Survey finds opposition to state business tax

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Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2000 | 11:02 a.m.

A business association's members are nearly unanimous in opposition to a proposed Nevada ballot initiative that would ask voters to approve a 5 percent tax on profits to finance education.

Warren Hardy, Nevada state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, said a survey indicates 98 percent of Nevada small business owners oppose the initiative backed by the Nevada State Education Association.

Hardy said 350 surveys were returned. The survey, which Hardy said was the NFIB's annual "state ballot" containing seven questions, was distributed in October and returned by mail by the end of the year.

"Our statewide membership has sent a clear message on this issue," Hardy said. "If this onerous measure were somehow to pass, you would see a precipitous drop in the number of small businesses from which to tax, since many would be forced to close.