The Fix List is a set of desired changes to the District’s policy and regulatory apparatus which would significantly improve the business climate and financial well-being of the District. The Fix List is not a panacea nor does it encompass all the issues businesses contend with in the District, but it is an important step in a series of actions that the District needs to take. The Chamber is proud to lead this effort and will continue to represent its membership on any and all issues which effect business in the District.
The Chamber Fix
1. Lower the franchise tax
2. Require Economic Impact Statements not Just Fiscal Impact of Laws and Regulations
3. Implement an overhaul of the regulatory review process
4. Expand third-party review for permitting and licensing
5. Improve the ability for information to be provided by District agencies and DC Council through the internet
6. Extend recertification timeframes for basic business licenses and CBE certification and streamline the process for recertification
7. Lessening the regulatory burden for financial, technology, and other growing industries to relocate into the District.
8. Ensure development of large tract sites which are District owned are expedited through the approval process so that District residents and businesses will be provided new opportunities for jobs and expansion
9. Provide further federal and local tax incentives to businesses that hire DC residents and hard to employ DC residents
10. Remove enrollments caps on universities and provide for research growth opportunities
