The Providing Real Opportunities for Growth to Rising Entrepreneurs for Sustained Success (PROGRESS) Act would incentivize startups by giving a tax credit to investors in startups as well as to startup businesses for wages paid to their first employees. The investor credit would be a percentage of what’s invested, subject to a dollar cap. The first employee wage credit would be 25% of qualified wages, not exceeding a dollar cap. For partnerships and S corporations, limitations would be figured at the entity level. If enacted, the credits would begin in 2025. #IdeaoftheDay