Posts Tagged ‘ research ’

Small Business Policy MIA from State of the Union

Jan 31st, 2011 | By Dawn Rivers | Category: Podcasts

Given the way the reporters and pundits have been beating the State of the Union address to death over the last couple of weeks, I almost want to apologize for bringing it up again.

But I wouldn’t be doing my job if I were to pretend it didn’t happen, now wouldn’t I?

As far as the President’s policy priorities are concerned — and particularly when it comes to small business policy — there was absolutely no suspense and there were no surprises, either.



National Taxpayer Advocate Slams New 1099 Rules

Jul 20th, 2010 | By Dawn Rivers | Category: Podcasts

Everybody else is complaining about those new reporting requirement and the burden they’re going to impose on small businesses. Why should Nina Olsen be any different?
Nina Olsen, in case you didn’t know, is the National Taxpayer Advocate. A few years ago, when she named the tax gap as the top taxpayer challenge for fiscal 2004 [...]