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Congressman Hern Hosts 199A Roundtable

The Main Street Employers Coalition gathered in Oklahoma City earlier today for a roundtable discussion with Congressman Kevin Hern, himself a former pass-through owner and an original cosponsor of our 199A permanence bill 

It was a perfect venue for the gathering. Nearly two out of every three private sector jobs in Oklahoma are supplied by pass-through businesses who rely on 199A to reinvest in their workers and their communities, all while remaining competitive with larger publicly traded companies.  

It’s the sixth event the group has

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2024-10-30T13:53:28+00:00October 30, 2024|

Tax Teams Comment Summary

Back in April, Chairman Jason Smith announced the formation of ten tax teams designed to identify legislative solutions to avert the coming 2025 fiscal cliff.

In addition to engaging directly with Main Street employers through hearings and roundtables (see here, here, here, and here), the effort requested feedback from stakeholders as to their priorities for the coming year. S-Corp and its allies responded with numerous comments, including:

2024-10-15T17:05:30+00:00October 15, 2024|

Are JCT’s Tax Burden Tables Flawed?

One of the more bizarre tax policy moments this year was the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee calling the distributional tables produced by the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) “junk math.”

Why bizarre?  Well, for starters, Wyden is the Chairman of the JCT.  Those estimates were being produced under his leadership, in preparation for a hearing he chaired. Far more importantly, there is nothing “junk” about them. The JCT has been producing similar tables using the same methodology for decades, as has Treasury, the Tax Policy Center, and others.

So why attack his own staff? To

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2024-10-09T18:02:55+00:00October 9, 2024|

S-CORP Jobs App is Live!

Just in time for the fiscal cliff battle, the S-Corp Mobile App lets users see detailed employment data on pass-through businesses in their states and congressional districts, all on your phone and at the push of a button.

The goal here is to arm our allies and key stakeholders with the information they need as we head into the 2025 fiscal cliff battle. Backed by data from EY, the app provides advocates with state- and district-level data on just how many jobs S corporations, partnerships, sole props, and LLCs provide. It’s a

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2024-10-01T15:03:48+00:00October 1, 2024|

S-CORP Allies Trumpet 199A

It’s been a busy month on the 199A front, thanks partially to our latest study showing the large amount of economic activity supported by the provision and the importance of making it permanent. (See here, here, and here for more on that.) Before the month wraps, we wanted to highlight a trio of additional 199A news items that caught our attention.

The first is Fox Business’ coverage of a press conference hosted by NFIB during their congressional fly-in this week. As correspondent Hillary Vaughn reported, NFIB members were in town to talk about the importance of making

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2024-09-25T20:20:53+00:00September 25, 2024|