Here is the actual survey mentioned in the previous post. QUOTE Creating a business climate that is welcoming to small, dynamic businesses is more important than ever, but rarely does anyone ask small business owners themselves about what makes for a pro-entrepreneur environment, says Jon Lieber, Chief Economist of Thumbtack. Thousands of small business owners across the country told us that the keys to a pro-growth environment are ease of compliance with tax and regulatory systems and helpful training programs. ... Once again, tax rates was a less important factor than the ease of regulatory compliance in determining the overall friendliness score of a jurisdiction. Two-thirds of respondents said they paid their fair share of taxes – that is, they felt like they were neither under-paying nor over-paying. Small business owners who were aware of training programs offered by their government were significantly more likely to say their government was friendly to small business than those who werent. Awareness of training programs raised overall scores by 10 percent, while 76 percent of those who said they were aware of government-sponsored training programs for business owners ranked their local government as somewhat or very supportive, and only 8 percent of these said local government was unsupportive. It is critical to the economic health of every city and state to create an entrepreneur-friendly environment, said Dane Stangler, vice president of Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation. Policymakers put themselves in the best position to encourage sustainable growth and long-term prosperity by listening to the voices of small business owners themselves. UNQUOTE thumbtack/survey#/2014/1/states
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 17:51:33 +0000
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