Minnesota Workshops
In addition to state workshops, please visit the Virtual Small Business Tax Workshop page for instructional, interactive lessons designed to help new small business owners learn their tax rights and responsibilities.
Visit the IRS Video portal for video and audio presentations on topics of interest to small businesses.
If you live near a state line, please look for workshops in nearby cities of the bordering state.
APPLE VALLEY
Event: Various Events
Date(s): Various
Time: Varies by workshop
Location: South Metro SCORE Chapter 628, 101 W. Burnsville Parkway, Suite 152, Burnsville, MN 55337
Contact: Dennis Jacobson; Phone: (952) 890-7020; E-mail: southmetroscore@qwestoffice.net
Event Information: Tax workshops are now offered in coordination with our partnering organizations. These workshops are designed to help people contemplating entering business, and those entrepreneurs who seek to make course corrections and gain greater business success. Topics for the Starting Your Own Business series include: How to Start Your Business, Legal Aspects and Financial Issues, and Developing a Business Plan. For dates, times, and locations, please visit the South Metro SCORE Web site.
Sponsored by: South Metro SCORE Chapter 628
BLAINE
Meeting: Employment Taxes and Employer Issues/Responsibilities Seminar
Date(s): December 4, 2012
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Minnesota Workforce Center, Anoka County, 1201 89th Avenue NE, Blaine, MN 55434-3351
Contact: Gary Johnson; Phone: (651) 726-7220; E-mail: deed.tax@state.mn.us
Event Information: This seminar is presented by IRS, Minnesota Department of Revenue, Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) for small businesses.
Topics include:
- Worker Status
- Compliance
- Unemployment Insurance Tax Rate Assignment and Wage Reporting
- Labor Standards
- Workers Compensation
- New Hire Rules
To register, visit the Department of Employment and Economic Development Web site for your choice of location or date.
Sponsored by: Department of Employment and Economic Development
BURNSVILLE
Event: Various Events
Date(s): Various
Time: Varies by workshop
Location: South Metro SCORE Chapter 628, 101 W. Burnsville Parkway, Suite 152, Burnsville, MN 55337
Contact: Dennis Jacobson; Phone: (952) 890-7020; E-mail: southmetroscore@qwestoffice.net
Event Information: Tax workshops are now offered in coordination with our partnering organizations. These workshops are designed to help people contemplating entering business, and those entrepreneurs who seek to make course corrections and gain greater business success. Topics for the Starting Your Own Business series include: How to Start Your Business, Legal Aspects and Financial Issues, and Developing a Business Plan. For dates, times, and locations, please visit the South Metro SCORE Web site.
Sponsored by: South Metro SCORE Chapter 628
EDINA
Meeting: Employment Taxes and Employer Issues/Responsibilities Seminar
Date(s): October 18, 2012
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Centennial Lakes Office Park, Conference Room, Suite 275, 3601 West 76th Street, Edina, MN 55435
Contact: Gary Johnson; Phone: (651) 726-7220; E-mail: deed.tax@state.mn.us
Event Information: This seminar is presented by IRS, Minnesota Department of Revenue, Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) for small businesses.
Topics include:
- Worker Status
- Compliance
- Unemployment Insurance Tax Rate Assignment and Wage Reporting
- Labor Standards
- Workers Compensation
- New Hire Rules
To register, visit the Department of Employment and Economic Development Web site for your choice of location or date.
Sponsored by: Department of Employment and Economic Development
MINNEAPOLIS
Event: Simple Steps for Starting Your Business
Date(s): Varies by Workshop
Time: Varies by Workshop
Location: Minnetonka Community Center, 14600 Minnetonka Blvd., Minnetonka, MN 55345-1502
Contact: Marshal Jones; Phone: (952) 938-4570; E-mail: minneapolis@score-mn.org
Event Information: Tax workshops are now offered in coordination with our partnering organizations. If you are thinking about starting a new business, this workshop helps you answer questions such as:
- How do I prepare a business plan or do I even need one?
- Should I set up my business as a sole proprietorship, LLC, or Sub S Corporation?
- What alternatives do I have for a bookkeeping system?
- How can my financial reports help me manage my business?
- What taxes will I have to pay?
Workshop topics include: Business Plans, Advice from a Small Business Lawyer, Understanding Your Financial Reports. For dates, times, and locations, please visit the Minneapolis SCORE Web site.
Sponsored by: Minneapolis SCORE Chapter 2
MINNEAPOLIS – ST. PAUL METRO AREA
Event: Employment Taxes & Employer Responsibilities Seminar
Date(s): Varies by Session
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Varies by Session
Contact: Gary Johnson; Phone: (651) 259-7220; E-mail: deed.tax@state.mn.us
Event Information: This class, presented by IRS, Minnesota Department of Revenue and Unemployment Insurance Tax experts, will give you a guided tour through the maze of state and federal employment tax and other reporting requirements.
Seminar topics covered include:
- In-Depth Discussions of:
- Worker Status: Who’s an “Independent Contractor” and who’s not
- Tax Withholding and Deposit rules
- Quarterly and Annual Report Filing Requirements
- Unemployment Insurance Tax Rate Assignment & Wage Reporting
- Overviews of:
- Labor Standards (“Wage & Hour”)
- Worker's Compensation Insurance
- The New Hire Reporting Rules
- Department of Homeland Security (formerly INS) Requirements
For dates, times, and locations, please visit the seminar schedule page on the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Web site.
Sponsored by: Minnesota Business Tax Education Partnership
ST. CLOUD
Event: Starting A Business: Six Steps to Success
Date(s): Various
Time: Varies by Workshop
Location: Minnesota Center for Business Development, Suite 100, 616 Roosevelt Road, St. Cloud, MN 56301
Contact: Don Schiffler; Phone: (320) 240-1332; E-mail: chapter@stcloudscore.org
Event Information: Tax workshops are now offered in coordination with our partnering organizations. This workshop will look at the basic questions to consider as you think about starting your business and gives you some of the planning tools and resources that will help you succeed.
Topics Include:
- Is your business idea a good idea?
- Do your numbers make sense?
- Where will the money come from?
- Making it legal
- Put it on paper
- Your business plan
- Use your resources
For dates, times, and locations please visit the Central Minnesota SCORE Web site.
Sponsored by: Central Minnesota SCORE
ST. PAUL
Event: Going into Business
Date(s): Various
Time: Varies by workshop
Location: Wilder Center, 451 Lexington Parkway North, St. Paul, MN 55104
Contact: Sue McCloskey; Phone: (651) 632-8937; E-mail: stpaul@score-mn.org
Event Information: Tax workshops are now offered in coordination with our partnering organizations. Join business owners, community professionals, and SCORE counselors to explore creating your new business, and maximize its success. This seminar offers first hand knowledge and experience of these business basics:
- Entrepreneurship
- Business research and planning
- Marketing your product or service
- Financing and budgeting
- Organizational structure
- Federal taxes
- Business law
- Commercial insurance: liability, property, product and personnel
- Finding resources for assistance and support
For dates, times, and locations, please visit the St. Paul SCORE Web site.
Sponsored by: St. Paul Chapter 391 SCORE
