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The Self-Employment Assistance Program (SEA) is designed to encourage and support unemployed individuals in creating their own jobs by starting their own small businesses.

• High Gas Prices Still Hurting Self-Employed Business Owners
• Over the Tax Cliff?
• Senate Calls For More SBA Funding In 2013

• Report Finds Health Tax Credit Underused
• Survey Finds Health Care Costs Have Decreased Or Remained Flat, NASE Disagrees
• Hearing: SBA's Capital Access Programs

• National Small Business Week Highlights Continued Issues With Access To Capital
• NASE Support Letter For Tax Extenders
• Federal/State Spending On Welfare To Work Programs

Kristie Arslan, president of the National Association for the Self-Employed who just started her own gourmet popcorn company, said she had received "invaluable support" from an SBDC.

More than half of Americans either own or work for a small business, according to the Small Business Administration (SBA). The NASE is teaming up with the SBA for the 11th year in a row to sponsor National Small Business Week.

• NASE Celebrates Cabinet-Level Status For SBA
• IRS Raises Tax Gap Levels To $385 Billion
• Health Reform Law To Supreme Court: How Will It Affect Your Business?

As news reports circulate that President Obama will recommend the Small Business Administration (SBA) be elevated to Cabinet-level status, Kristie Arslan, President and CEO of the NASE, reacted by supporting the effort saying “it signals the importance of the small business community to our national economy.”

• Tax Code Reform Still On Table After Super Committee Fail
• Senate Takes On Payroll Tax Cut
• Hearing: SBA Meeting Disaster Recovery Needs?

• Partisan Politicking Trumps Economic Recovery?
• Automatic Cuts Set To Hit In 2013
• SBA Chief Counsel For Advocacy Confirmed

• New Debit Card Fee Ruling To Take Effect In October
• NASE Blog: Debunking One Size Fits All
• SBA Hosts Nationwide Women Entrepreneurship Roundtable

• Obama Administration Tackling Frivolous Regulations
• Debit Card Fee Legislation Stall Failed Senate Passage
• SBA, NASE Offer Smartphone Apps

• Editor's Note: Bin Laden, Small Biz Research, Debt Ceiling
• Celebrating Small Business In May
• Study: Does Bankruptcy Provide A Fresh Start For Entrepreneurs?

• House Adopts GOP 2012 Budget Resolution
• 1099 Repeal Signed By Pres. Obama
• Congress Examines Small Biz And Taxes

The National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) is thrilled that President Obama has signed a repeal of the additional reporting requirement regarding Form 1099 passed under the Affordable Care Act.

• Editor's Note: Continuing CR
• Study: Small Biz Lending 2009-2010
• Tax Time: Deducting The Business Use Of Your Automobile

• NASE Featured In Wall Street Journal
• SBA FY 2012 Budget Released
• House Moves 1099 Repeal Legislation
• Tips: Independent Contractor or Employee?
• House Committee Hearing On The Small Biz Economy

• Republicans Take Further Steps To Repeal Health Law
• Tax Cuts Officially Extended By Obama
• SBA To Offer Lower-Dollar 7(a) Loans
• Late Tax Breaks To Affect Some Filers

• Senate Fails Again To Strike 1099 Provision
• Update: Bush Tax Cuts
• SBA Re-Launches SBA.gov Search Functionality

• Editor's Note: Leadership Races Complete
• Repeal Of 1099 Measure To Come To A Vote
• Estate Tax News Update
• Expiring Bush Tax Cuts, AMT

• Congress Adjourns To Campaign For Midterms
• Congress Passes Continuing Resolution
• White House Hosts Women's Entrepreneurship Summit

• House Discusses Repeal Of Form 1099 Law
• HHS Offers $51 Million Incentive For Insurance Exchange System
• SBA Programs Reauthorized
• Subcommittee Discusses Impact of Interchange Fees on Small Businesses

NASE’s Kristie Arslan points out that the Small Business Jobs Act is a great first step toward completing a long list of priorities for the self-employed. In particular, Kristie says, the tax provision that allows the self-employed to take a one-year deduction of their health costs is key.

On the eve of expiration for a number of key small business tax deductions and with the Small Business Administration running out of funding for small business loans, the U.S. Senate finally wakes up and begins to pay attention to small business.

• Letter From The Editor: Fourth Of July Recess
• Marie Johns Confirmed As SBA Deputy Administrator
• Financial Overhaul May Include Important Small Biz Protections

• Micro-Businesses Support Energy-Saving Measures
• House Passes $30 Billion Small Business Lending Bill
• Health Reform: Keeping The Plan You Have
• Senate Committee Holds Hearing On Worker Misclassification
• USDA, SBA Team Up To Offer Rural Small Biz Support

• New Law Increases Paperwork for Self-Employed Over A Thousand Percent
• National Small Business Week
• President Obama Introduces Legislation To Cut Unnecessary Spending
• Health Care Law Authorizes Federal Funding For School Health Centers

• Survey: Increased Tax Regulation on Small Business
• Senate Approves Amendment to Financial Reform Bill Regulating Credit Card Transaction Fees
• Disaster Aid For Gulf Coast Small Businesses
• Small Business Quarterly Indicators

• Coalition Speaks Out On S Corp Taxation
• SBA Programs Extended, Again
• SBA Advocacy: Acting Chief Counsel Testifies On Small Biz Internet Access

• White House To Offer Health Reform Proposal To Congress
• Regulatory Changes Saved Small Biz $7 billion In 2009
• Senate Introduces Jobs Bill
• Poll: Are You An Independent Contractor Or Do You Hire Them?

• Survey: Will You Be Hiring In 2010?
• Packed Agenda Remains For Congress
• 2009 Tax Changes For Micro-Businesses
• SBA's Report To President On Small Biz Financing
• IRS Proposes New Rules For Tax Preparers

During a meeting with President Obama, the National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) made sure to mention that micro-businesses are still facing difficulties getting access to credit and financing and that health costs are crippling the backbone of the American economy – the self-employed.

• From The Editor's Desk: Washington Watch Hiatus
• Legislative Alert!
• Senate Panel Oks SBA Picks
• Small Biz Health Care Roundup

As a self-employed business owner, you have a variety of resources available to you. These resources can help you with everything from marketing your business to finding health insurance. In this article, we'll take a look at four of the biggest resources for self-employed business owners. Whether you're just starting out or you've been in business for years, these organizations can provide you with the support you need to be successful.

Both the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Small Business Administration have recently introduced plans aimed at helping small businesses with government procurement and startup funding, respectively.