David Kirkham Testify Before The Senate Finance Committee

[Racer_X]

There's the best idea overall. As another small business owner, the current filing requirements are ridiculous! Just make it a flat tax and it would be a whole lot easier.

The problem comes in that it would put a lot of folks out of work (government and private sector) and they can't have that.

Originally Posted by 4pipes

The tax calculation should be forced to fit on a single 8x11 page and can be completed without professional help in a couple of hours by anyone.

So simple a caveman could do it?? (the tax form)

[eschaider]

David,

While I recognize this as an old saw I would really appreciate it if they;

1.) Kept their regulatory nose(s) out of our business
i.e. Health Insurance, EPA, OSHA, for starters
2.) Reduced the level of taxation. Less tax means more money to invest in expansion (= more jobs)
3.) Expand the section 179 and bonus depreciation to include more things we buy to grow our businesses
4.) Abandon/Revise their anti business mindset that produced ideas like the 1099's that would go to anyone/business we paid $600 to for goods or services.
5.) Go back to being a Federal Government and stop the micromanagement of things they should not be involved in like incandescent vs CFL lighting.
6.) Give us a modicum of visibility and certainty with respect to regulatory change and at the same time certainty with respect to how long it will be effective - at the very least what it is. It's tough to plan when you don't know what the rules will be next year.

Thanks for going to bat bat for us. Hope you get at least a single or double. I'm not kidding myself about home runs with the current crowd we have up there.

Ed

[David Kirkham]

Originally Posted by Racer_X

There's the best idea overall. As another small business owner, the current filing requirements are ridiculous! Just make it a flat tax and it would be a whole lot easier.

The problem comes in that it would put a lot of folks out of work (government and private sector) and they can't have that.



So simple a caveman could do it?? (the tax form)

Originally Posted by eschaider

David,

While I recognize this as an old saw I would really appreciate it if they;

1.) Kept their regulatory nose(s) out of our business
i.e. Health Insurance, EPA, OSHA, for starters
2.) Reduced the level of taxation. Less tax means more money to invest in expansion (= more jobs)
3.) Expand the section 179 and bonus depreciation to include more things we buy to grow our businesses
4.) Abandon/Revise their anti business mindset that produced ideas like the 1099's that would go to anyone/business we paid $600 to for goods or services.
5.) Go back to being a Federal Government and stop the micromanagement of things they should not be involved in like incandescent vs CFL lighting.
6.) Give us a modicum of visibility and certainty with respect to regulatory change and at the same time certainty with respect to how long it will be effective - at the very least what it is. It's tough to plan when you don't know what the rules will be next year.

Thanks for going to bat bat for us. Hope you get at least a single or double. I'm not kidding myself about home runs with the current crowd we have up there.

Ed

Thank you for the suggestions. I sincerely appreciate you guys cheering from the bench. Thanks so much for trusting me to take a few swings.

David