We hope everyone has a happy and safe Thanksgiving! On this week's Big I Buzz, we're discussing the upcoming SBA Office of Advocacy's Small Business Virtual Tax Roundtable, the latest update to Wisconsin's COVID-19 restrictions and the IIAW's upcoming Agency Leadership Webinar.

First, before we jump into this week's news, we'd like to remind everyone that our office will be closed on Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th. We will resume normal business hours on Monday, November 30th.

SBA Office of Advocacy's Small Business Virtual Tax Roundtable

On Friday, December 4th, you can join the SBA Office of Advocacy as they discuss federal and state tax issues surrounding PPP Loans. From 10 a.m. to 11:40 a.m., you'll hear from Tom West, Principal, Passthroughs Group KPMG; Jared Walczak, Vice President of State Projects with the Center for State Tax Policy at the Tax Foundation and; Charles Jeane, Assistant Chief Counsel at the SBA Office of Advocacy. You can learn more about the Roundtable here.

Wisconsin Gov. Evers Extends Public Health Emergency, Mask Mandate

On Friday, November 20th, Wisconsin Governor, Tony Evers officially extended the state's public health emergency and mask mandate. Originally, the mask mandate was set to expire on Saturday, November 21st. Gov. Evers' new order now extends the mask mandate and the public health emergency by 60 days. Learn more here.

Agency Leadership Webinar Series: E&O Claim Trends

Join us on Friday, December 4th at 10 a.m. for our next Agency Leadership Series webinar! Donna Asta, Vice President and Claims Expert at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions will discuss many COVID-related topics, including what types of cases the courts are seeing from an E&O perspective, claims that are being made and when to report a claim to the E&O carrier. If you plan to attend the Small Business Virtual Tax Rountable on Friday at the same time, don't worry! If you register for our webinar series ahead of time, you will receive a recording of the webinar after it has ended. Click here to register.

For more news, check out the Action News section of our weekly e-newsletter  Big I Buzz.  If you aren't subscribed, click   here  to add your email to our emailing list. We hope that everyone has a great rest of their week and a very happy Thanksgiving!