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Avoid the Anxiety of Tight Ethanol Margins in 3 Steps

Avoid the Anxiety of Tight Ethanol Margins in 3 Steps

By Pinion Editorial | February 14, 2019
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Ways to Create Advantages – Increase Production, Maximize Revenue, and Diversify Revenue Streams – in Times of Tight Ethanol Margins The one constant in the ethanol industry is that there will be fluctuations in the price of ethanol and grains and this will cause tight margins from time to time.  …

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Cost-saving Update for Biofuels Companies Prepping for New Lease Guidance

Are You Innovating in All the Right Places?

By Danielle McCormick | February 14, 2019
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Leaders within the Biofuels industry are some of the most innovative individuals we work with.  They are at the cusp of new technologies and set the bar for many industries when benchmarking efficiency and creative problem solving.  Because the industry attracts innovative leaders, it’s surprising to see how little focus …

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Cost-saving Update for Biofuels Companies Prepping for New Lease Guidance

Cost-saving Update for Biofuels Companies Prepping for New Lease Guidance

By K·Coe Editorial | February 13, 2019
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For private entities preparing to comply with the new lease standard (ASC 842) slated for January 2020, FASB has released an update (Accounting Standards Update 2018-11) to the new lease standard that stands to benefit companies applying the new standard. How Can this Update Benefit your Company? In short, the …

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How Behavioral Change Benefits the Bottom Line

How Behavioral Change Benefits the Bottom Line

By Pinion Editorial | February 12, 2019
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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 within your company. How you’re affecting behavioral change, however, could be a benefit or a detriment to your business. Without realizing it, your daily influence …

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New Opportunity Zone Tax Benefits Make an Attractive Investment

New Opportunity Zone Tax Benefits Make an Attractive Investment

By Pinion Editorial | January 21, 2019
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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 by incentivizing long-term investments in these communities with tax benefits. The intention of the Opportunity Zone program overall is to stimulate economic development and job …

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Don’t Forget: 2019 Standard Mileage Rates Have Changed

By Pinion Editorial | January 16, 2019
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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 2017 (tax reform). While the IRS states that standard mileage rates can be applied to the use of a car, van, pickup or panel truck …

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Tax Reform Prompts Businesses to Rethink Employee Leave Policies

Tax Reform Prompts Businesses to Rethink Employee Leave Policies

By Pinion Editorial | January 15, 2019
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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 tax breaks within this tax reform that have created incentives for business owners to reconsider the benefits they extend to employees when they take paid …

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Midyear Tax Checkup Pays Off for Manufacturers

Determining Sales & Use Tax – What Manufacturers Need to Know

By Christy Norton | October 12, 2018
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Earlier this summer, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in South Dakota v. Wayfair, stating that a physical presence is no longer required to establish substantial nexus in the collection of sales and use tax. Now, it’s an “economic nexus” that establishes the need to collect sales tax. This …

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