Manufacturing and Distribution

Thriving in Our Current Economy

Thursday, November 6, 2008
7:30 a.m.- 12:20 p.m.

Bell Harbor International Conference Center
2211 Alaskan Way
Pier 66
Seattle, WA 98121
206-441-6666
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Overview

Are the soaring fuel prices, weak dollar, and high cost of doing business placing unrelenting pressure on your profits? If you don't have strategies to offset these difficult times, the cumulative impact upon your business will be profound.

Owners, CEOs, CFOs, and controllers: Join us for a seminar designed specifically with you in mind. Whether you are in manufacturing or distribution, your company will benefit from the following topics:

An economic update
Cash flow management
State and local taxes minimization strategies
GAAP and tax update

Do more than weather the economic storm, thrive in it!

Agenda

7:30 a.m.	Check in and continental breakfast
8:00 a.m.	Resilience or Recession? A Pacific Northwest Economic Update by Michael J. Parks, Marple's Letter
9:10 a.m.	Managing Cash Flow by Kel Hoffmann, Whitebirch Software, Inc.
10:15 a.m.	State and Local Tax Minimization Strategies and Streamline Sales Tax by Rachel LeMieux and Shannon Kingston, Moss Adams LLP
11:50 a.m.	GAAP and Tax Update by Andrew Cates and Bret Rutter, Moss Adams LLP
12:20 p.m.	Seminar ends