January 2007 - Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce

Centex Homes Myrtle Beach division has namedKellie Honeycutt controller. Her duties will includepreparation of land acquisition packages, financialanalysis, and quarterly neighborhood projections.Richard Preedom has joined Centex Homes MyrtleBeach division as director of marketing. As director ofmarketing, he oversees the marketing and advertisingcampaigns of all of the company’s Horry, Georgetownand Brunswick counties communities.Coastal Federal Bank is pleased to announce two newemployees. Thomas Gardiner has joined the bank as abusiness banking officer. Christopher Carbone has takenon the roll of vice president and senior business bankingofficer.Coldwell Banker Chicora Real Estate has increased its salesforce with the addition of the following REALTORS ® :Lynn Clodfelter has joined the Dunes office, Jane Evanshas joined the Briarcliffe sales team, and Ginger Stenborgis employed at the Surfside Beach office.The Horry County Department of Airports unveiled anew Web site for the Myrtle Beach International Airport,FlyMyrtleBeach.com. The site features real time flightstatus, which will allow customers from anywhere tocheck exactly where their flight is at any time.LHWH Advertising & Public Relations recently receivedtwo honors from the Carolinas Healthcare and PublicRelations Marketing Society (CHPRMS). A “GoldenWallie” Award, CHPRMS’s highest honor, was awarded toLHWH for their work with Johnston Memorial Hospitalin Smithfield, N.C., and a “Silver Wallie” Award waspresented to them for their work with McLeod Healthin Florence, S.C.13lBusinessBulletinMyrtle Beach Commercial Real Estate Inc. is proud toannounce that Tatyana Bogdanova-Sallee has beenchosen to receive one of the scholarships sponsored bythe South Carolina Certified Commercial InvestmentMember (CCIM) Chapter for 2007. Once completed,a CCIM is a recognized expert in the disciplines ofcommercial and investment real estate.The Myrtle Beach Chapter of the National Association ofWomen in Construction recently announced Members ofthe Year. Nancy Godfrey and Shirley Horne, were votedas Members of the Year from their fellow members. Thepurpose of NAWIC is to advance the success of womenin the construction industry.Billy Kerr, an aluminum craftsman at Ocean BreezeAwnings & More, has been certified as a Master ShingleApplicator Wizard by CertainTeed Building Products.David Powers, general contractor and resident disasterexpert at Ocean Breeze Awnings Inc., has been named asa premiere speaker for the National Crisis ManagementCenter. As a premier speaker Powers is recognized andgiven opportunities to speak locally and internationallyon issues related to trauma and crisis management.Sea Trail Realty in Sunset Beach, N.C., is proud toannounce that Karen Hutchinson and Maria Alvarezhave earned the Seller Representative Specialist®professional real estate designation from the SRSCouncil®. The SRS designation course is a two-daycourse focusing on the special skills listing agents need torepresent their seller clients and work with cooperatingagents, specifically buyer agents.For the RecordPrograms and services to helpsmall businesses grow and succeedIRS: Small Business and Self-Employed One-Stop ResourceThe official start of tax season begins onJan. 2, 2007. The start of tax season means thattaxpayers who have already received their W-2forms from their employers can begin to prepareand file their tax returns. Electronic filing beginson Jan. 12, 2007.Feb. 2, 2007, is the deadline for employers to mailW-2 forms to their employees. This also is theofficial deadline for 1099 forms to be sent. The1099 forms are used to report additional incomenot obtained from a traditional job.Traditionally April 15 is the deadline for filingyour tax return. However, in 2007, April 15 fallson a Sunday so the official tax filing deadline for2007 is April 16. April 16 is not only the deadlinefor filing your tax return; it is also the deadline forpaying your taxes regardless of whether you file anextension or not.With tax filing right around the corner, the IRSWeb site, irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html, is agreat resource for all your tax questions.If you’re a small business, self-employed or haveentities such as sole proprietor, partnership,limited liability company/partnership (LLC/LLP),corporation, subchapter s corporation, you’ll wantto visit the site for a list of frequently asked taxquestions. Here you’ll find answers to:For IRS purposes, how do I classify a limitedliability company? Is it a sole proprietorship,partnership or a corporation? How do youdetermine if a person is an employee or anindependent contractor? As an employer, do I haveany liability if my employees receive tips but don’treport them to me?Learn More: IRS, irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html