HOW IBA HELPS ITS MEMBERS SAVE TIME AND MONEY AND SOLVE PROBLEMS

YOU get the latest information on issues affecting small businesses each month in IBA's Monthly Small Business Report. Details about proposed new laws, how they will affect you and your small business and what you can do to influence their passage or defeat. Details about new state regulations that will affect small businesses and how you can influence their adoption or non-adoption. The IBA Monthly Small Business Report alerts you to ways to avoid fines, penalties, assessments etc. And YOU get to vote on issues affecting small businesses. Your vote sets the IBA position on the issues. Plus, YOU can request additional information on issues of interest to you. YOU also get helpful information on the latest business practices small business owners can use to save money, save time and solve problems.

IBA's INSTANT INFORMATION CENTER

YOU have direct telephone access to our staff of experts who are ready to assist you with any business question, opportunity or problem. IBA of Washington State has been assisting small businesses since 1974 so we have a great deal of experience in answering the questions small business owners have. Imagine, a staff of experts ready to assist you as close as your phone - and for just penny's a day.

IBA's FAX-ON-DEMAND SYSTEM

YOU have access to key documents small business owners need, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day via IBA's FAX On Demand System. All you need is a fax machine. You call the IBA FAX On Demand System and request the document you need, by number and seconds later, its is printing out on your fax machine. Examples are: How do I appeal a tax assessment? What questions can I and can't I ask when hiring a new employee? How to prepare an effective request for a loan? How to reduce your state industrial insurance costs? How to get a FREE no-fines safety and health inspection. An I-9 or W-4 form if you don't have one handy when you need one. How to comply with hazardous waste laws, etc. Scores of vital documents to help small business owners. All at no cost to you and available anytime, night or day, 7 days a week.

MONEY SAVING MEMBER BENEFIT SERVICES

YOU can access vital business services at reduced costs using IBA of Washington State's group buying power. Examples of services available include, discount long distance telephone services, low-cost legal assistance in preparing an Employee Policy Guide (a vital document if you hire employees), access to a highly competitive health insurance plan, an outstanding Internet Homepage opportunity to promote your business on the Internet, reduced costs credit card processing fees for merchants, etc. YOU save money by using the IBA of Washington State's group buying power to your advantage.

EXPERTS FIGHTING FOR YOU IN OLYMPIA

YOU have a team of government relations experts working for you full-time at our state capitol in Olympia. IBA of Washington State has a highly respected and very effective team of experts fighting to protect you and your business. IBA's government relations experts and its members have stopped tax increases, stopped harmful new government regulations, have passed tax reductions, passed greater freedoms from government interference for small businesses, passed one of the nation's most comprehensive regulatory reform legislative plans which is now being implemented, and much more. Each year, the Washington State Legislature deals with over 4,000 legislative proposals, many of which directly affect small businesses. YOU don't have time to identify and keep tract of all of these issues, but IBA's government relations experts do and they advise you of the important proposals affecting small businesses and advise you of how you can influence their passage or defeat.

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