As noted in the December 22, 2017 Week In Review, the Tax Cut and Jobs Act passed by Congress made significant changes to many portions of the tax code. On January 9, 2018, SAF provided its... Read more
Last week, the House rejected the Farm Bill (officially known as H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018) on a vote of 198 to 213. Significantly, the reason it was voted down wasn’... Read more
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has invited SAF to represent the floral industry at a workshop to determine high-priority objectives for... Read more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has notified more than 30,000 businesses throughout the country they are being penalized for not complying with the employer mandate in the Affordable Care... Read more
The U.S. Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA) needs to be modernized and updated. That’s the message SAF carried to the Senate this week during a lobbying offensive with several other industr... Read more
SAF has been asked to provide input to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the development of small business forums. The IRS is organizing forums focused on improving service it provides... Read more
House Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) and the committee’s ranking member Representative Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) introduced H. Res. 840, celebrating next week as National... Read more
SAF, along with other agricultural groups, has given its support to an effort by Sen. Bob Menedez (D-NJ) who is pressing for increased funding for the Minor Crop Pest Management Program Inte... Read more
Twelve bipartisan measures to restructure and reform the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) were approved this week by the House Ways and Means Committee and could reach the House floor by tax d... Read more
Like the Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative (FNRI), requests by SAF and CAD attendees for the continued publication of the Floriculture Crops Report have made significant progress... Read more
