The office is intended to make it easier and faster to register your new business. The Business Assistance Center will also submit copies of each form to the appropriate agency saving the business owner time and the need to visit several different departments. Future plans include providing similar services on the Neighbor Islands by the end of the year.
Small business is the backbone of the state's economy.
The site also contains financial and other planning tools and Business registration forms. The state may enact the Regulatory Flexibility Act which would require state agencies to consider the impact of burdensome regulations on small business and consider alternative ways to apply those rules. The DCCA is supporting legislation to conform our state securities laws with the National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996 which eliminates regulatory duplication and simplifies the registration process of certain types of securities and investment professionals. He is an attorney and was formerly a principal with an investment banking firm. Prior to that, he was a management consultant.