NSBA | Issue Briefs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Lawmakers and regulators should make every attempt to streamline regulations.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

NSBA supports fair labor, economic growth and job creation.

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.

Congress should amend the outdated FLSA.

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

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.

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

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

Relief from the massive federal regulatory burden can be achieved.

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

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

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.

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

Legislation must consider the burden on small business.

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

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

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

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