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Unwind 50-50 Business Partnerships Step by Step for Success

Unwind 50-50 Business Partnerships Step by Step for Success

By Julie Kauffman | September 14, 2016
Reading Time: 4 minutesMuch has been written about the dangers of 50-50 business partnerships and how to avoid the problems they can bring, but what do you do when you’re already in one and looking to unwind it in a way that appeases the demands of everyone involved? There are no easy answers, …

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The Why and How of Exit Planning: Part V

Why Do Family Businesses Fail at Succession Planning?

By K·Coe Editorial | July 27, 2016
Reading Time: 2 minutesA majority of family-owned businesses fail to transition because of lack of communication and trust. This can be avoided with proper succession planning and help from a team of advisors. Family-owned businesses represent more than 90% of all enterprises in the United States. Of those, 30% are second-generation businesses, 12% …

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Loan Origination Fees

Proper Recognition of Loan Origination Fees and Costs

By K·Coe Editorial | July 20, 2016
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe practice of many banks is to immediately recognize loan origination fees and costs directly to income and expense at the time of loan origination. This practice runs counter to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and puts banks at risk of being out of regulatory compliance on call reports. Watch …

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Feeling charitable? Use a charitable remainder trust to gift commodities or equipment

By Doug Mitchell | June 28, 2016
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you are charitably inclined, thinking about selling your crops, livestock, equipment or retiring from farming altogether and interested in deferring the income tax on the sale of those assets you should be considering a charitable remainder trust (CRT). Here’s how it works. First, work with an advisor to create …

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Carbon Markets

Colorado income tax deduction created for leasing agricultural assets to new farmers

By K·Coe Editorial | June 27, 2016
Reading Time: 3 minutesColorado Income Tax: Deduction Created for Leasing Out Agricultural Assets Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed legislation creating a corporate and personal Colorado income tax deduction for taxpayers that lease an agricultural asset, which is defined as “land, crops, livestock, livestock facilities, farm equipment, grain storage, or irrigation equipment,” to a beginning …

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Farmer Gets Eye-opening Experience at TEPAP Producer Program

By K·Coe Editorial | April 28, 2016
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor Evan Kamenik, running a diversified farming operation is nothing new. His family produces cattle and raises corn, soybeans and hay on a 4,000-acre farm in Ashland, OH. They also do custom farming and drainage tile installation, as well as operating a mulch business. But The Executive Program for Agricultural …

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