ALBANY, NY (March 20, 2026) – Brad Close, President of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, recently joined the Morning News with Dave Allen radio program on WSYR/Syracuse and WGY/Albany to discuss the impact of the 20% Small Business Deduction for New York’s Main Street businesses.

>>>>> Listen to the interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJzoPxIMbDE

The 20% Small Business Deduction was created as a part of the 2017 federal tax law to level the playing field between small businesses and larger corporations and empowered small business owners to overcome the economic challenges of the last several years. The vital deduction was set to expire at the end of 2025 without Congressional action. NFIB led the fight to make the 20% Small Business Deduction permanent, which succeeded as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law last summer. Making the 20% Small Business Deduction permanent stopped a massive tax hike on more than 33 million small business owners nationwide.

About NFIB:

For over 80 years, NFIB has been the voice of small business, advocating on behalf of America’s small and independent business owners, both in Washington, D.C., and in all 50 state capitals. NFIB is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and member driven. Since our founding in 1943, NFIB has been exclusively dedicated to small and independent businesses and remains so today. For more information, please visit www.NFIB.com.

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