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Volume 5 Issue 9
May 29, 2007
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WHY YOU SHOULD TRY A JUMPSTART GRADUATE
Scene from recent JumpStart graduation.
| Because they'll work hard for you!
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Listen to what employers are saying:
1. "I've been very impressed with the two people I hired through JumpStart -- they have excellent learning skills and are extremely dependable. The bottom line is they care, and that's not a given these days with new hires." -- Jim Stahl, president James C. Stahl, LLC.
2. "My JumpStart employee has superb leadership skills, an eagerness to learn and pride in every task he performs. JumpStart has been everything as advertised."--Dwayne Evans, Hensel Phelps.
3. "I have been pleasantly surprised by the reliability and ambition of our JumpStart graduates. We couldn't be more pleased. They show up early each day, don't wait to be asked what to do and are picking up the work very quickly." Mike Burt, Miles Electric.
Call Mike Henderson at ABC 410.821.0351; or Vic at Skillforce, 410.581.8989; to find out how to put a JumpStart graduate to work for you.
ABC MEMBERS TURN OUT IN FORCE TO RAISE PAC MONEY- BLAST CLAY PIGEONS
left to right: P. Flanigan & Sons' Dave Nesbitt;
Kathy Wilmot; Daryl Griffith, Griffith Bros. Landscaping; Charles Maskel, Atlantic Builders.
| Annual Pintail Point Event Raises Record Dollars for Pro-Business Candidates
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Last week's annual sporting clay shoot raised almost $27,000; 100 percent of the monies raised will go toward supporting the candidacy of pro-merit shop candidates all across the country. ABC National now boasts one of the largest pro-business Political Action Committees in the country, and has contributed greatly to ABC's rank as the most powerful commercial construction trade organization in the United States. "Unlike many other PAC's that will support candidates to gain access, ABC will only support those candidates who support our issues," said Dick Lombardo, of Harkins Builders. Dick serves as a trustee on ABC's PAC Committee.
Special thanks to our corporate sponsorships that made Pintail Point possible:
Steve Shrader, Shrader Electric Company
George Nitzel, G.H. Nitzel, Inc.
Eric G. Regelin, Atlantic Builders Group, Inc.
Kathy Wilmot, Wilmot Modular Structures, Inc.
Travis Katski, Colonial Electric Co., Inc.
MD REPEALS NONRESIDENT CONTRACTOR WITHOLDING LAW
Now that Maryland has repealed the withholding requirement for nonresident contractors, business owners have one less paperwork burden. Previously, Maryland required 3 percent of the total contract price to be withheld from nonresident contractors pending receipt of a tax clearance certificate from the state of Maryland at the completion of a contract. The withholding requirement and tax clearance procedures have been a compliance burden on many contractors since its inception in 2003.
The withholding requirement applied to most contracts to improve real property entered into with a nonresident general contractor for $500,000 or more, or for non-resident subcontractors for $50,000 or more who worked on a project where the total value of the improvements was $500,000 or more. A nonresident contractor is one who does not maintain a regular place of business in the state of Maryland.
House Bill 1143, which repeals the withholding requirement, applies to contracts entered into on or after July 1, 2007. This Bill relieves one of many compliance burdens on contractors.
Please call Anita M. Sheckells, CPA, CCIFP, and Shareholder with KAWG&F at 410-828-6432 for additional information on this law change or for other information affecting the construction industry.
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