US Chamber of Commerce: Tax Map & Survey, Sm Biz Q1 Results & Clips
Below is the weekly update of U.S. Chamber items published between February 21st and February 28th. Please be sure to take a look at our new Tax Relief Map to see how businesses in your state are reinvesting their tax savings, and how your members can add their stories.

Friends – Below is the weekly update of U.S. Chamber items published between February 21st and February 28th. Please be sure to take a look at our new Tax Relief Map to see how businesses in your state are reinvesting their tax savings, and how your members can add their stories.

Tax Reform:

Tax Relief Map - The enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has allowed businesses large and small to reinvest in their workforces and communities. Check out our Mapand click on your state to find out who has done what with their savings thus far.
Tax Reform Business Impact Survey - How is tax reform impacting your members? We want to populate this map, so we are surveying our member businesses to find out how tax reform is benefiting them. WE NEED YOUR STORIES!
- Please, click here to see the survey, and share it with your members, so that that they can participate. We want to hear from employers of all sizes, whether it be the two-person start-up that is now hiring a third employee, the manufacturer that is buying new equipment, or the service provider that’s expanding.
We will be sharing this map with Members of Congress, national news outlets, and other parties who want to see how businesses in your community are taking advantage of tax reform. Feel free to send the survey far and wide so we can fill up this map with good news!

Conference Call:

State of Play Conference Call - Please join US Chamber EVP and chief policy officer, Neil Bradley, on our next state of play conference call on Wednesday, March 14, at 2pm EST / 1pm CST. Click here to register.

Recent Postings to www.USChamber.com, www.FreeEnterprise.com and www.WorkforceFreedom.com:

Can the Government Nationalize a Business? by THOMAS J. DONOHUE – Monday, February 26, 2018
How One Border State is Paving the Way for NAFTA-Powered Jobs and Growth by GLENN HAMER – Wednesday, February 28, 2018
The Number of Small Business Loans is Down 41% Since 2008. Here’s How Congress Can Help. by BRIAN DANER – Tuesday, February 27, 2018
SHE WAS A CAREGIVER. NOW SHE’S TAKING ON NATION’S ELDER CARE DILEMMA by ANGEL GIERISCH – Tuesday, February 27, 2018
HOW MM.LAFLEUR RETURNED TO ITS ROOTS TO FIND ITS FUTURE by CASSIE ANN HODGES – Friday, February 23, 2018

Small Biz Quarterly Survey:
Q1 Small Business National Survey - For More on the quarterly survey that has left small businesses as optimistic as ever, please see below:

Q1 2018 Small Business Index Released

Small Business Owners Optimistic on the Benefits of Tax Reform for their Company and the National Economy

The Q1 MetLife & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index, released yesterday, recorded an overall score of 66.3, up 3.1 points from the Q4 score of 63.2, driven in part by a seventeen point jump in the percentage of small business owners optimistic about the national economy. This is the fourth consecutive quarterly increase and highest measure of confidence on record. This means 66.3 percent of small business owners have a positive outlook about their company and the small business environment in the United States. Click here to view the full Q1 release.

Published: 03/07/18