BUSINESS BRIEFS: Retail and Restaurant Managers Working Group; John Stever meets with lawmakers; Saipher passes QuickBooks course

Retail, Restaurant Managers Working Group meeting set

The Retail and Restaurant Managers Working Group will meet 8-9 a.m. Thursday at the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce.

Any retail store or restaurant manager can attend to discuss important trending topics and voice progressive, proactive ideas with meet with other managers.

For information, call the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce at 472-2111.

Local Edward Jones financial advisor meets with lawmakers

John Stever, a Fairfield financial advisor for the financial services firm Edward Jones, recently met with legislators in Washington, D.C., to seek retirement savings incentives for individual investors and business owners.

This is the 34th year for this effort – making it one of the longest-running nationwide grassroots outreach efforts to Congress in existence.

Stever was one of 53 financial advisors chosen from among the firm's 17,500 who traveled to Washington, D.C., on behalf of individual investors.

Stever does this as a member of the firm's Grassroots Task Force, a group dedicated to voicing the investment concerns of individual investors to local, state and national lawmakers.

Edward Jones is the only large financial services firm in the nation to organize this kind of grassroots effort. The financial advisors carry significant weight with legislators because they speak for the needs and concerns of more than 7 million clients.

This year Stever discussed preserving and expanding the ability of investors to contribute to retirement vehicles, both at their place of work and on their own, as well as potential incentives for small business owners to create employer sponsored retirement plans for their employees.

Saipher certified QuickBooks Proadvisor

Paul Saipher has passed Intuit's QuickBooks Certification coursework for QuickBooks Desktop 2019 March 7 and QuickBooks Online on March 15.

He added QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 2017 Jan. 1, 2017.

Saipher has been a certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor since 2006, passed his Advanced QuickBooks Certification exam in 2012 and has taught over 150 QuickBooks classes throughout the country in the last four years.

The official QuickBooks certification program tests in-depth knowledge of QuickBooks and its business management solutions. Whereas QuickBooks is a small business accounting software package, QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions is designed for mid-sized businesses. QuickBooks Online has become popular among business owners who often travel or simply want anywhere any time access to their QuickBooks data.