A hearing before the Joint Economic Committee will be held on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. in room G-50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The hearing is on "Small Business, Big Taxes: Are Taxes Holding Back Small Business Growth?"

Witnesses:

Mr. Brian Reardon

President, S Corporation Association, and Principal, Venn Strategies, LLC, Washington, DC

Mr. Jody Fledderman

President and CEO, Batesville Tool and Die, Inc., Batesville, IN

Ms. Holly S. Wade

Director of Research and Policy Analysis, National Federation of Independent Business, Washington, DC

Mr. Thomas A. Hoghaug

CEO, Signus Medical, LLC, and CEO, LockDown Surgical, Inc., Chanhassen, MN

Dr. Martin A. Sullivan,

Chief Economist, Tax Analysts, Falls Church, VA

Chairman Dan Coats presiding.