Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it would be investing more than $300 million to help roughly 400 small businesses across the U.S. make energy efficiency and other improvements to their operations. Christianson helped seven of our clients get nearly $1.8 million of these funds for improvements at their facilities,… Continue Reading
Archives for October 2016
Ethanol and the Oil Spill Tax
Using natural gasoline as an ethanol denaturant may trigger liability for a quarterly excise tax to the IRS known as the Oil Spill Tax or the OSLT. If your ethanol plant is using natural gasoline as a denaturant, you may be required to pay a quarterly excise tax to the IRS on it. Known as the… Continue Reading
Tax Tip Tuesday: The Individual Tax Filing Deadline
As part of our new Twitter launch, we are proud to bring you our first installment of Tax Tip Tuesday! Tax Tip Tuesday provides you with tax tips, news, and other knowledge designed to help you stay up to date with the latest developments in the tax world. Sarah Snyder, Christianson CPA Tax Department Supervisor,… Continue Reading
Follow @ChristiansonCPA on Twitter!
Christianson CPA has a Twitter account (@ChristiansonCPA)! John Christianson, primary partner at Christianson CPAs, was there at the launch of our Twitter account last week and recognized our Twitter presence as “the newest way to inform our clients.” He, along with everyone here at Christianson CPAs, is enthusiastic about getting on board with this exciting… Continue Reading
BFC Speaker Highlight: Q&As with Steve Core
Q&A with Steve Core, board member for multiple ethanol plants Steve is featured in this year’s Biofuels Financial Conference panel, Meaningful Reports for Financial Leaders. What is the more important decision(s) made by the board annually? What information do you utilize to make that (those) decisions? Communicate clearly with management about goals for the year with a… Continue Reading
Congressman Collin Peterson to Speak at Biofuels Financial Conference
This year’s Biofuels Financial Conference will include an appearance by Congressman Collin Peterson. Congressman Peterson represents Minnesota’s Seventh District and is a Ranking Member of the House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture. Congressman Peterson has been a staunch supporter of the biofuels and agriculture industries and an advocate for renewable fuels initiatives in the U.S…. Continue Reading
