Press Releases

The Latest News from the NASE

• NASE Statement On President Obama's Corporate Tax Reform Plan

  Wednesday, February 22, 2012

  "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.

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

  Tuesday, February 21, 2012

  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.

• Congress Close To Agreement On Payroll Tax Extension

  Friday, February 17, 2012

  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.

• Small Business Startup Bill Introduced In House

  Wednesday, February 15, 2012

  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.

• Small Business Worker Classification: Independent Contractor Or Employee?

  Tuesday, February 14, 2012

  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?

• NASE Lauds Senate For Introducing Small Business Tax Extenders Act

  Friday, February 3, 2012

  The NASE’s recent call to Congress to heed the Self-Employed Agenda focusing on taxes was heard this week in the Senate. Senators Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.) introduced the Small Business Tax Extenders Act of 2012, which would continue some popular tax breaks for the self-employed and micro-businesses (10 or fewer employees) for an additional two years.

• Updated: NASE Supports Bill To Cut Excessive Paperwork For Small Businesses

  Wednesday, February 1, 2012

  The National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) announced its support today of a bill that would help decrease a potential paperwork nightmare for the self-employed and micro-businesses (10 or fewer employees).

• NASE, Obama Administration Celebrate One-Year Anniversary Of Startup America Initiative

  Tuesday, January 31, 2012

  “Tax incentives for startups and for businesses that have recently purchased new equipment are certainly a start, but we are concerned that so few of the policies suggested actually apply to the largest segment of small businesses – the self-employed and micro-businesses. That key demographic makes up more than 78% of the nation’s small business population,” commented NASE President Kristie L. Arslan.

• NASE To The White House And Congress: Don’t Forget The Self-Employed Agenda This Year

  Monday, January 23, 2012

  As the President prepares to deliver his annual State of the Union address and Members of Congress prepare their talking points in response, the 22 million Americans who are self-employed must not be forgotten in the back and forth over big policy changes.

• Small Businesses Support SBA Cabinet Level Status

  Friday, January 13, 2012

  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.”