 2012

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