Shawn Savage, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Stakeholder Liaison, will discuss how the IRS Stakeholder Liaison team is unique among its peers. While other functions are collecting taxes or examining returns, SL gives away its goods, providing the small business community the latest tax information and resources the IRS has to offer.
Some areas that he will be discussing are as follows:
IRS Small Business and Self-Employed Tax Center
E-News for Small Businesses – free electronic mail service designed to provide tax information for small business owners and self-employed individuals.
Small Business Events – Find workshops and phone forums on a variety of topics for small businesses.
IRS Videos and Other Educational Products – Learn about business taxes on your own time, and at your own pace.
Small Business Resources – links to a broad range of resources across federal and state agencies.
New Benefits for Small Employers Who Provide Employee Health Insurance
Two New Benefits That Aid Employers Who Hire and Retain Unemployed Workers
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
The Annual Rural Maine Small Business Conference and Business To Business Show will be held in Dover-Foxcroft at the Penquis Higher Education Center located at 50 Mayo Street.
The purpose of the conference is to help foster the success of microenterprises and small businesses in the greater Piscataquis County area and all of rural Maine. The conference expects to attract over 100 micro & small business owners.
Remember to bring your business card for some great networking opportunities
The Rural Maine Small Business Conference’s sponsors and partners are Penquis, MaineStream Finance, Piscataquis County Economic Development Council, Penquis Higher Education Center, James Macomber’s Maine’s Best Web & Media Design & Green Web Hosting, Hall Web Services, Small Business Administration, Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce, Moosehead Lake Chamber of Commerce, Maine Woods Tourism Training Initiative, Maine Woods Consortium, Betterment Fund and USDA Rural Development
Scholarships are still available. To register go online at ruralmainebiz.org and click “Registration” then choose online or go to http://www.ruralmainebiz.org/Registration.html .
FMI: ruralmainebiz.org
Contact persons: Sheree Brown or James Macomber
Phone: 564-7116 or 1-800-215-4942
Email: sabrown@penquis.org or jmacomber@penquis.org
