BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20140428T153000Z DTEND:20140428T170000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Headline Lunch: Personal Property Tax DESCRIPTION:Do you pay taxes\, use services from or interact with state or local government\, or own or work for a business? If the answer to any of these questions is yes\, then you should know about the A2Y Chamber's Headline Lunch on Monday\, April 28th (further details below). We have a unique program to educate and inform attendees on Michigan's Personal Property Tax (PPT)\, how it will be reformed\, and the important upcoming August ballot question. \n\n \n\nThe PPT presents a unique challenge to our state\; it's an uncompetitive tax on business and industrial equipment\, yet local governments rely on this revenue to fund services. To meet this challenge the Michigan Legislature recently passed a package of bi-partisan legislation ensuring PPT reform does not cut funding to local governments. Key to this legislative effort was Washtenaw County's own\n\nState Senator Rebekah Warren (D-18). However\, these changes will only take effect if voters approve them at the ballot this August\, and there is still a lot for business owners and local governments to learn about:\n\n\n Why the PPT is in need of reform\;\n How the reform works\;\n Learn why such a broad spectrum of stakeholders are in support of this plan\;\n What you should know ahead of the August 2014 PPT vote\n\nTo answer these questions we have a program of three influential speakers:\n\n \n\nState Senator Rebekah Warren\,\n\nMichigan's 18th Senate District\n\n \n\nMike Johnston\,\n\nVice President of Government Affairs for the Michigan Manufacturers Association\n\n \n\nTricia Kinley\, \n\nSenior Director of Tax & Regulatory Reform for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce\n\n \n\nOur panel has firsthand knowledge on the substance and process of PPT reform. Their expertise can provide you with the information you need to know. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Do you pay taxes\, use services from or interact with state or local government\, or own or work for a business? If the answer to any of these questions is yes\, then you should know about the A2Y Chamber'\;s Headline Lunch on \;Monday\, April 28th \;(further details below). We have a unique program to educate and inform attendees on Michigan'\;s Personal Property Tax (PPT)\, how it will be reformed\, and the important upcoming August ballot question. \;
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\nThe PPT presents a unique challenge to our state\; it'\;s an uncompetitive tax on business and industrial equipment\, yet local governments rely on this revenue to fund services. \; To meet this challenge the Michigan Legislature recently passed a package of bi-partisan legislation ensuring PPT reform does not cut funding to local governments. Key to this legislative effort was Washtenaw County'\;s own
\nState Senator Rebekah Warren \;(D-18). However\, these changes will only take effect if voters approve them at the ballot this August\, and there is still a lot for business owners and local governments to learn about:\n\n\nTo answer these questions we have a program of three influential speakers:
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\nState Senator Rebekah Warren\,
\nMichigan'\;s 18th \;Senate District
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\nMike Johnston\,
\nVice President of Government Affairs for the Michigan Manufacturers Association
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\nTricia Kinley\,
\nSenior Director of Tax &\; Regulatory Reform for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce
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\nOur panel has firsthand knowledge on the substance and process of PPT reform. Their expertise can provide you with the information you need to know.
\n \; LOCATION:Sheraton Ann Arbor Hotel 3200 Boardwalk Street Ann Arbor\, Michigan 48108-1774 UID:e.276.4365 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260421T024529Z URL:https://business.a2ychamber.org/events/details/headline-lunch-personal-property-tax-04-28-2014-4365 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR