More than 15 vendors gathered at Sammamish’s Plateau Club for a networking fair during the Sammamish Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon Nov. 20.

The luncheon, catered by the Plateau Club and sponsored by Accounting Professionals, Inc. of Sammamish, is an important networking opportunity for small businesses, especially in a community like Sammamish, Chamber Executive Director Deborah Sogge said. It is the fourth year for the networking fair.

“We always have to give our businesses opportunities to show off what they do,” Sogge said.

The fair, which is open to the public, is held annually in November. The keynote speaker, Teresa Lindo of Accounting Professionals, Inc., spoke to the crowd of about 50. Lindo talked about paying attention to tax liabilities in foreign accounts and how it can attract unwanted attention.

“The reason they established [laws pertaining to tax-free accounts overseas] is to find people who were hiding money offshore to send around the world to people like ISIS and Al Qaida,” Lindo said. “They set this net to catch people, and it’s catching perfectly innocent ones as well.”

It was the fourth year for the fair to be held at the Plateau Club, a private club and golf course located near Soaring Eagle Regional Park.

“They’ve always been very amenable to working with us,” Sogge said. “They only charge us for lunch, they never charge us for room usage.”

Vendors included Accounting Professionals, Inc., Nothing Bundt Cakes of Issaquah, The Sammamish Citizen Corps, The SAMMI Awards, Master Chorus Eastside, The Puget Sound Business Journal, and Sol Stone Winery of Sammamish.

For more information on upcoming networking opportunities, call the chamber at 425-681-4910.