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Tax Incentives for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
You might have seen that last week the Money & Investing section of the Wall Street Journal featured an article titled "Entrepreneurs Win Tax Case Versus IRS." A Tax Court decision would now allow investors in LLC and LLP companies to deduct losses against salary and investment income. The decision could still be repealed and its effects are different for entrepreneurs facing losses and for those that are profitable, but I wanted to mention it because it highlights the relationship between the tax system and entrepreneurial activity.
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From the Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship Blog
This Week in Entrepreneurship Policy
Congress gets back into the swing of things this week with hearings on a variety of topics -- including several more on clean energy. [More]
House Approves SBIR Reauthorization
On July 8, 2009 the House of Representatives approved H.R. 2965, the Enhancing Small Business Research and Innovation Act of 2009 by a vote of 386-41. This legislation would reauthorize through 2011 the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. [More]
Obama Announces Choice to Head EDA
President Obama announced on Monday his nomination of John Fernandez to head the Economic Development Administration as the new Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development. [ More]
Indicators of Entrepreneurial Tendencies
A newly released report by the Kauffman Foundation, Anatomy of an Entrepreneur, reveals that the majority of entrepreneurs had early propensity toward starting companies, judging by their academic performance and socio-economic backgrounds. [More]
BERR Becomes BIS... with a New Fund of Funds
Early in June, the UK's Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform got a facelift -- becoming the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). It also has a new venture capital 'fund of funds' to go alongside the new name. [More]
Is a Green Boom Coming?
A recently released report predicts that clean energy innovations will lead to a "green entrepreneurial boom," and that the credit for that boom will go to the seemingly countless number of budding start-ups, not the Fortune 500. [ More]
Gender and High-Tech Entrepreneurship
A new research paper, Sources of Financing for New Technology Firms: A Comparison by Gender, shows that women continue to use a different financial strategy and lag behind men-owned firms in numerous performance measures over time. [More]
Financial History... the Backstory Behind All History
A new PBS series called "The Ascent of Money", sponsored in part by the Kauffman Foundation, promises to take viewers on a journey chronicling the role of money in human progress in a new light. [More]
Cap-and-Trade Moves to Senate
Recently, the House of Representatives narrowly voted in favor of the gargantuan H. R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act. [More]
Dissertation Fellowships Available
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is now accepting proposals for the 2010 Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Program. [More]
Inc.'s Lemonade Stand Contest
Who says that the little guys never get any recognition? Inc. magazine is calling for entries into its annual "Best Lemonade Stand in America" contest to highlight the entrepreneurial chops of business-savvy 5 - 12 year olds. [More]
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