Cool Projects Maui

Hawaii Business Tax Summit 2009 - Next Friday, July 31st at the Frank Loyd Wright-designed Kamehameha Golf Club from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (including lunch).    The Maui accounting firm of Levin & Hu is organizing the event.   Besides host Doug Levin, speakers will include Lt. Governor James "Duke" Aiona, and KGNB9’s business reporter Howard Dicus, who is brilliant at making complex stuff understandable while always leaving his audience with a smile.  Also presenting will be Brad Albert of Rising Sun Solar, one of the top installers of PV systems.

The summit will review all the latest in tax issues that should be of interest to small businesses, both State and Federal.   Most of the new Federal stimulus provisions relating to small business are in the tax code.   Find out how to get refunds, about the very attractive credits available for going solar, and how to get reimbursed for 90% of your employee health insurance.   Also get an update on Hawaii’s innovation tax credits, which are still significant, even though they have been reduced.   We will also get an update on how ARC loans are coming along in the implementation process.  As of this writing none in Hawaii yet, but first ones on Mainland last week.

There will be lots of networking.  You can get a big discount by entering "SBDC" when prompted for a discount code.   Register here.    This event will repeat on Oahu on August 26th.