Business

Small business tax workshop set for Dec. 5

FREMONT — The Ohio Small Business Development Center at Terra Community College and the Small Business Management Program at Vanguard Adult Career Center are teaming to present a Small Business Tax Workshop Dec. 5.

Presenter John K. Krupp, a certified public accountant, is to discuss small business taxes including income, sales and payroll taxes, as well as information on tax filings, tax changes and more.

The workshop is 6:30-9 p.m. Dec. 5 at Terra Community College in Building B, Room 101. It is free and open to the public.

To register or for more information, call Bill Auxter, director of the Ohio Small Business Development Center at Terra Community College, toll free at (800) 826-2431 or (419) 559-2210. Or contact him by e-mail at bauxter@terra.edu.



Undergraduate entrepreneurs to benefit from new endowment

FINDLAY — The University of Findlay unveiled an undergraduate student entrepreneurial program funded through a gift by the late Vernon E. Garner, founder of the Garner Transportation Group.

The new program, called Dr. Vernon E. Garner Endowed Fund for Entrepreneurial Excellence, allows students to compete for loans for start-up companies they create with faculty guidance. The new companies can begin operation while the founders still are students, and the students can take the companies with them when they graduate. Arrangements for repaying the loans are part of the start-up plan. The revolving loan fund was created with a $300,000 gift from Garner.

To compete for a start-up loan, each interested student is asked to submit a written business plan, which is reviewed by an advisory board. Sherri Brumbaugh, Garner’s daughter, director of public relations and corporate secretary, represents the family as a member of the board. Students are to submit proposals beginning in the spring semester 2008.