Village Building Group chief executive Travis Doherty is the new president of the lobby group.
The Chief Minister says tax reform is helping,not hindering,Canberra businesses.
Its part-owner says the increased charges are a threat to the future of the business.
Chief Minister Andrew Barr has admitted charging landowners up to five years'worth of rates in one hit and giving them 28 days to pay was an"issue of regret".
The ACT government says most Canberra small businesses actually pay less tax than their interstate counterparts.
A loophole that could have seen elderly Canberrans charged thousands of dollars in land tax when they moved into a nursing home has been closed.
The ACT government is drawing on borrowings to fund some $86 million in new spending pledges over the next four years.
The ACT needs an independent body to set rates rises in Canberra,in line with the system in New South Wales,to prevent the territory government raising rates to'exorbitant'levels.
Lino Rovere was forced to backpay 15 years'worth of land tax to the ACT government,despite advice from the ACT Revenue Office in 2000 that he was not liable.
Plus,Canberra women march for women's rights and against the continued scourge of violence.
It shows the government has no plans to immediately overhaul the territory's rates and land tax system.