Representatives from the Wisconsin Credit Union League will beamong the guest speakers at an April 26 small business panel hostedby U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-La Crosse).

Among the topics up for discussion are helping small businessesaccess tax credits, loans, procurement and other initiatives. Aquestion and answer question session with the panelists will alsotake place. Next week’s panel is the third one Kind has hosted in April.

According to Kind’s office, representatives from the CommunityBankers and the WisconsinCredit Union League will also answer questions regardinglending and the credit market.

Other guest panelists are scheduled to come from the SmallBusiness Administration, U.S. Export Assistance Office in the U.S.Department of Commerce, the Small Business Development Center, andthe entrepreneurship and economic development center at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Extension. Officials from the IRS will talkabout tax benefits for businesses.

Kind is a member of theWays and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction overtax policy, Medicare, Social Security, and international trade. Healso serves on the Subcommittee on Health, and since becoming amember in 2007, has focused his work primarily on that of issuesrelating to small business.

Earlier this month, Kind introduced the S Corporation Modernization Act (H.R. 1478), a proposal thatwould make it easier for S corporations to access capital, compete,and hire new workers.