IFA survey: Failure to extend tax rates could hurt franchises

As policymakers in Washington, D.C., continue to lock horns on the edge of what has come to be called the “fiscal cliff,” a new survey says franchise business could suffer if the current tax rates that are set to expire at the end of the year are not extended.

According to the International Franchise Association’s annual Franchise Business Leader Survey, 79 percent of franchisees and 73 percent of franchisors say the government’s failure to extend t