Who We Are - Main Street Employers

About Parity for Main Street Employers

Parity for Main Street Employers is a coalition comprised of national trade groups representing American Main Street businesses, whose members employ millions of private sector workers in every community and every industry, including contractors, engineers, retailers, manufacturers and more.

PMSE – Steering Committee Members

The coalition’s Steering Committee is made up of these eleven national business groups:

PMSE – Principles for Tax Reform Signatories

More than 100 national business groups signed the Main Street Employers tax reform principles letter. (Read the letter here.)

ACCA – The Indoor Environment & Energy Efficiency Association
Aeronautical Repair Station Association
Agricultural Retailers Association
American Architectural Manufacturers Association
American Beverage Licensees
American Business Conference
American Composites Manufacturers Association
American Council of Engineering Companies
American Feed Industry Association
American Foundry Society
American Horticulture Industry Association
American Hotel & Lodging Association
American Institute of Architects
American Rental Association
American Subcontractors Association, Inc.
American Supply Association
American Trucking Associations
AMT-The Association for Manufacturing Technology
Associated Builders and Contractors
Associated Builders and Contractors, Florida East Coast Chapter, Inc.
Associated Builders and Contractors, Greater Tennessee Chapter, Inc.
Associated Equipment Distributors
Associated General Contractors of America
Association of Independent Manufacturers’ / Representatives (AIM/R)
Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds
Auto Care Association
Aviation Suppliers Association
Building Owners and Managers Association International
Construction Industry Round Table
Design Professionals Coalition
Direct Selling Association
Door and Hardware Institute
Electronics Representatives Association
Family Business Coalition
Financial Executives International
Financial Services Institute
Food Marketing Institute
Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association
Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association
Heating, Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International
Independent Community Bankers of America
Independent Electrical Contractors
Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America
Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association
Industrial Minerals Association – North America
Industrial Supply Association
International Association of Plastics Distribution
International Foodservice Distributors Association
International Franchise Association
International Housewares Association
International Warehouse Logistics Association
ISSA, The Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association
Land Improvement Contractors of America
Metal Treating Institute
Metals Service Center Institute
Modification and Replacement Parts Association
Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association
National Association of Chemical Distributors
National Association of Convenience Stores
National Association of Electrical Distributors
National Association of Landscape Professionals
National Association of Shell Marketers
National Association of the Remodeling Industry
National Association of Truck Stop Operators
National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors
National Automobile Dealers Association
National Beer Wholesalers Association
National Christmas Tree Association
National Club Association
National Electrical Contractors Association
National Electrical Manufacturers Representatives Association
National Funeral Directors Association
National Grocers Association
National Industrial Sand Association
National Insulation Association
National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association
National Marine Distributors Association
National Marine Manufacturers Association
National Newspaper Association
National Propane Gas Association
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
National Restaurant Association
National Roofing Contractors Association
National Small Business Association
National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association
National Tooling and Machining Association
National Utility Contractors Association
Non-Ferrous Founders’ Society
North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers
North American Equipment Dealers Association
NPES – The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies
Outdoor Power Equipment & Engine Service Association
Pacific-West Fastener Association
Pet Industry Distributors Association
Petroleum Marketers Association of America
Precision Machined Products Association
Precision Metalforming Association
Printing Industries of America
Professional Beauty Association
S Corporation Association
Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association
Service Station Dealers of America and Allied Trades
Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
Small Business Legislative Council
Society of American Florists
Specialty Equipment Market Association
Tire Industry Association
Tree Care Industry Association
Truck Renting and Leasing Association
Water & Sewer Distributors of America
Western Equipment Dealers Association
Wichita Independent Business Association
Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America
Wisconsin Grocers Association

Did You Know?

Main Street Businesses Employ the Majority of American Workers

Main Street Employers

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Pass-through business income faces marginal tax rates that exceed 50 percent in some U.S. states.

https://mainstreetemployers.org/testimonial/did-you-know-1/

95% of American Businesses are on Main Street

Main Street Employers

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Pass-through businesses employed more than 50 percent of the private sector work force and accounted for 37 percent of total private sector payroll in 2011.

https://mainstreetemployers.org/testimonial/48/

Pass-Throughs Keep Family Businesses in the Family

Main Street Employers

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Pass-through businesses employ more workers than C corporations in 48 states.

https://mainstreetemployers.org/testimonial/49/

Main Street Employers Make America More Competitive

Main Street Employers

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Main Street Employers Make America More Competitive

https://mainstreetemployers.org/testimonial/107/

The presence of pass-through businesses means higher levels of capital investment and employment than if all firms were structured as C corporations

Main Street Employers

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The presence of pass-through businesses means higher levels of capital investment and employment than if all firms were structured as C corporations

https://mainstreetemployers.org/testimonial/50/

Main Street Employers

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Emerging theme: overly restrictive assistance to employers means fewer will get the help they need. Combined with continuing limits on reopening, this means: less ability to rehire, greater risk of failures, longer recovery. via @Zachary

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A $600 billion Fed loan program designed to help tens of thousands of struggling U.S. companies is heading for trouble before it even launches. Lawmakers and business groups warn demand might be muted and lenders will be reluctant to offer the loans https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/02/fed-reserve-main-street-program-297149

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Most small businesses are nearing end of #PPP PPP 8-week loan forgiveness period. They need to know if they will be stuck with burdensome debt or have flexibility to restart. Why Congress needs to pass the Payroll Protection Program Flexibility Act this week. via @NFIB

NFIB@NFIB

Among @NFIB members, most #smallbiz are currently in the middle of their 8-week #PPP forgiveness window, with some nearing the end of it. For more results from @NFIBResearch's latest loan program survey, read here: https://www.nfib.com/content/press-release/homepage/most-small-businesses-nearing-the-end-of-the-ppp-8-week-forgiveness-period/

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28 May

Overwhelming House of Representatives vote approving Payroll Protection Flexibility Act. #PPP changes a rare area of bipartisan cooperation on Capitol Hill. Now critical for Senate to act in turn. Clock ticking on expiring PPP loans. https://www.wsj.com/articles/community-lenders-to-get-10-billion-of-ppp-small-business-loans-11590678108 via @TheAmaraReport

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27 May

The Parity for Main Street Employers coalition supports the Phillips (D-MN) Roy (R-TX) Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020. We need flexibility & relief from unworkable restrictions so that businesses can survive, reopen, rehire.
https://s-corp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/May-26-Main-Street-Employers-letter-in-Support-of-PP-Flexibility-Act-Final.pdf

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26 May

#PPP $ remain untapped. Big reason: unclear, changing, restrictive guidance on how it can be used. Why Congress needs to pass Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act to allow more flexibility, so more Main Street biz can survive. Biz's that fail can't rehire. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ppp/u-s-small-firms-leave-150-billion-in-coronavirus-stimulus-untapped-idUSKBN232199

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23 May

#PPP needs to be fixed. “Fortunately, bipartisan legislative efforts are underway to make the PPP more flexible...If a PPP fix passes the House, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) should promptly move it toward President Trump’s desk.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-paycheck-protection-program-is-in-dire-need-of-reform/2020/05/22/f5f3f01a-9b6f-11ea-a2b3-5c3f2d1586df_story.html

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22 May

Main Street facing reopening problem: "the failure to strike a deal likely means a revision of small-business aid rules won't be passed until next month, but the earliest recipients of PPP loans must spend the funds by May 29." https://www.wsj.com/articles/lawmakers-seek-to-double-duration-of-small-business-loans-11590058811 via @WSJ

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21 May

Bipartisan support to expand and revise the Paycheck Protection Program #PPP https://www.thirdway.org/memo/three-ways-to-save-small-businesses

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