Business Digest 10/16/2019

Power Gals of Land O’ Lakes
This networking group for women meets on Oct. 17 at 11 a.m., at Pizza Villa, 21501 Village Lakes Shopping Center Drive in Land O’ Lakes. The group aims to give women, from all different walks a life, a place to support each other and to build friendships. For more information, go to PowerGals.net.

Hillsborough County job fair
Hillsborough County Commissioner Sandy Merman, in association with CareerSource Tampa Bay and Hillsborough Community College, will host her fifth annual County Job Fair on Oct. 18 from 8:30 a.m. to noon, at the HCC Dale Mabry Campus, 4001 W. Tampa Bay Blvd.

Employers with hundreds of positions will be at the job fair, which is free and open to the public. For more information, call Angela Lyons at CareerSource Tampa Bay at (813) 930-7836, or email her at lyonsa@careersourcetampabay.com.

Real estate seminar
Fitz Real Estate Services will host a free Real Estate Seminar on Oct. 19 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Blazing Saddles Ranch, 10219 Wirt Road in Dade City. The seminar will cover a variety of real estate topics. To RSVP and for more information, call (813) 468-0446, or email Hfitz1024@gmail.com.

 East Pasco Networking Group
Cliff Martin, vice president/general manager of Jarrett Ford, Dade City, will be the featured speaker at the East Pasco Networking Group breakfast on Oct. 22 at 7:30 a.m., at IHOP, 13100 U.S. 301 in Dade City. For more information, call Nils Lenz at (813) 782-9491 or Vicky Jones at (813) 431-1149.

New craft brewery topic of talk
Anthony Derby, the founder/CEO of Florida Avenue Brewing Co., will be the featured speaker at the North Tampa Bay Chamber’s economic development briefing. He’ll talk about the Seminole Heights craft brewery that’s expanding into Wesley Chapel. The Oct. 24 event is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Hunters Green, 18101 Long water Run Drive in Tampa. For cost and reservations, call (813) 994-8534, or send an email to office@northtampabaychamber.com.

Ribbon cutting for Sports Clips
The Greater Pasco Chamber of Commerce will participate in a ribbon cutting celebration on Oct. 29 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., for Sports Clips of Terra Bella, 23683 State Road 54 in Lutz. The ribbon cutting is set for 5 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.

Zephyrhills Chamber breakfast
The Greater Zephyrhills Chamber of Commerce has its monthly business breakfast on the first Thursday of the month at 7 a.m., at the Golden Corral, 6877 Gall Blvd., in Zephyrhills. Admission is $8 for members and $10 for visitors.

Christmas Parade applications
Deadline for entry in the Dade City Christmas Parade is Nov. 11. Applications are available online at DadeCityChamber.org. For more information, call (352) 567-3769.

Taxes on transient rentals
The Pasco County Tax Collector’s Office soon will collect Tourist Development Taxes on transient rentals. The tax collector’s office began accepting registrations on Oct. 1 from all who are required to collect the 4% tourist development tax on transient rentals. Starting Nov. 1, the  tourist development tax must be reported and remitted to the Pasco County Tax Collector’s Office online though the Tourist Express system, Pasco.county-taxes.com/tourist or by mail only, according to a news release from the tax collector’s office.

For detailed information regarding the tax, documents that must be filed and/ or any questions regarding the tax, visit PascoTaxes.com/tdt/ or call the tax department at (352) 518-5097, or email touristtax@pascotaxes.com.

Tax implications
Learn more about the tax implications for small businesses at a seminar presented Oct. 26 from 10 a.m. to noon. The seminar discusses how to create federal and Florida business entities. It also discusses state and local licensing requirements, as well as employment, state and federal taxes. The session will be at the SMARTStart West Pasco Entrepreneur Center, 4532 U.S. 19, New Port Richey.

Economic Development Summit
The East Pasco Economic Development Summit, focusing on agritourism and agribusiness is set for Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Pasco-Hernando State College Porter Campus in Wesley Chapel. The keynote speaker will be Holly Bell, director of Cannabis for the Florida Department of Agriculture. There will be a panel discussion on agribusiness and the other on agritourism. To register or for more information, go to NorthTampaBayChamber.com, and click on the Events tab.

E-marketing concepts
Find out about Internet marketing technologies, such as local search directories, email newsletters, blogs, search engine advertising and other tools to help your company reach customers and communicate your brand. The session is on Nov. 5 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the SMARTstart West Pasco Entrepreneur Center, 4532 U.S. 19, New Port Richey. The same topic will be covered at a session on Nov. 19 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the SMARTstart East Pasco Entrepreneur Center, 15029 14th St., Dade City.