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On Tuesday, December 7th, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius delivered a keynote address at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 22nd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care in Orlando, Florida. Sebelius outlined how the Affordable Care Act improves health care delivery for doctors, improves care for patients and lowers costs.
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Good Morning!
Below is a letter from the Administrator regarding the SBA’s new guidance on the health care tax credit. For more information, also feel free to visit http://www.sba.gov/hctaxcredits/ . Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. Thanks!
December 2, 2010
Dear Small Business Owner,
As I’ve traveled the country this year, I have heard from many of you who are looking forward to the new tax credits, health insurance exchanges, and other tools that will help you provide health insurance coverage to your employees as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
The most immediate benefit of the new law is a tax credit that will help America’s smallest employers and nonprofit organizations (less than 25 full-time equivalent employees with average annual wages below $50,000) who have been hit hardest by premium increases in recent years. Today, I’m pleased to announce that the Administration is releasing a one-page form and instructions (available here) on how to claim this credit for the 2010 tax year. In addition, new guidance released today answers questions that many of you have asked related to: your current contribution arrangements, eligibility for certain religious institutions, and participation by multiemployer health and welfare plans. In each case, the Administration has worked to ensure that a broad range of small businesses can qualify.
These credits are available for tax years 2010 through 2013 and for any two years after that. Through 2013, the maximum tax credit is 35 percent of premiums paid by small employers and 25 percent for eligible tax-exempt organizations. Beginning in 2014, those levels increase to 50 percent and 35 percent, respectively. Importantly, these credits are just one of many benefits in the Affordable Care Act. Most notably, in 2014, firms with up to 100 workers will be able to pool their buying power and reduce their administrative costs by purchasing coverage through a health insurance exchange.
Finally, the new law strengthens America’s entrepreneurial spirit, overall. For example, it outlaws discrimination against those with pre-existing conditions, giving more Americans the ability to break out of “job lock” and start their own companies. The new law also prohibits insurance companies from dramatically increasing premiums for a small business just because one worker gets sick.
Overall, the Affordable Care Act is a critical tool that will help millions of small business owners provide health insurance to people who you often consider to be members of your extended family – your employees. As a nation, we owe you nothing less as you work to grow, create jobs, and lead us toward full economic recovery.
Warm regards,
Karen Mills
SBA Administrator
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Friends:
Please join us for a call TODAY AT 2:00PM EST with White House senior staff for an update on the framework agreement on taxes and unemployment insurance announced by the President last night. (A fact sheet on the framework agreement is included below.)
WHEN: TODAY, December 7 at 2:00pm EST
CALL NUMBER: (800) 288-8967
TITLE: White House Briefing Call (in lieu of passocde)
We encourage you to share this invitation widely with your networks. All are welcome to join.
Please note that this call is off the record and is not for press purposes.
We hope you are able to join us.
Thank you
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 7, 2010
FACT SHEET on the Framework Agreement on Tax Cuts and Unemployment Insurance:
A Win for Our Economy, Jobs, and Working Families
The framework agreement announced by the President secures vital tax relief and investments in our workers that will create jobs and accelerate economic growth. The plan has three key accomplishments:
· Working families will not see their taxes go up. A typical working family faced a tax increase of over $3,000 on January 1st. That’s avoided under this potential agreement, and working families won’t see their total taxes go up next year.
· Focused on high impact job creation measures. The potential agreement includes some of the best measures for jumpstarting growth and job creation, including a full year of emergency unemployment insurance benefits, an about $120 billion payroll tax cut for working families and a continuation of tax credits for working families. This is on top of growth generated by extension of the middle-class income tax rates.
· Does not worsen the medium- and long-term deficit. These are responsible, temporary measures to support our economy that will not add costs by the middle of the decade. The President does not believe it is affordable to make the high-income tax cuts permanent and will continue to have that debate in the years ahead.
Overview of the Potential Agreement:
· Extending the 2001/2003 Income-Tax Rates for Two Years. The potential deal includes a mutually agreed upon solution to the impasse over taxes by extending the 2001/2003 income tax rates for two years and reforming the AMT to ensure that an additional 21 million households will not be hit with a tax increase. These measures will provide relief to more than 100 million middle-class families and prevent a tax increase of over $2,000 for the typical family.
· Additional Provisions Designed to Promote Vigorous Economic Growth. In addition to the 2001/2003 rates, the Administration secured several provisions that are vital for our economy’s growth, which would not have been possible without this potential deal: $56 billion in unemployment insurance, an about $120 billion payroll tax cut for working families, about $40 billion in tax cuts for our hardest hit families and students; and 100% expensing for businesses next year.
1. GROWTH-ORIENTED PAYROLL TAX CUT FOR WORKERS:
The framework agreement reached by the administration includes an about 2%, employee-side payroll tax cut for over 155 million workers – providing tax relief of about $120 billion next year. This tax cut will have a major impact on jobs and growth – creating substantial numbers of jobs. It is widely recognized by economists across the political spectrum as a high bang for the buck way to boost growth and was cited by both major deficit reduction commissions as consistent with long term fiscal discipline.
A payroll tax cut has been endorsed by experts and commentators from across the political spectrum. Just last month, both the President’s Fiscal Commission and the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Debt Reduction Task Force described a payroll tax cut in 2011 as an effective way to spur growth and job creation. The tax cut legislation would provide for a transfer of General Revenues to the Social Security Trust Fund, ensuring no negative impact on Social Security solvency. And, as economist Nouriel Roubini wrote earlier this year, a payroll tax cut would spur growth because “for employees, the increased take-home pay would boost much-needed economic consumption and advance the still-crucial process of deleveraging households.”
2. HIGH IMPACT, JOB CREATING TAX CUTS FOR WORKING FAMILIES
Economic studies consistently find that lower-income households are the most likely to spend additional money, creating jobs and helping overall growth. That’s why the Congressional Budget Office, for instance, has concluded that “policies aimed at lower-income households tend to have greater stimulative effects.” The President fought to secure a two-year increase of the full Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit. These provisions will, together, provide ongoing tax cuts to 12 million lower income families, with a total of 24 million children. In addition, the deal fully extends the American Opportunity Tax Credit for two years.
| Lower-Income Working Families Benefited by Expansions in EITC and CTC | ||
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| Total | 12.2 | 24.3 |
| White | 5.6 | 9.8 |
| Hispanic | 3.7 | 8.0 |
| African American | 2.2 | 4.7 |
| Other | 0.7 | 1.7 |
o Child Tax Credit: The $1,000 child tax credit will be extended for two years with the $3,000 refundability threshold established in the Recovery Act. This extension will ensure an ongoing tax cut to 10.5 million lower income families with 18 million children.
o Earned Income Tax Credit: The Recovery Act included an expansion of the EITC worth, on average, $600 in additional assistance to families with 3 or more children. It also helped working married families by reducing the marriage penalty in the EITC. Continuing this tax cut for two years will benefit 6.5 million working parents with 15 million children.
Illustrative Family: A working family with three children making $20,000 will continue to receive a tax cut of more than $2,000 as a result of the EITC and Child Tax Credit expansions in this framework agreement. The same family would receive an additional $400 tax cut from the new payroll tax cut.
o American Opportunity Tax Credit: The Recovery Act included a new, partially refundable tax credit of up to $2,500 to help students and their families cover the cost of college tuition. This deal fully extends AOTC for two years, ensuring that more than 8 million students will continue to receive this tax benefit to help them afford college.
3. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE:
The framework agreement extended unemployment benefits at their current level for 13 months, through the end of 2011. This will save millions of Americans searching for work from losing their unemployment benefits in the coming months and will help create hundreds of thousands of jobs.
· In December alone, 2 million workers who would have lost benefits will continue to receive them because of this framework agreement. Over the next year, 7 million workers will no longer need to worry that their unemployment benefits could be eliminated as they search for jobs.
· According to the Council of Economic Advisers, passing this provision will create 600,000 jobs in 2011 alone.
4. BUSINESS TAX CUTS TO INCREASE INVESTMENT AND GROWTH:
In September, the President called for temporarily allowing businesses to expense all of their investments in 2011. This growth-oriented tax cut was included in the framework agreement.
· According to the Treasury Department, complete expensing could generate more than $50 billion in additional investment in the U.S. in 2011.
· The provision will provide a crucial incentive to 2 million businesses to invest and create jobs in the U.S and would be the largest temporary investment incentive in American history.
· The potential deal also includes a 2-year extension of the R&D tax credit and other tax incentives to support business expansion.
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U.S. Treasury Department
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 6, 2010
CONTACT: Treasury Public Affairs (202) 622-2960
TREASURY LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE
Overhauled Treasury.gov Will Increase Openness, Add Cost Saving Technology
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today launched the new Treasury.gov, a fully redesigned and overhauled version of the department’s website that will increase Treasury’s abilities to communicate with the public in a transparent and open manner.
“The new Treasury.gov website is a major step forward in our efforts to improve the way citizens access the wealth of data and information Treasury produces on a day-to-day basis,” said Dan Tangherlini, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Management, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Performance Officer. “For the first time, the new Treasury.gov will use advanced technologies like cloud computing, an official blog, and data visualizations to better communicate and connect with citizens.”
As part of the Obama administration’s efforts to increase openness and transparency in government, the new Treasury.gov site will use some of the latest cutting-edge technologies to significantly improve the department’s online presence. Notable new improvements include:
· Cloud Infrastructure – Treasury is now the first cabinet-level agency to have its website fully hosted in a public “cloud,” a substantially more cost-efficient hosting solution.
· Content Management System (CMS) – For the first time, Treasury will be using a content management system to dynamically display information and data on the site.
· Data Visualizations – Treasury has deployed an infrastructure that supports interactive data visualizations including interest rate data and Recovery Act data. With this new infrastructure in place, Treasury will continue to expand its data visualization offerings moving forward.
· Design and Information Architecture – The new Treasury.gov design organizes information in a user-centric manner and eliminates the dual site designs that previously existed.
· Web 2.0 – Treasury has launched its first-ever blog, Treasury Notes, and has integrated YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking sites into the new Treasury.gov.
· Search – To make the wealth of information that exists on Treasury.gov easy to find, Treasury added FAST search technology so that users can easily get the information they need.
“Treasury’s decision to move its flagship site to a public cloud infrastructure reflects the Administration’s commitment to closing the IT gap between the public and private sectors by leveraging the power of technology,” said Vivek Kundra, Federal Chief Information Officer. “Use of cloud computing increases cost effectiveness, improves efficiency and provides greater flexibility, as the private industry sector has proven. This is exactly the kind of game-changing technology required to do more with less.”
To view the new site, please visit http://www.Treasury.gov.
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SUBJECT: One Page Form for Health Care Tax Credit for Small Businesses
December 2, 2010
Dear Small Business Owner,
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U.S. Small Business Administration
Office of Advocacy --The Advocate-- Release Date: December 2010 Volume 29, number 8
Internet Address: http://www.sba.gov/advo/dec10.pdf
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Cell phone etiquette
Six out of ten people in the world own cell phones.
With usage so prevalent, how can we keep from being annoying?
Check some etiquette tips at Cellphones.org.
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Spending on social media
According to one survey, spending on social media for customer loyalty is up by 293% from 2009 to 2010.
However, social media still remains a very small part of companies' marketing budgets (17% of responders spent 1% of their annual budget on social media; 16% spent 4% to 5%).
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New social media integration tools
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Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Bradley, Harold; Robert E. Litan
Examines how the proliferation of exchange-traded funds, which undermine the traditional price discovery role of exchanges, is deterring growth company initial public offerings. Critiques the Securities Exchange Commission's views and recommends reforms.
Published: November 2010
Funder(s): Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Subject(s): Public Affairs
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