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2 days agoNew report intensifies debate over San Francisco's 'CEO tax' measure
Proposition D aims to increase business taxes on high-earning companies to fund city services, but may lead to higher consumer prices.
These figures reflect what we see every day. Compliance isn't difficult because people are careless—it's difficult because it's fragmented, deadline-driven, and overwhelmingly manual.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani would do well to remember the words of chef and humanitarian Jose Andres: We must build longer tables. Mayor Mamdani should build a long policy tableone that makes room for a diversity of perspectives as it relates to small businesses, and he should ensure that the hospitality industry has a seat to inform his restaurant and nightlife policy.
The BCC's budget submission focuses on policies to encourage investment, strengthen the workforce, support exports and develop infrastructure. The BCCs top four recommendations are for the Chancellor not to make more taxes on business, alongside reforming business rates and the axing of the windfall tax on oil and gas Labour should prioritise infrastructure investment and approval, including more rail projects, alongside a new runway at Heathrow and continued support for Gatwick and Luton.