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• Having problems with taxes? The Internal Revenue Service will team up with the state Department of Taxation for a Problem Solving Day, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the local IRS office: Prince Kuhio Federal Building, Room 1-128, 300 Ala Moana. Appointments recommended; walk-ins accepted: federal tax problems and questions, 539-2099 or 1-800-829-1040; state tax problems and questions, 587-1791. Required: background documentation and correspondence.

• Iolani graduate Guy Kawasaki, chief executive officer and chairman of Garage.com, Forbes columnist and former chief evangelist of Apple Computer Inc., is scheduled to speak in the first of an upcoming six-part sequence of forums, "K?papa I Ke Ala," "Paving the Way." The Kipapa lectures, sponsored by the University of Hawai'i College of Business Administration, will feature top venture capitalists, intellectual property lawyers, chief executive officers, academics and others. Kawasaki's address, "Then Versus Now: Starting a Company in the New, New Economy," will outline challenges to starting a high-tech company and how to get money. The free forum is scheduled from 6:30 p.m. Nov. 13 in the UH School of Architecture auditorium. R.S.V.P.: 956-8780.

• Three issues of increasing importance in today's uncertain economy — job termination, unemployment and workers' compensation — will be among topics discussed at another in the series of free public seminars, "Lunch 'n' Learn the Law," sponsored by the state judiciary. The gathering, noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Supreme Court courtroom, 'Ali'iolani Hale, 417 S. King St., will feature attorneys Lowell Chun-Hoon, partner in the law firm of King, Nakamura & Chun-Hoon, and Patrick Jones, partner in Marr Hipp Jones and Pepper. Information: 539-4909.

TOMORROW

• The Chamber of Commerce of Hawai'i will present a panel of leaders from the state government and from the business and philanthropic communities, for a comprehensive update on Hawai'i's economic condition. The panel discussion will begin at 7 a.m. at the Pacific Club. Participants include House Speaker Calvin Say; First Hawaiian Bank Chairman Walter Dods; University of Hawai'i business dean David McClain; and representatives of the military, Aloha United Way and the chamber. Fee. Registration: 545-4300.

• A "Small Business, Federal and State Tax Workshop," a two-part, basic overview of fundamental tax filing requirements for those launching a small business — including business expenses, business taxes and record-keeping — will be offered this week, sponsored, in part, by the Honolulu office of the Hawai'i Small Business Development Center Network. Separate sessions are scheduled for federal taxes, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. tomorrow, and state taxes, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, both at co-sponsoring Hawai'i Health Care Business Indicator, Harbor Court, 55 Merchant St., Suite 2508. Fee. Advance registration: 522-8131.

WEDNESDAY

• It's the deadline for reservations for the first of a series of public events at which forecasts will be presented for Hawai'i's economy. The gathering, sponsored by the HAWAI'I ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION, "Hawai'i Economic Forecast After 9-11," is scheduled 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at The Plaza Club, atop Pioneer Plaza. The discussion will include experts from the tourism sector and other businesses, including Paul Brewbaker of Bank of Hawaii; Pearl Imada Iboshi of the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; David McClain of the University of Hawai'i College of Business Administration; Joseph Toy of Hospitality Advisors LLC; and Byron Gangnes of the University of Hawai'i Economic Research Organization. Fee. R.S.V.P. by noon Wednesday: Sterling Nakano, 538-4761.

UPCOMING

• Developments and trends in labor will be discussed at a luncheon Nov. 6 sponsored by the Industrial Relations Research Association, Hawai'i chapter, from 11:30 a.m. registration through 2 p.m. at the Ala Moana Hotel's Carnation Room. Participants include Thomas W. Cestare, officer-in-charge, National Labor Relations Board. R.S.V.P. by Wednesday: Deborah Wong, 956-8132