Thomas P. Ochsenschlager, Vice President of Taxation for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), will host the SBA's December web chat on "Year-End Tax Savings for Your Small Business." Chat participants will receive answers to questions about the importance of year-end tax preparation and planning for small business owners, as well as receive tax tips.

The SBA's live web chat series provides business owners the opportunity to have discussions online about relevant business issues with experts, industry leaders and successful entrepreneurs. Participants have direct, real-time access to the Web Chats via questions they submit online in advance and during the session, with insant online answers.

WHEN: Thursday, December 20, 2007, from 1:00p.m. to 2:00p.m. (Eastern Time).  Ochsenschlager will answer questions for one hour.


Participants can join the live Web chat by going online to www.sba.gov and clicking "Online Business Chat."

Web chat participants may post questions for Ochsenschlager before the December 20th chat by visiting http://app1.sba.gov/liveMeeting/dec07/ and posting their questions online.

To review archives of past Web chats, visit online at http://www.sba.gov/tools/monthlywebchat/index.html