PIA Joins IT Alliance

The Printing Industries of America has joined with Intel, the National Association for the Self-Employed, the Business Software Alliance, and CompTIA to launch the Alliance for Small Business Investment in Technology (ASBIT), a bipartisan coalition of small business and information technology (IT) trade associations and companies.

The alliance, created to support federal tax law changes to promote small business investment in IT products and services, was unveiled late last month at a press conference held on Capitol Hill. ASBIT's primary goal, say members, is to increase small business expensing limitations for IT products and services. ASBIT contends that such changes will improve small business productivity and strengthen the U.S. economy and the IT sector.

PIA has long been a strong advocate for depreciation reform. "With the slowing of the economy and fewer businesses investing in IT, it is time to reform the antiquated computer depreciation schedule to accurately represent the technological advances made since the code was modified in 1986 as well as the pace that businesses must update their equipment in order to remain competitive," says Ben Cooper, PIA's vice president of government affairs. "PIA looks forward to working with the members of the coalition and members of Congress to implement these changes."

For more information on the alliance, contact PIA's government affairs department at (703) 519-8158.