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• Internal Revenue Service specialist Tammy Yasuda will outline allowable tax-deductible auto and travel expenses at a seminar scheduled Thursday for owners of small businesses. The seminar, "Small Business Auto and Travel Expenses," runs 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Kapi'olani Community College's Kopiko Building, #127. The event is co-sponsored by the Hawai'i Small Business Development Center Network. Small fee. Registration: 734-9211.

• Attracting and securing venture capital and the interest of "angel investors" in the start-up of the small business will be the focus of an upcoming three-hour workshop, sponsored by the Hawai'i Women's Business Center. The discussion, "TOUGH LOVE FOR ENTREPRENEURS: Venture Capitalism and Angel Investors," is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon tomorrow at the Small Business Resource Center, 1041 Nu'uanu Ave., Suite A. The workshop will be presented by Bill Spencer, president of the Hawai'i Venture Capital Association. Fee; nonmembers welcomed. Registration: 522-8136.

TUESDAY

• AMERICAN SOCIETY OF WOMEN ACCOUNTANTS, Honolulu chapter, luncheon meeting, noon to 1 p.m., Tuesday at the Plaza Club, Pioneer Plaza. Speaker: Lance Hashimoto of Hawai'i Business Forms Inc., on "Output Management, Intranet Portal and Content Management." Fee; guests welcomed. RSVP: Katherine Lococo, 949-2958.

THURSDAY

• A free seminar on long-term care and estate planning will be 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, at the Mariner's Cove Bay Club, 800 Lunalilo Home Road, Hawai'i Kai. The seminar is sponsored by Transamerica Financial Advisors and the law firm of Devens, Nakano, Saito, Lee, Wong & Ching. RSVP: Charlene Sumida, 527-8817.

FRIDAY

• How contractors and contracting officials can increase sales to the federal government and the military by accessing the Web will be the focus of a workshop Friday, sponsored by the National Contract Management Association. The workshop, "FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES VIA WEB," 8:30 a.m. to noon in the 'Ilikai Hotel's Pacific Ballroom, will be conducted by representatives of the U.S. Small Business Administration, and contracting officials of Tripler Army Medical Center, the Navy and Air Force, and others. Reduced reservations fee by Tuesday: Hector Venegas, 523-2931. Nonmembers welcomed.

Business meetings of general interest are listed in the Coming Events column each Monday. Submit notices at least two weeks in advance. By fax: 525-6763. By mail: Coming Events, Business Section, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802.