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SBE Council 'Business Tax Index' Ranks State Tax Systems - PR Newswire (press release)

14.04.09

OAKTON, Va., April 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) published the "Business Tax Index 2009: Best to Worst State Tax Systems for Entrepreneurship and Small Business," which ranks the 50 states and District of Columbia according to the costs of their tax systems for entrepreneurship and small business. According to the nation's leading organization advocating for entrepreneurs, elected officials in the states need to pay careful attention to their state's competitive position regarding taxes, particularly given the dismal state of the nation's economy.

(Please visit this site to access the report and an interactive state map: http://www.sbecouncil.org/businesstaxindex2009/ )

Raymond J. Keating, chief economist for SBE Council and author of the report, said: "Taxes have been piling up on small business owners, and the cumulative burden is particularly painful in a down economy like we are suffering right now. Unfortunately, state and local officials continue to increase a variety of levies without a firm grasp of the burdens they impose on small businesses and their state's overall competitiveness."

Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY