• What has changed at EU Level?
• Where are the Member States in implementing the changes?
• What has changed in the UK?
• Practical implementation issues
• Case study
• Managing Risk
• Q&A

This live and interactive webinar will focus on the practical implementation issues arising for UK and EU businesses selling and receiving services across borders. We will look at how companies are coping with the new rules and what challenges they are presented with. We will demonstrate how these challenges can be addressed and how other businesses have dealt with certain implementation issues. Participants will be given the opportunity to ask questions and obtain a practical insight into the new rules in order to understand how to minimize risk and maximize VAT compliance.

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This is a FREE informational webinar.

You are invited to attend a free, 60 minute webinar on Thursday, February 25th, 2010 "Passing the PCI Buck: Tips on using Processor Capabilities to Minimize Your Compliance Costs" at 2:00 PM Eastern. Sponsored by Payment Vision, Payment Gateway Services.

July 2010 is the deadline for Level 4 merchants and visa processors to be certified PCI compliant. And regardless of level, merchants are required to meet the most recent PCI DSS standards, if they want to continue to accept credit card payments.

To help you get ready, this webinar will describe how to “Pass the PCI Buck” with "tokenization” and similar techniques that get card holder data out of your hands and limit what you need to do to be PCI compliant—in fact, these techniques will also reduce your PCI compliance costs and exposure, and ensure you get where you need to be on time and on budget.

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The webinar will cover:
• An introduction to tokenization;
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• Why you may want to consider using single sign-on to keep card data completely off your web servers altogether;
• Some thoughts on using the same techniques for other sensitive consumer information including DDA account numbers.

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This Live and Interactive online training seminar will guide you through the fundamental changes being made to the treatment of UK VAT regarding International Services in 2010.

One recent delegate gave this feedback after attending this seminar: "It was brilliant not to have to waste time travelling, and to receive such a high quality seminar from my desk. I would definitely recommend this to other colleagues." H Stephens, Tax Manager, Liverpool University.

Each delegate will receive a free headset, free VAT book and free access to our online VAT Resource Centre.

The Seminar Covers -

* The Basic Rules Defined
* The Reverse Charge Rule
* The Key Services affected by the changes (Land Related Services, Performance Related Services, Work on Goods, Schedule 5/Intellectual Services, Transport, Intermediary, Transports Hire and Restaurant and Catering Services)
* Administrative Changes

After the seminar -

You will receive a free copy of The Authoritative Guide to VAT which is a book that is 346 Pages long and consists of 19 chapters. It will help everyone in your organisation who deals with Value Added Tax. It is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of VAT. It covers all the topics that are in ‘Tolley's Value Added Tax’ and ‘Tolley's VAT in Europe’ - to buy the latest editions of both of these books would cost in excess of £200.

You will also receive 12 months free access to The VAT Resource Centre which is an online information service that helps busy accountants, financial directors and anyone who has to work within the EC system of VAT to understand and comply with all the EC VAT rules. The cost of an annual subscription is usually £99.

Course Cost:

This seminar will be delivered over the Internet. The price to attend is £145. We will send every delegate a free starter pack the first time they book, which will ensure that you receive all aspects of the seminar to a professional standard.

Course Duration:

The seminar will last for 3 hours and will be divided into 6 sessions. There will be a short break between each session.

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1) Renewable/alternative energy options (solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas and waste-to-energy), giving an overview and examples of each

2) Federal incentives in place to help cities realize renewable/alternative options (with some examples of state incentives)

3) Three major areas to consider when reviewing options, providing an explanation of each:

Technical issues
Financial feasibility
Environmental and community benefit
Nelson Oliva, City Manager, City of Hercules, will additionally provide a case study of a renewable/alternative project recently completed that will include the dos and don’ts plus the overall benefits and drawbacks from their experience.

Learn how proactive tax planning can help improve cash flow and provide a solid financial foundation for your business. In this webcast, you will hear relevant information and insights from our panelists on:

* Understanding your tax reality today and creating a tax plan for tomorrow
* Employing specific strategies that can help lower your tax burden
* Benefiting from tax deductions, credits and other opportunities
* Avoiding the most common audit triggers and preparing in case of audit
* Learning how to maximize your savings with new deductions for 2009

Carol Sanchez, CPA
Partner, Sanchez & Santiago CPAs, LLC
Sanchez specializes in accounting and consulting for small businesses, and she has also held positions for the Massachusetts Society of CPAs. In 2006, she was awarded the Wells Fargo Anna Maria Arias Memorial Business Fund Award for her work as an inspiring Latina entrepreneur.

Nina Kaufman, Esq.
Founder and President, AskTheBusinessLawyer.com
Kaufman specializes in addressing the legal needs of small businesses, growing companies and individual entrepreneurs. She is a regular columnist for Entrepreneur.com, where she authors the “Business Law Advisor” column and “Making it Legal” blog.

Bruce Willey, JD, CPA
Partner, Willey O’Brien, L.C.
Willey's practice concentrates in the areas of business law including start-up, operations, growth, and exit planning; estate planning; probate; and taxation. Willey also provides strategic tax, business transition and asset preservation planning services.
MODERATOR

Rich Sloan
Co-Founder and CEO, StartupNation.com
A staple of the Wells Fargo Small Business Webcast Series, Sloan co-hosts StartupNation Radio, a nationally-syndicated radio program and has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Fox, MSNBC and other national media.

During this one-hour webinar you will learn about why so many U.S. manufacturers have moved production to Mexico under Mexico’s “Maquiladora Program”. If you ever considered moving some of your production to Mexico and didn’t….it might be time to think about it again. Some of the benefits that Mexico offers U.S. manufacturers are:

Close proximity to the United States
A young, low-cost, quality conscious workforce
No restrictions on foreign investment
The benefits afforded Mexico under the NAFTA
Mexico's 12 Free Trade Agreements with 32 countries
Since the inception of the Maquiladora Program in 1965 over 3,000 U.S. manufacturers have moved production to Mexico. The Maquiladora Program:

Allows Maquiladoras to be 100% foreign owned
Allow Maquiladoras to import duty free into Mexico all production related machinery, equipment, materials, and components where the articles are covered by NAFTA Certificates of Origin
Does not restrict what can be produced by a Maquiladoras
Allow Maquiladoras to sell a signification portion of their production in the Mexican national market
During the webinar you will hear two plant managers of U.S.-owned Maquiladoras present case histories of their move to Mexico and the president of Mexico’s oldest “Shelter Plan Program” will explain how easy it is to start-up and operate a Maquiladora Plant under the shelter plan.

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