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NASE Experts
Robert Hughes - President
As head of the nation’s leading trade association for entrepreneurs and micro-businesses (10 or fewer employees), Robert Hughes draws on his experience and perspective as a small-business owner and brings a keen understanding of the unique issues, challenges and opportunities faced by the self-employed.
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Kristie Arslan - Executive Director (Legislative Offices)
Kristie Arslan is the Executive Director of the National Association for the Self-Employed's Legislative Offices, and directs the NASE’s advocacy and grassroots programs. She works closely with policymakers in Congress and the Administration to speak out on behalf of the self-employed community.
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Keith Hall - National Tax Advisor
Keith Hall is the primary consultant available to the self-employed and micro-business owners through the National Association of the Self-Employed’s TaxTalk service.
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- Learn Piano In Your Home - A Success Story (Business In General Blog)
Melodie Ellis knows what it’s like to work for somebody else. And she knows what it means to work for herself. In fact, she managed to do both for almost eight years, holding down a job as an employee at a private piano studio while also teaching students on her own in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
- LLCs Are Worth a Look (Kiplinger)
The simplicity and benefits of LLCs are spurring more businesses to set them up. “Is there a growing trend? Yes. The growing trend for the last few years has been the limited liability company,” says Gene Fairbrother, a small business consultant for the National Association for the Self-Employed.
- The Perils of Running a Business From Home (U.S. News & World Report)
Filling out the form to apply for a home-office deduction can get complicated. "You almost have to be a CPA to figure out that form. The phrase 'see instructions' appears 14 times on a one-page form," says Keith Hall, tax adviser for the National Association of the Self-Employed.
- A Simpler Home Office Deduction (CNN Money)
Offering a standard home office deduction would save the self-employed a chunk of change each year, says NASE National Tax Advisor Keith Hall.
- The Self-Employed Push To Repeal The 'Health-Care Tax' (BusinessWeek)
The nation's 9 million self-employed—sole proprietors with few or no employees, contract workers, and freelancers—constitute about 8% of the total U.S. labor force, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (The Census Bureau counts 22 million sole-proprietors, but it's not clear how many of those may be payroll workers as well.) "You correct this, think of the widespread health benefit you would give to so many people," says Kristie Arslan, executive director of the lobbying group National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE), which represents the self-employed in Washington.
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Through nation-wide surveys on topics such as health coverage and retirement security, the NASE ensures it has the pulse of micro-business. And through monthly online polls, the NASE tracks a snapshot of what members think on the hot topics of the day.
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 The NASE helps bridge the gap between small-business owners and the media. Share your personal experiences and bring about a positive change for the self-employed and micro-business owners.
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