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NASE in the News Featured in Respected Media Outlets Across the Country 
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Monday, July 19, 2010
Found deep within the new health reform law is a little known provision that will increase tax regulation on all of America's businesses beginning in 2012. Who will be hardest hit? You got it...small business.
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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.
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Monday, June 14, 2010
The Administration talks a good game about supporting small businesses while quietly issuing backdoor rules and regulations that pull the rug out from under our entrepreneurs.
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
As the April 15 income tax filing deadline approaches, the top tax expert at the National Association for the Self-Employed offers his best advice for business people who work for themselves.
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Monday, December 28, 2009
House and Senate to begin negotiations next month. People who buy health coverage on their own — not through an employer — would face some of the biggest changes under the health care bills.
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Thursday, November 05, 2009
Melodie Ellis knows what it’s like to work for somebody else. And she knows what it means to work for herself. In fact, she managed to do both for almost eight years, holding down a job as an employee at a private piano studio while also teaching students on her own in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The simplicity and benefits of LLCs are spurring more businesses to set them up. “Is there a growing trend? Yes. The growing trend for the last few years has been the limited liability company,” says Gene Fairbrother, a small business consultant for the National Association for the Self-Employed.
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Friday, September 04, 2009
Filling out the form to apply for a home-office deduction can get complicated. "You almost have to be a CPA to figure out that form. The phrase 'see instructions' appears 14 times on a one-page form," says Keith Hall, tax adviser for the National Association of the Self-Employed.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Offering a standard home office deduction would save the self-employed a chunk of change each year, says NASE National Tax Advisor Keith Hall.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
The nation's 9 million self-employed—sole proprietors with few or no employees, contract workers, and freelancers—constitute about 8% of the total U.S. labor force, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (The Census Bureau counts 22 million sole-proprietors, but it's not clear how many of those may be payroll workers as well.) "You correct this, think of the widespread health benefit you would give to so many people," says Kristie Arslan, executive director of the lobbying group National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE), which represents the self-employed in Washington.
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Gene Fairbrother, lead business consultant for the National Association for the Self-Employed, says at least occasional breaks from work are critical. People tend to perform poorly when overworked, and their personal and professional relationships can deteriorate.
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Monday, July 20, 2009
If you are a self-employed business owner, today you can deduct 100% of what you pay for your health insurance premiums off your adjusted gross income for Federal income tax purposes. It’s a considerable benefit – one that I find is frequently overlooked in media reports about health insurance for the self-employed. I’ve even run into some small business owners – and aspiring business owners – who seem unaware of the provision. And that’s a shame, because it’s a valuable benefit.
However, as good as that benefit is, you still have to pay a 15.3% self-employment (FICA) tax on those premiums.
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
NASE Member Tiffany Washington received a grant of $30,000 in recognition of her entrepreneurial skills. Washington, of Waldorf, is self-employed as the owner of Washington Accounting Services.
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Tax returns are due in about one week's time, and across America, people are probably getting nervous as they deal with the countdown. The National Association for the Self-Employed wants small business owners to listen to a few tips and take a deep breath, though.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The home office and vehicle deductions are two of the most overlooked write-offs, according to the National Association for the Self-Employed.
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Friday, January 16, 2009
From retirement-averse baby boomers to Gen Y-ers disillusioned with the corporate world, a growing number of people are starting businesses out of their homes in a wide range of industries.
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Right now, America's microbusinesses are feeling as pessimistic about the economy as everybody else, according to the results of a survey released by the National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) last week.
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
"The current housing crisis is hurting entrepreneurs because they are unable to obtain important financing, such as home equity loans in order to start, operate and grow their businesses," said Kristie Darien, executive director of the NASE legislative office. "Addressing the housing crisis and credit crunch for the small business community must be the first steps taken to minimize our nation's economic decline."
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Monday, November 03, 2008
The NASE's Kristie Darien speaks out on how small businesses would be affected by each candidate's plans.
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Sunday, October 05, 2008
The NASE's Gene Fairbrother offers advice for businesses struggling in the economic downturn:
- Get together with other retailers to create a joint marketing program.
- Offer specials that will draw people in.
- And more!
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