‘“[M]ost companies will find value from the easier accounting’ proposed by Camp.  ‘It would surely simplify the hodgepodge of tax codes that deal with partnerships and S Corps,’ he says, adding that ‘a unified system should make it easier for companies like mine to comply with the rules.  I think Dave Camp is on to something.’” (Termax CEO William Smith, CFO.com, March 20,… Read more

Democrats have failed to deliver on yet another promise in their health care law – providing affordable health insurance to small businesses and their employees.  As the New York Times reports, the Administration announced yesterday that not only will they delay the small business health insurance marketplace until 2015, but employers will not be able to provide employees a choice… Read more

April 1 might be April Fools’ Day, but with the highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world, American employers and their workers aren’t laughing.  A look around the globe makes it clear – while countries like Japan, the United Kingdom and Canada all lowered their corporate tax rates in 2012, America’s corporate rate remains the highest in the industrialized… Read more

WASHINGTON — As they explore possible fiscal deals, President Obama and Congressional Republicans have quietly raised the idea of broad systemic changes to Medicare that could produce significant savings and end the polarizing debate over Republican plans to privatize the insurance program for older Americans. While the two remain far apart on the central issue of new tax revenue,… Read more

The health-care law could prove to be a boon for temporary-staffing companies as employers outsource jobs to sidestep complex requirements for medical insurance. But some experts say the Affordable Care Act’s exceptions for temporary employees could undercut the goal of expanding coverage to more American workers. “That could lead to an increase in part-time workers” who lack… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius regarding the inclusion of a voter registration application form in HHS's application for federal Exchange subsidies under ObamaCare.   As if the insurance application process will not be complicated enough,… Read more

Health insurers are privately warning brokers that premiums for many individuals and small businesses could increase sharply next year because of the health-care overhaul law, with the nation's biggest firm projecting that rates could more than double for some consumers buying their own plans. The projections, made in sessions with brokers and agents, provide some of the most concrete… Read more

After spending more than $2 trillion and raising more than $1 trillion in new taxes, the President and Congressional Democrats have been unable to deliver on the promises they made while promoting their health care law.  Three years later, American families and businesses are facing the tough and costly realities of ObamaCare’s "greatest hits," a record that includes tunes like… Read more

While the White House is celebrating the third anniversary of their health care law, the jobs of millions of American workers across the country are at risk because of ObamaCare.  According to a state-by-state breakdown of data from a Hudson Institute study, ObamaCare’s employer mandate jeopardizes the jobs of up to 3.2 million full-time employees in the franchise industry. … Read more

Jody Manor has run a small cafe and catering company for nearly three decades in Old Town Alexandria, only a few blocks from where he was born. Six years ago he purchased an adjoining building, and more recently he started searching for a second location. Whether he moves forward with expansion depends on the price tag of the requirements mandated by the Affordable Care Act,… Read more