Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed a “tax conformity” bill last week in order to align MN tax law with changes in federal tax law. The legislation was approved January 13, 2017 retroactively conforming the state’s corporate franchise and personal income tax to most federal changes enacted since December 31, 2014, for tax year 2015 and… Continue Reading
Archives for January 2017
2016 Income Tax Filing Opening and Potential Delays
January 1st doesn’t just mean a new year; it also means a new tax season. This coming tax season comes with a few changes taxpayers should know. The 2017 individual income tax filing season for 2016 opens January 23, 2017. While you can file your taxes before this date, the IRS won’t accept or start… Continue Reading
An Ethanol Producer’s Guide to Tier 3 Sulfur Reporting
New Year, New Regs: An Ethanol Producer’s Guide to Tier 3 Sulfur Reporting. Ethanol producers looking to draft their new year’s resolutions need not look much further than the Code of Federal Regulations. That’s because they have already had their new year’s resolution written for them, courtesy of the Environmental Protection Agency’s new Tier 3… Continue Reading
Annual RIN Attest Engagements
Business moves at the speed of trust. That’s why more than 160+ RIN generators, obligated parties, marketers, and blenders trust Christianson to perform their annual RIN attest engagement required by the RFS and EPA every year. Christianson is full-service certified public accounting firm located in Willmar, Minnesota that has been serving the biofuels industry for… Continue Reading








