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March 9, 2023
Lawsuit Abuse, Tax Relief Top NFIB's Small Business Agenda for Florida Legislature
- TAX RELIEF. NFIB supports eliminating the business rent tax — Florida is the only state that taxes business rents — and opposes SB 182/HB 103, bills that would assume small businesses acted with “willful negligence, willful neglect, or fraud” if they inadvertently provide satisfactory documentation to the state Department of Revenue during an audit.
- LABOR. Small business supports SB 256/HB 1445, legislation that would prohibit state and local governments from collecting dues on behalf of labor unions. Small businesses also oppose SB 1598/HB 137, bills that would create a state Department of Labor to penalize employers for newly created rules and regulations dealing with employee relations.
- REGULATIONS. NFIB supports SB 302/HB3, which would prohibit state government from investing taxpayer money in investment funds based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. Such investments may reduce the rate of return on public investments based on political goals, Herrle said. NFIB also supports SB 442/HB 533, right-to-repair legislation that would give farmers and independent repair shops the same access codes and manuals available to factory-authorized repair shops.
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