Small Business Facts: Pandemic Pressures City Businesses
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted metropolitan areas, which have seen a higher rate of small business closures than non-metropolitan areas. However, in recent weeks, the New York City metropolitan area has reopened!-->…
Region 6 Small Businesses Press Forward During a Tough 2020
By Rhett Davis, Region 6 Advocate
Courageous small business owners continue to fight hard to save and grow their firms in 2020, despite a pandemic and the related government-ordered shutdowns. These businesses are simultaneously!-->!-->!-->…
Some States May Tax Forgiven PPP Loan Proceeds
By Charles Jeane, Assistant Chief Counsel
‘Tis better to have a loan and be taxed than to never have had the loan at all. Tennyson and taxpayers with forgiven PPP loans who live in states that choose to tax those forgiven loans surely!-->!-->!-->…
October Small Business Advocate
The Office of Advocacy has released the latest edition of its newsletter, “The Small Business Advocate,” Vol. 39, No. 9. If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter, you may do so here.
“What’s New with Small Business” Infographic, 2020
The Office of Advocacy’s handy infographic, What’s New With Small Business, is a great source for several of the most commonly answered questions about small business.
2020 FAQ
2020 What's New Infographic
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Frequently Asked Questions About Small Business, 2020
Advocacy’s most requested publication, Frequently Asked Questions About Small Business, gathers the most up-to-date statistics about American small businesses in one place. Updated annually, the FAQ is a convenient place to find facts!-->…
SBA Office of International Trade USMCA Advance Ruling Webinars
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA, T-MEC in Mexico and CUSMA in Canada) went into force on July 1st replacing the North America Free Trade Agreement. Under USMCA, small businesses can decrease risks and increase predictability!-->…
Advocacy submits comments on the vaping industry’s FDA citizen petition
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final Deeming Rule requires manufacturers of deemed tobacco products to submit their products to the agency for approval before those products can be introduced into the market. On September 25,!-->…
Advocacy Comments on USDA’s Reopened Comment Period for Interim Final Rule to Establish a Domestic…
The Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) of the U.S. Small Business Administration submitted comments on October 8, 2020 in response to the reopening of the public comment period for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing!-->…
SBA Environmental Roundtable Meeting – October 16, 2020
FRIDAY, October 16, 2020, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Via Microsoft Teams Meeting
The next U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy Environmental Roundtable will meet virtually to discuss the following topics, beginning at 10!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…