Feb 14, 2020 | Family Enterprise USA, In The News, Taxes
Idaho: State Rep. Jason Monks is proposing to kill off property taxes with a 5-percentage point increase in the sales tax — a move that would take the statewide rate all the way up to around 11 percent. “I call it a thought grenade; we threw it out there and...
Feb 13, 2020 | Family Business Survey, Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA, In The News
The 2020 Family Enterprise USA Family Businesses survey is here. To access the short, online survey, CLICK HERE. Family Enterprise USA is a 501 (c)(3) organization dedicated to educating lawmakers and growing public support for family businesses across America. Each...
Feb 12, 2020 | Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA, In The News
Step-up in basis has come under assault recently as part of the “war on the wealthy” and not just from the folks you think. Yes President Barack Obama and his former Vice President Joe Biden both thought the step-up should be eliminated, but did you think...
Feb 10, 2020 | Estate Taxes, Family Enterprise USA
As we highlighted in our last newsletter, there was significant concern that the estate tax might get reinstated in Virginia. The recent Democratic takeover of the legislature paired with them occupying the governor’s mansion led to a flurry of proposals that...
Feb 9, 2020 | Family Business Survey, Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA
Family Enterprise USA represents all family businesses on a national level in Washington DC. The FEUSA Family Business Survey plays an key role in fulfilling our mission because it allows your voice to be directly heard. Given that 2020 is a general election year your...
Feb 8, 2020 | Family Enterprise USA, In The News
“Iowa Picks Corn, New Hampshire Picks Presidents” With the Iowa caucuses about to officially start the nominating process for the Democrats on Monday and the New Hampshire primary right on its heels, many will wonder what the results mean for determining...
Jan 28, 2020 | Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA, Taxes
By, Jay Prag, Townhall.com When a revolution is driven by perceived, unjust inequality it often features a violent overthrow of a very small upper class by the much larger, (often characterized as) oppressed lower class. And famously during the French revolution the...
Jan 26, 2020 | Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA, In The News
States aren’t having to rely on income tax increases, with other revenue options around. States have more revenue to spend in 2020, and that’s not because they’re raising income taxes. In fact, six states—including New York, Utah and Georgia—are slashing...
Jan 24, 2020 | Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA, In The News
Michael Bloomberg Bloomberg is rich, aloof and imperious — is this really what Dems want for president? The curious campaign of Michael Bloomberg raises a question: Can a billionaire buy the Democratic nomination? In his late bid for the nomination that skips the...
Jan 22, 2020 | Budget Deficit, Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA
You don’t need a crystal ball or fortune teller to understand that the federal budget system is broken and setting us up for failure. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that the most recent 2019 budget accord, which set the table for the December spending...
