One of the ongoing conversation on Capitol Hill is the extension of the 2017 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, including how to structure legislation so to “pay for” (as many describe it) the tax cuts. One revenue raiser that has ...
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The Department of Labor has decided to push forward yet again on a federal regulation that would severely hamper the ability of millions of Americans to save for their retirement. Earlier this month the Department submitted a Notice of Proposed ...
Read MoreAs we’ve previously discussed, a federally mandated ‘ABC test’ for workers would eliminate worker choice by forcing individuals who identify as independent contractors to become employees. This reclassification mandate would strip away the flexibility of contract work and up heave ...
Read MoreHLF today released an in-depth analysis of the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2016 fiduciary rule—a regulation meant to help financial services consumers by seeking to legally ensure that advisors were acting in their customers’ best interest. But despite the ...
Read MoreHLF just finished a two week online ad campaign encouraging some of the Democrats in Congress who have shown a willingness to support small business. Congress is currently considering a myriad of extreme progressive bills and proposals that would raise ...
Read MoreWe’ve previously made the case that the “ABC Test”, a proposal intended to overhaul our nation’s worker classification regulations, would make life much harder for workers and small business owners if it were signed into law. The ABC Test would ...
Read MoreBelow is a recent radio interview from the Matt Buff Radio Show in Orlando. Matt asks HLF president Mario H. Lopez about the role of HLF, communicating to audiences of recent immigrants and its relation to policy, and the recently ...
Read MoreAs Rhode Island becomes the latest jurisdiction to consider beverage taxes, HLF’s president recently appeared on the In the Dugout podcast to shed light on why beverage taxes are a bad idea. Taxing underserved communities and threatening small businesses is ...
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