Tom Yamachika, a Tax principal with Accuity LLP, will be presenting the latest updates on new tax laws passed by the State Legislature. Find out about these changes in the Hawaii State tax law and how they affect your personal or small business tax situation.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Location: Sam Choy’s BLC

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Reservation Deadline: Wednesday, August 5, 2009
New RSVP contacts, as of July. See program announcement.

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Annual Year-End Banquet 2009

Tuesday, June 9, 2009
5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Manoa Grand Ballroom
(Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii)
2454 South Beretania Street

Please join your fellow members to celebrate the end of the chapter’s 2009 fiscal year, including presentation of awards and the new officers and directors for the upcoming fiscal year.

Reservations by Monday, June 1, 2009

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[Note. New Date--This event was originally scheduled for Thursday, June 11. Please adjust your calendars.]

Les Tanaka, CPA,
City Auditor
City and County of Honolulu

11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m
Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Ala Moana Hotel

Bring a toy for Toys for Tots!

>> View Program Announcement flyer. Reservations deadline: November 26.

He may not be Joe the Plumber but our own Les the Cowboy Auditor will make a presentation on how to use technology and telecommuting to increase work efficiency in your organization and bridge intergenerational differences among your workforce:

• Framework for a new organizational structure
• How the Essence of Leadership can equal organizational success
• How to use cost effective technology to improve on work efficiency
• Implementing a telecommuting program to bridge intergenerational differences among your workforce

Biographical Summary Les Tanaka is the City Auditor for the City and County of Honolulu. Les is the first independent City Auditor for the City and County of Honolulu. He was appointed to this new position on July 1, 2003, after voters mandated an amendment to the city charter for an independent city auditor for the City and County of Honolulu. Les is a CPA with over 39 years of combined public accounting and government auditing and administrative experiences. He has over 19 years of work experience with the Hawaii State Auditor’s office, serving as the Deputy State Auditor during eight of those years to the current State Auditor, Ms.Marion Higa. In addition, he worked several years for a national accounting firm and served 13 years as the Director of Administrative Services for Kapiolani Community College of the University of Hawaii System. Les was born and raised in Honolulu and graduated from the University of Hawaii with a degree in accounting. Les was recently appointed to AGA’s Financial Management Standards Board to a three-year term.

The chapter is conducting a Toys for Tots collection at this event.  Please bring a toy to be eligible for drawings and prizes.

Risk Management & Internal Controls

Jay Ahuja, CPA, CMA, CISA
Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Thursday, October 28 (NEW Date!)
Manoa Grand Ballroom (at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii) 2454 South Beretania Street

>> View Further Details in the Program Announcement Flyer. (NEW) Reservations Deadline: October 22

Jay Ahuja, a Booz Allen Hamilton subject matter expert, will discuss these topics:

• Overview of Risk Management and the linkage to Internal Controls
• Discussion of Risk Management frameworks
• Implications of Sarbanes Oxley Act and other global initiatives
• Discussion of SOX methodology
• The journey ahead (in terms of what organizations need to do to comply with this mandatory requirements)

Jay Ahuja is a senior associate with the McLean, Virginia office of Booz Allen Hamilton, a leading consulting firm that provides a broad range of services in strategy, operations, organization and change,information technology, systems engineering, and program management. Booz Allen Hamilton has over 20,000 employees and generates annual revenue of approximately $4 billion. Mr. Ahuja obtained an accounting degree of the University of Delhi and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.

He has over 24 years of experience performing and managing large engagements including financial management/accounting advisory services, internal controls over financial reporting, financial audit support,audit readiness, IT internal controls, and risk advisory services for large commercial and government organizations. Areas of expertise include: Sarbanes-Oxley related internal control reviews over financial reporting, Controllership functions (full range of accounting operations), financial management, cost accounting, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), IT controls reviews, SAS 70 reviews and regulatory compliance reviews.

As a key member of Booz Allen’s Service Offering team, Mr. Ahuja is responsible for developing intellectual capital for the firm including methodologies and training programs related to financial management, accounting operations, auditing, and internal controls. Mr. Ahuja has also authored technical publications for the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) that are available to IT Security Practitioners around the world.

Honolulu's Mass Transit Considerations:
Before Jumping On Board

Lowell Kalapa, President, Tax Foundation of Hawaii
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Thursday, September 18, 2008
Sam Choy’s Breakfast Lunch and Crab

>> View Program Announcement flyer. Reservations deadline: Sept 12.

"Now that you have heard all the rhetoric about mass transit, steel on steel, fixed guideway from the politicians, experts, and engineers, let’s apply some good old common sense to the issue before we are asked to make that leap of faith in supporting the largest and most expensive public project in the state’s history. It is also time to understand some of the rhetoric and how many of the statements being made are less that forthright and honest. Finally, let’s look at why the drive to build this project represents a hidden agenda. It is time to have a frank and open discussion about what is truly a benefit for a select few." --Lowell Kalapa, Tax Foundation of Hawaii