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Free Workshops and Software Help Entrepreneurs Save Time and Money With
California Sales Tax Reporting

ORANGE, Calif. - May 6, 2003 /PRnetwire.com/ -- Business tax trainer Sandra
Lynch announces free training workshops that teach small business owners how to
quickly and accurately prepare their own sales tax returns, error-free. This new
approach takes the "drudgery" out of preparing California sales tax forms. Lynch
shows how to avoid costly mistakes, while saving time and money, through an
innovative online presentation and in live group meetings.

Lynch recently negotiated an agreement with the University of Southern
California's (USC) Small Business Development Center (SBDC) program to provide
this training to small business clients at its headquarter and satellite
locations.

Both the online and live workshops teach participants how to simply enter sales
data from their company's books and let the computer do the rest of the work.
The software used in the course, California ZipTax, allocates local and district
sales taxes automatically. It eliminates outside calculations and spreadsheets
and does away with time-wasting typewriters and handwork. The software sends the
complete BOE-approved returns, schedules, and prepayment forms to your desktop
printer, signature-ready.

"This software, and the training that comes with it will allow our clients to
save time and money in reporting their taxes. We are very excited to offer this
opportunity to our small business clients," said Jose M. Prado, Director of the
SBDC program at USC.

"In California, many businesses are required to report and pay sales taxes on a
timely basis. Manually preparing sales tax returns is inefficient," says Lynch.
"Hand-prepared sales tax returns are prone to mistakes, like math and legibility
errors. These mistakes can create unwanted headaches -- audits, penalties and
wasted time. The obvious solution is computer prepared sales tax returns."

"The tax preparation software saves me time and money. I have used this program
for four years now with great results," says Eleanor Burnett, of EB Accounting &
Tax Services.

To participate in the free online workshop, go to
http://www.caziptax.com/workshops and register to receive a free CD copy of
California ZipTax - Sales Tax Preparation Software (there is a charge for
shipping/handling). With the software in hand, participants may log-in to the
free online workshop. The audio and slide presentation takes students, step-by
step, through the complete sales tax preparation process from any
Windows-compatible PC.

Media Contact:
Sandra Lynch
First Class Business Support Services
714-771-3582
info@caziptax.com



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