We are proud to announce that John Christianson received the 2022 Award of Excellence on June 14, 2022 at the world’s largest ethanol conference, the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo. This award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the fuel ethanol industry through their research, technical advisory and/or development activities. As a young certified public accountant in the early 1980s, John gained experience and made meaningful connections during the challenging farm crisis years. In the early ’90s, he started working with a farmer co-op in Benson, Minnesota, helping with the formation of what would eventually become the Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co. ethanol plant. That project became a turning Read More...
Teresa Carlson has received her EA!
Teresa Carlson has passed the Special Enrollment Examination, the legal requirement for becoming an Enrolled Agent (EA), and is officially our firm's newest EA. An Enrolled Agent is a tax advisor, who is a federally-authorized tax practitioner empowered by the U.S Department of the Treasury. She joined Christianson CPAs and Consultants in 2005, specializing in accounting, auditing, payroll, and financial statement preparation for business clients. Teresa now leads Christianson’s Accounting Services department, and she also manages the Litchfield office. “The Partners are very proud of Teresa for obtaining her EA designation,” said Bradley Pederson Partner at Christianson CPAs and Consultants. “She is a dedicated leader, committed to Read More...
Ask the Experts – Estate Planning
Ask The Experts Segment On February 2nd, 2022, Joel Gratz, Managing Partner here at Christianson, and Lindsay Kranz, Manager and Estate & Trust Specialist, joined Bill Dean on KWLM during the "Ask the Experts" segment. This month, Joel, Lindsay, and Bill took a minute to chat a little about Estate Planning. Listen Here! Read More...
Ask The Experts – What 2022 Might Look Like
Ask The Experts Segment On November 29th, 2021, Joel Gratz, Managing Partner here at Christianson, and Christina Boike, Manager, joined Bill Dean on KWLM during the "Ask the Experts" segment. This month, Joel, Christina, and Bill took a minute to chat about what 2022 might look like and how it may impact business owners. Listen Here! Read More...
2021 Tax Newsletter
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Christina Boike has received her CPA!
Christina Boike has passed the Uniform CPA Examination, the legal requirement for becoming a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), and is officially our firm's newest CPA. She set the goal of becoming a CPA while taking accounting classes in high school and remained steadfast in her dedication to obtain that designation throughout college at Southwest Minnesota State University. For the past two years, Christina has been juggling life with 4 young sons, working, and studying for the uniform CPA exams, while it hasn’t been an easy journey, she has now earned her CPA designation that she’s always dreamed of. “I wanted to be a role model for my boys, so they know that no matter what happens in life if there is something you want if you Read More...
Announcing New Hires!
We are excited to announce multiple new hires to support our continued growth servicing local and national clients. Josh Eid-Ries, Lindsey Fischer, Jean Raatz, and Emily Summers have joined our award-winning firm to add more bandwidth to our growing team of professionals. The recent hires, appointed for their diverse skills and talents, will work remotely or in the firm's central office located in Willmar, Minnesota. Hired for his expertise in sustainability and business, Josh joined Christianson as a Compliance Auditor on the Compliance and Renewable Energy team. Josh volunteers for the Committee on the Environment for American Institute of Architects and is a founder of the volunteer-run innovation company Regenera, working to Read More...
Introducing Two New Partners – Kari Buttenhoff and Dustin Kotrba
Announcement January 7th, 2021: The Partners of Christianson PLLP, an accounting and consulting firm located in Willmar, Litchfield and Paynesville Minnesota are pleased to announce the Firm’s two newest Partners. Kari Buttenhoff, CPA has been with the Firm for over 13 years and leads our renewable fuel compliance service sector by providing various consulting and attest services nationally. She began with Christianson immediately after getting her Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from St. Cloud State University. Her first project with the firm was to research the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) and she has been working to develop the RFS and various services that have been added in relation to renewable fuels regulations, Read More...
Christianson PLLP Announces Managing Partner Transition
Announcement Dec. 1, 2020 -- Christianson PLLP was founded in 1987 and since then, has been blessed with client growth and expansion for which the team is grateful. With that growth comes new opportunities and the Partners at Christianson are proud to announce recent Firm leadership changes resulting from their annual Partner strategic planning session held this past summer. To continue this strategic growth of the Firm, John will be transitioning his Managing Partner responsibilities to Joel Gratz, CPA. This transition will take place January 1st, 2021 and will allow the leadership of the Firm to evolve. John has accepted additional leadership responsibilities in the agriculture and renewable fuels space including national efforts as Read More...