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Best Practices for Manufacturers in Times of Uncertainty

Anyone operating a business in today’s environment is facing a horizon with a lot of uncertainty – economically and geopolitically. Manufacturing in particular has been

  • Accounting, Biofuels, Food And Beverage, Manufacturing
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How to Demonstrate Repayment Capacity to Your Lender

Today’s business uncertainty, coupled with a tightening credit environment, is making it more critical than ever for businesses to approach loan renewals more strategically —

  • Biofuels, Equipment Dealers, Food And Beverage, Manufacturing
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Is Your Board of Directors Hurting Your Business?

When your critical business decisions and strategies hinge upon governance from a board of directors, it becomes paramount to ensure your board is positioned to

  • Biofuels, Food And Beverage, Manufacturing, Strategic Advisory
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How to Use KPIs to Grow Your Business

Today, there is a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) for virtually everything– from revenue and yield to scrap rate and cycle time. KPIs are powerful tools

  • Beverage Distribution, Biofuels, Equipment Dealers, Food And Beverage, Manufacturing
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IRS Releases Standard Mileage Rates for 2025

The IRS issued an increase in the standard mileage rates for business travel, effective January 1, 2025. While the IRS states that standard mileage rates

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Best Practices for Business Owners in 2025 and Beyond

As a business owner, you likely spend most of your days – and many of your nights – thinking about the daily operations of your

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Is Your Business Ready for Leadership Transition?

Whether your leadership transition is months or years away, there are crucial steps you can take now to prepare for a successful outcome. But successful

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A Dual Harvest: Farmers Need to Gather CI Data Now

As your crops are rolling in this fall, don’t forget about your second harvest – crop data. Both the ag and ethanol industries have been

  • Accounting, Biofuels, Commodity Crops, Sustainability, Tax Compliance & Strategy
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Carbon Intensity FAQ: What is Fact vs. Fiction

After over a year of anticipation, the U.S. Treasury has released long-awaited guidance on the 40B Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) tax credit, along with updates

  • Biofuels, Food & Agriculture
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Newly Proposed 2023 Tax Deductions: Money in your Pocket… If Passed

Congress has drafted new tax legislation that is shaping up well amongst both the House and Senate Committee leaders. The $78 billion tax agreement, introduced

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Don't miss the deadline

FinCEN Reporting Deadline Alert: What Every Business Needs to Know

Beginning January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act requires all U.S.-based entities to report to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) detailed information about the

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Back to Basics: Biofuels Offer Cleaner Air, Stable Markets

3 Tips to Maximize IRA Biofuel Incentives

With $369 billion allocated for climate and energy policies, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 marks a historic commitment to the U.S. biofuels sector. It

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How the Holidays Can Shape Your Family Legacy

The Risks of Letting Your Legacy Ride: How Estate Planning Protects the Family

Ask any successful family business leader “What is your most important accomplishment?” The overwhelming response is: ‘my legacy’. And yet, only one in six have

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Cyber Attack

How Vulnerable Is Your Business to a Cyber Attack?

In light of the recent cyberattack that shut down Dole’s North American production, businesses are reminded once again of the importance of cybersecurity and keeping

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UN COP15 conference outlines COP15 goals

How Producers Play a Role in 2030 Biodiversity Targets

In December 2022, the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity was held in Montréal with a focus

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R&D Tax Credit Changes for 2022 Tax Year

As a reminder, the 2022 tax season represents a drastic change for manufacturers who typically take research and development (R&D) tax credits. Previously, in respect

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IRA Tax Credits

Summary of IRA Tax Credits for Ag and Clean Energy

On August 7th, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022. The bill is now expected to be

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Inflation Reduction Act

Overview of the Inflation Reduction Act

Following its approval by the U.S. Senate on August 7, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – also referred

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A Look at the Modern Audit: Are You Missing Out?

A Look at the Modern Audit: Are You Missing Out?

While most companies think of audits as an annual necessity, the vast majority typically keep to the same old standards and don’t know to ask

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Conflict

Ag Industry to See Ripple Effects from War in Ukraine

From Ag trade and government agencies to the farmers prepping fields for Spring planting, there is one certainty stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine:

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What’s in a Sustainability Plan?

Sustainability is a buzzword that keeps on buzzing. As companies like Exxon have set net zero targets that encompass their supply chains and are expanding

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What’s in the Infrastructure Bill and BBB Plan: Impacts for Agribusinesses

President Biden recently signed into law the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that has been stalled in Congress for several months. Below is a summary

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Estate Tax Planning

Estate Tax Planning: Possible Changes Ahead

No matter what the presidential outcome, there was never any question that the outlook for estate tax planning would be different in 2021. How much

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Meal and Entertainment Deductions

Business Tax Update: Many Meal and Entertainment Deductions Have Increased

In an effort to provide additional stimulus funding, The Consolidated Appropriations Act was signed by the President on December 27, 2020. Included in the guidance

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Renewable Energy Revenue

How Dairies Can Claim Renewable Energy Revenue in 2021

While ethanol and biodiesel fuels are among the most common renewable energy revenue sources accepted into the California Air Resources Board (CARB) program for Low

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PPP Applicants are Stuck Fighting Fraud due to Security Breaches

PPP Applicants are Stuck Fighting Fraud due to Security Breaches

In recent weeks, we have learned of an uptick in fraud cases for businesses who have applied for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds for coronavirus

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CARB

Pinion Earns CARB Accreditation for LCFS Verification

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) finalized amendments to the Low Carbon Fuels Standard (LCFS) which became effective January 1, 2019. One notable change within

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How Business Owners Can Avoid Costly Mistakes

How Business Owners Can Avoid Costly Mistakes

It’s inevitable. One day, you will step down from running your business. The timing and transition for when and to whom you relinquish control are

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How Behavioral Change Benefits the Bottom Line

How Behavioral Change Benefits the Bottom Line

As a business owner or high-level manager, you have the enormous power to effect change in behavior patterns – for both the individuals and groups

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New Opportunity Zone Tax Benefits Make an Attractive Investment

New Opportunity Zone Tax Benefits Make an Attractive Investment

Established within the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, the new Opportunity Zone legislation was created to develop economically-distressed communities across the United States

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Don’t Forget: 2019 Standard Mileage Rates Have Changed

The IRS issued an increase in the standard mileage rates for business travel, effective January 1, 2019, under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of

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Tax Reform Prompts Businesses to Rethink Employee Leave Policies

Tax Reform Prompts Businesses to Rethink Employee Leave Policies

While there tends to be focus on the larger line items resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, there are some lesser-known

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Financial Data Protection

How Safe is Your Financial Data?

Recent national cybercrime headlines: “Cybercriminals Obtain Employee Credentials to Conduct Payroll Diversion” “Business Email Compromises Business Data” “Increase in W-2 Phishing Campaigns” Imagine if you

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Anticipation of Retaliation over US Tariff Approvals Hits Home

How the Trade War is Affecting U.S. Agriculture

The United States has instigated an aggressive global trade war that is escalating and directly harming many U.S. agricultural producers by driving up the costs

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Midyear Tax Checkup Pays Off for Manufacturers

Midyear Tax Checkup Pays Off for Manufacturers

The new provisions for 2018 have changed a multitude of tax deductions, exemptions, rates and brackets. Now that the fanfare around the ‘first tax reform

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For S Corps: Does a C Corp Conversion Make $ense?

For S Corps: Does a C Corp Conversion Make $ense?

Is a C Corp Conversion Right for S Corps? Now that the law has been established for 2018 and beyond, S corporation clients are asking

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