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NSBA | Issue Briefs

At the beginning of each new session of Congress, NSBA members gather to hear from thought leaders on countless issues facing small business, and then discuss, debate and ultimately vote on the organization’s Top 10 Priority Issues for the coming two years.

Stars denote SBC Priority Issues 2023-2024.

BRIEF | Support Robust Small Business Contracting

NSBA supports reasonable reforms and policies that will further promote and facilitate small-business participation in the federal marketplace.

BRIEF | Support Robust Small Business Contracting

Economic Development, Contracting, Small Business Congress

BRIEF | Strengthen SBA Office of Advocacy

Congress must ensure that it allocates the financial resources required for Advocacy, an office devoted solely to serving America’s small businesses.

BRIEF | Strengthen SBA Office of Advocacy

ERA, Small Business Congress

BRIEF | Rein In The Costs of Healthcare

True relief can only be achieved through a broad reform of the current health care system.

BRIEF | Rein In The Costs of Healthcare

HHR, Small Business Congress

BRIEF | Expiring Tax Provisions

Lawmakers MUST act to ensure parity in tax rates between the smallest businesses and global corporations.

BRIEF | Expiring Tax Provisions

Taxation, Small Business Congress

BRIEF | Immigration Reform

Any comprehensive immigration legislation must address the concerns of the small-business community.

BRIEF | Immigration Reform

Small Business Congress, HHR

BRIEF | Repeal the Corporate Transparency Act

While NSBA supports efforts to stop money laundering, this law is not just bad policy, it is unconstitutional. #CTA #NOTtheWAY

BRIEF | Repeal the Corporate Transparency Act

Reform, Small Business Congress, ERA

BRIEF | Improve Workforce Training

Policymakers must ensure small-business hiring is not hampered by unnecessary and unfair regulations.

BRIEF | Improve Workforce Training

HHR, Small Business Congress

BRIEF | Improve Access to Capital

Congress needs to protect and support the SBA’s critical loan programs and increase the authorization level for SBA loans in order to prevent unnecessary stalls in lending.

BRIEF | Improve Access to Capital

Economic Development, Small Business Congress

BRIEF | Enact Tax Reform that Prioritizes Simplification

It is imperative that the U.S. moves towards a simpler, fairer tax system.

BRIEF | Enact Tax Reform that Prioritizes Simplification

Taxation, Small Business Congress

BRIEF | Expiring Tax Provisions

Lawmakers MUST act to ensure parity in tax rates between the smallest businesses and global corporations.

BRIEF | Expiring Tax Provisions

Capital, Reform, Small Business Congress

BRIEF | OSHA Regulations

Lawmakers and regulators should make every attempt to streamline regulations.

BRIEF | OSHA Regulations

HHR

BRIEF | Political Reform

Unproductive partisan politics should be put aside to truly bring change and grow opportunities for small businesses.

BRIEF | Political Reform

Politics, Reform, ERA

BRIEF | Cybersecurity and Small Business Protection

The very tools that make small businesses competitive have also put them in the crosshairs of cyber attackers.

BRIEF | Cybersecurity and Small Business Protection

Cybersecurity, Economic Development

BRIEF | White House Conference on Small Business

It's been nearly 30 years since the last WHCSB.

BRIEF | White House Conference on Small Business

Economic Development

BRIEF | Fill Key Vacancies at Small Business Administration

NSBA urges the Senate and the SBA Administrator to swiftly fill all remaining vacant political appointments.

BRIEF | Fill Key Vacancies at Small Business Administration

Politics, Washington Presentation

BRIEF | Strengthen Federal Innovation Programs

Congress should permanently authorize and increase the funding levels for the SBIR and STTR programs.

BRIEF | Strengthen Federal Innovation Programs

Economic Development

BRIEF | Oppose Drastic Minimum Wage Increases

Minimum wage increases and mandates affect small businesses when it comes to labor costs.

BRIEF | Oppose Drastic Minimum Wage Increases

HHR

BRIEF | Interstate Sales Tax

NSBA urges Congress to advance legislation to protect small businesses and Internet entrepreneurs.

BRIEF | Interstate Sales Tax

Taxation

BRIEF | Patent Reform Protections

The U.S. must reassert its position as an international leader in innovation with smart fixes.

BRIEF | Patent Reform Protections

Patents, Reform, Economic Development

BRIEF | Strengthen the Export-Import Bank

EXIM should continue to strive to exceed its mandates of supporting small business exporting efforts and reestablishing its reliability as a resource to address inabilities to access traditional credit or financing.

BRIEF | Strengthen the Export-Import Bank

Economic Development

BRIEF | Fair Union Elections

NSBA supports fair labor, economic growth and job creation.

BRIEF | Fair Union Elections

HHR

BRIEF | Overtime Regulations

NSBA continues to urge the small-business community to communicate with the DOL regarding their experiences and ideas for improvements and protections against excessive wage gaps.

BRIEF | Overtime Regulations

HHR

BRIEF | Flexible Scheduling

Congress should amend the outdated FLSA.

BRIEF | Flexible Scheduling

HHR

BRIEF | Pension Reform & Simplification

More improvements should be done to further provide small businesses with more flexibility with respect to the tools and resources.

BRIEF | Pension Reform & Simplification

HHR

BRIEF | Eliminate the Self-Employment Tax on Health Care

NSBA urges Congress to allow self-employed individuals to fully-deduct the cost of their health insurance—something all other business owners and employees are allowed to do.

BRIEF | Eliminate the Self-Employment Tax on Health Care

Taxation

BRIEF | Equity Capital & Crowdfunding

Lawmakers should clarify and ease costly and complex registration requirements on small businesses.

BRIEF | Equity Capital & Crowdfunding

Economic Development

BRIEF | Empower Employers to Determine Paid Leave

Employees and employers should be able to determine allocations for themselves.

BRIEF | Empower Employers to Determine Paid Leave

HHR

BRIEF | Regulatory Reform & Paperwork Reduction

Relief from the massive federal regulatory burden can be achieved.

BRIEF | Regulatory Reform & Paperwork Reduction

ERA

BRIEF | Net Neutrality

A free and open Internet helps prevent unfair pricing practices by ISPs.

BRIEF | Net Neutrality

Economic Development

BRIEF | Free Trade Agreements

The U.S. has the most open markets in the world, yet our products and services still face barriers abroad.

BRIEF | Free Trade Agreements

Trade, Exports

BRIEF | The Tax Gap

NSBA fully supports efforts to collect legally owed tax revenues, but not at the undue expense of the privacy and integrity of honest, hard-working entrepreneurs.

BRIEF | The Tax Gap

Taxation, Small Business Congress

BRIEF | The Fair Tax

The Fair Tax is a fair, efficient, transparent, and intelligent solution to the frustration and inequity of the current tax system.

BRIEF | The Fair Tax

Taxation

BRIEF | Data Privacy Regulations

Legislation must consider the burden on small business.

BRIEF | Data Privacy Regulations

Economic Development

BRIEF | Reinstate the R&D Tax Deduction

Our political leaders must do everything in their power to ensure that our tax laws support small-business growth and economic innovation.

BRIEF | Reinstate the R&D Tax Deduction

Taxation

BRIEF | Seek Deficit Reduction & Entitlement Reform

Avoiding economically disastrous growth in the national debt will require an aggressive combination of reduced spending and increased revenue.

BRIEF | Seek Deficit Reduction & Entitlement Reform

Taxation

BRIEF | Bolster SBA Lending

Policymakers must ensure that programs and pandemic-related program changes are not closed if the need for lending still exists.

BRIEF | Bolster SBA Lending

Economic Development, Capital

BRIEF | Enact the Credit Card Competition Act

This bill is sorely needed to protect small businesses from an unfair, duopolistic market, and ensure they can compete.

BRIEF | Enact the Credit Card Competition Act

Economic Development, ERA, Washington Presentation

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