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Businesses around the world consider the cost and benefits of sustainability projects. Sustainability is sometimes viewed as a “cost center” — spending money without returns.
- Sustainability
By Sandy Sporleder, Lead Financial Institution Advisor The rules governing meals and entertainment (M&E) deductions continue to evolve, and 2026 brings tighter limitations that businesses
- Financial Institutions, Tax Compliance & Strategy
By Kati Barnhill, Financial Institution advisor Financial institutions that acquire loans have voiced concerns about how current effected credit loss (CECL) accounting treated certain purchased
- Accounting, Financial Institutions
Businesses around the world consider the cost and benefits of sustainability projects. Sustainability is sometimes viewed as a “cost center” — spending money without returns.
- Sustainability
By Sandy Sporleder, Lead Financial Institution Advisor The rules governing meals and entertainment (M&E) deductions continue to evolve, and 2026 brings tighter limitations that businesses
- Financial Institutions, Tax Compliance & Strategy
By Kati Barnhill, Financial Institution advisor Financial institutions that acquire loans have voiced concerns about how current effected credit loss (CECL) accounting treated certain purchased
- Accounting, Financial Institutions
For nonprofit leaders, fiscal year-end can feel like a race to the finish line. Financial reporting deadlines, compliance reviews, HR requirements, audit preparation, and donor
- Accounting, Audit & Assurance, HR Services, Not-for-Profits, Payroll, Time & Attendance Solutions, Tax Compliance & Strategy
Summary of the Decision and Its Impacts In November, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether President Trump lawfully used the 1977 International
- Animal Protein, Commodity Crops, Food & Agriculture, Food And Beverage, Government & Public Affairs, Permanent & Specialty Crops
Pinion is pleased to announce a strategic merger with TCA, designed to deliver expanded business consulting services and enhanced value to rural telecommunications and broadband
- Broadband Solutions, Newsroom
The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol released the Land Sector and Removals Standard on 1/30/2026, which provides greenhouse gas accounting requirements for companies with land-based emissions.
- Sustainability
As you navigate a year marked by sharp swings in policy, costs, and demand — alongside nagging questions surrounding aging ownership/board demographics, timing of ERP
- Biofuels, Commodity Crops, Food & Agriculture, Strategic Advisory
The Clean Fuel Production Credit, known as 45Z, has quickly become one of the most financially significant incentives the biofuels industry has ever seen. For
- Biofuels, Strategic Advisory, Tax Compliance & Strategy
The IRS is moving to finalize the long-awaited Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit, a major development for ethanol producers, renewable fuel facilities, and farmers
- Biofuels, Commodity Crops, Food & Agriculture, Government & Public Affairs, Land Advisory, Strategic Advisory, Tax Compliance & Strategy
Many institutions finish their annual planning cycle with a polished strategy document — but very little momentum. The difference between a plan that gathers dust
- Financial Institutions
The IRS issued an increase in the standard mileage rates for business travel, effective January 1, 2026. While the IRS states that standard mileage rates
- Accounting, Ag Manufacturing, Animal Protein, Architects & Engineers, Beverage Distribution, Biofuels, Broadband Solutions, Commodity Crops, Construction, Equipment Dealers, Financial Institutions, Food & Agriculture, Food And Beverage, Government & Public Affairs, Healthcare, HR Services, Land Advisory, Manufacturing, Not-for-Profits, Permanent & Specialty Crops, Tax Compliance & Strategy