Sixty-one percent of micro-businesses seek sources other than the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for tax advice and assistance. That’s about three out of every five micro-business taxpayers. “The IRS has a multitude of information on their Web site; it’s where the NASE turns to find out the latest and most-up-to-date tax information before passing it on to our members,” said Keith Hall, national tax advisor for the National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE). “It’s possible that business owners are simply not aware of the countless fact sheets, articles and other resources specifically available to the self-employed community.”
 

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2008 Tax Survey Responses - Question 4

2008 Tax Survey Responses - Question 7

2008 Tax Survey Responses - Question 22

This survey shows that a large majority of owners and employees of America’s micro-businesses do not have access to retirement plans and are financially unprepared for retirement. “These findings show us that this segment of America’s business community – which represents about 20 million businesses – is contributing mightily to the economy, but not to the future of its own people,” said Kristie Darien, executive director for the legislative office of the NASE.
 

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According to this study, rising healthcare costs are increasingly a burden for the smallest segment of the U.S. business population. “This survey shows just how serious the problem is for micro-business owners and their employees, the lengths they must go to acquire coverage, and how great the need for realistic solutions to the growing health care crisis,” says NASE President Robert Hughes.
 

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According to this NASE study, health care reform is at the top of the list of pressing issues micro-business owners would like the federal government to focus on in the months ahead.
 

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