{"id":10620,"date":"2015-03-23T06:50:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T11:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/?p=10620"},"modified":"2015-03-23T05:48:14","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T10:48:14","slug":"sc-business-owners-association-s-407-and-other-items-of-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/sc-business-owners-association-s-407-and-other-items-of-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"SC Business Owners Association: s.407 and other items of interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<table id=\"bodyTable\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; height: 100% !important; width: 100% !important;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"bodyCell\" style=\"margin: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; padding: 10px !important; height: 100% !important; width: 100% !important;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table id=\"templateContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; 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width: 100% !important;\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 9px 18px !important 9px 18px !important;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Fellow Business Owners,<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I have been busy growing our membership and tracking legislation over the last couple of weeks.\u00a0 I wanted to take some time out on this very wet day and give you a legislative update on some of the bills that we are working to promote or trying very hard to block!<\/p>\n<p><strong>S407:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>The South Carolina Business Owners Association has been working with Senator Kevin Bryant on this bill which will\u00a0ensure that business owners that are LLCs,\u00a0B Corps, and\u00a0all other types of business entities\u00a0with the exception of\u00a0Sole Proprietors, will no longer have to pay\u00a0 SC Unemployment\u00a0Tax on themselves.\u00a0 This bill\u00a0will further the efforts of last year&#8217;s\u00a0S1100 and will be\u00a0retroactive to\u00a0January 1, 2015.\u00a0 The bill\u00a0received a\u00a041-1 vote on the\u00a0its\u00a0third reading on the Senate floor this morning.\u00a0 It\u00a0now moves to the\u00a0House Ways and Means Committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>H3490:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Very excited about this bill as well!\u00a0\u00a0Representative Rick Quinn has proposed this bill.\u00a0 The bill contains some of the following reforms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"yiv6645952052yui_3_16_0_1_1422463833732_2571\" class=\"yiv6645952052MsoNormal\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">All businesses will be treated equally in the calculation of business license fees. \u00a0Multiple \u201cclassifications\u201d with different rate structures would no longer be allowed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"yiv6645952052yui_3_16_0_1_1422463833732_2573\" class=\"yiv6645952052MsoNormal\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">The license fees assessed will no longer be based on gross income. \u00a0License fees will be based on annual net earnings or profits of the businesses, a number that is readily available on business tax returns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"yiv6645952052yui_3_16_0_1_1422463833732_2574\" class=\"yiv6645952052MsoNormal\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">There will be a cap of no more than $100 annually for business license fees.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"yiv6645952052MsoNormal\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"> Currently this bill is sitting in House Ways and Means.\u00a0 I have been in contact with Rep. Quinn and he plans to start movement on this bill soon.\u00a0 The House was focused on the budget and the bond issue last week and all else came to a halt.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>H 3101, S 0145, H 3431:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>These bills are\u00a0all similar\u00a0in that each are designed to increase the minimum wage.\u00a0\u00a0We are of course, opposed to each of these bills.\u00a0 The\u00a0sponsoring House Members are Cobb-Hunter, R.L. Brown,\u00a0Alexander, Henegan, McKnight, and\u00a0M.S. McLeod.\u00a0 The sponsoring Senators are Scott, Pinckney, Johnson and Allen.\u00a0\u00a0So far these are all still in committee and there has been no movement on them.\u00a0 I will let you know if this changes.<br \/>\n<strong>S 1\/H\u00a03722:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>This Ethics Reform bill really does more harm than good.\u00a0 First,\u00a0financial disclosures\u00a0(we need to know from\u00a0where their money is\u00a0derived in order to make sure there are no conflict of interests in their votes\/appointments, etc.) are weakened.\u00a0 Second,\u00a0instead of pushing for a truly independent ethics investigative body, they want to appoint the\u00a0members of this investigative body (who would then be tasked with investigating\u00a0and rendering decisions on those they have been appointed\u00a0by!)\u00a0 Third&#8230;and\u00a0 possibly the scariest of all&#8230;.they want to revoke out 1st Amendment right to FREE SPEECH by not allowing us to speak about them or their performance as elected officials\u00a0less than\u00a060 days before a campaign.\u00a0 That being said&#8230;.they are free to push out whatever they would like\u00a0about themselves (truth or not) and\u00a0by law&#8230;we cannot refute them!\u00a0\u00a0We are definitely not supporting this.\u00a0 If they work against the FREE MARKET and work to hurt\u00a0our businesses\u00a0 we should have the right to let folks know!<br \/>\n<strong>Update on Workers Comp Legislation:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>We continue to work with Senator Shane Martin on this important piece of legislation.\u00a0 This bill\u00a0is massive\u00a0with greatly needed reforms.\u00a0I hope to have a bill to present to each of you for your input within the next two weeks.<br \/>\nThanks to each of you that have contributed financially.\u00a0 Your money is being\u00a0spent on legislative monitoring and growing our organization.\u00a0 I am thrilled with our membership to date and look forward to our further growth.\u00a0 The bigger we are&#8230;.the louder our voice!<br \/>\nIf you would like to donate you can do so online at\u00a0<a style=\"word-wrap: break-word; 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