Nevada State Victories
The following NFIB victories will make a real difference for your business.
Recent NFIB/Nevada victories:
Defeated business profits tax
NFIB was instrumental in defeating the proposed 4 percent business net profits tax. This would have taxed small-business owners an additional 4 percent on any net profits.
Defeated gross receipts tax
NFIB led the fight to defeat this legislation that would have levied a 1 percent tax on gross sales to business. Businesses that fund 100 percent of health insurance premiums for their employees would have been exempted from this tax. An undue burden would be placed on small business.
Successfully defended the right to work law, ensuring that employers retain hiring and firing authority
By defending the state's 'right to work' status, NFIB continues to ensure that Nevada employers can make the hiring and firing decisions for their own businesses.
Stopped frivolous lawsuits, helping keep legal and insurance costs down
NFIB/Nevada joined forces with business interests across nearly all industries to defeat Question 4 on the November 2004 ballot, which would have placed virtually no limits on trial lawyers' ability to file frivolous lawsuits.
Defended Nevada's right-to-work status
Under the guise of a "fair share agreement" various labor groups launched a direct attack on Nevada's right-to-work law by attempting to apply a court decision from a public employee case to all workplaces.
Strengthened small-business impact statements
Worked to clarify and strengthen how business impact statements of local ordinances and regulations are developed and produced by local governments.
Defeated immediate and indexing minimum wage increase
Unions attempted to impose an immediate increase in the minimum wage as well as benchmarking it to the federal minimum wage and creating an automatic annual increase based on the CPI.
Lowered the business payroll tax rate
The Modified Business Payroll Tax for businesses (except financial institutions) was lowered to .63 percent (down from .65 percent) for the 2005-2007 biennium. The reduction expires on June 30, 2007 unless extended by a future legislature.
Supported replenishing the Rainy Day fund
Nevada's Rainy Day fund was drawn down significantly in the 2003-2004 budget. This year's revenue increases were, in part, placed back into the fund to hopefully lessen the need for increased taxes in future years.
VICTORY: Thanks to NFIB members throughout the state, Republicans maintained control of the state senate and increased their presence in the state assembly in 2002. Now, when tax talk heats up during the session, they will remember that NFIB Nevada members were there for them, and they'll be there for us.
VICTORY: In spite of our victories in the fall 2002 election and our success against taxes last session, the 2003 session will be an uphill battle against those who are determined to tax businesses "for the privilege of doing business in Nevada."
VICTORY: NFIB actively worked for passage of legislation to require state and local governments to justify any proposed small business regulation. The new law includes an appeal process for small business as well as a requirement that small businesses be consulted prior to implementation of such a regulation.
