Through the years, you’ve heard me brag that we’ve gone from founder to second — and now third — generation Gardiner family members in the business. Over 60-plus years, relatives just keep showing up to work: parents and kids, spouses, in-laws, cousins, you name it. We’ve even called our firm a family farm — do...
keep readingRecently we rolled out Claude, an AI assistant from Anthropic, across our firm — including integrations directly inside Excel and Word, where a lot of our staff’s day-to-day work happens. Our team uses it to clean up and reconcile data, build and improve spreadsheets, draft and refine written work, sift through large volumes of data...
keep readingHow Is Artificial Intelligence Improving Tax Preparation and Research? Today, you can read many articles saying that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is replacing jobs, and fear starts to settle in… Maybe AI will replace me? While this thought is frightening, the better question to ask is, how can AI help me? State and local developments, IRS...
keep readingThe One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) restored two tax provisions that can significantly impact fixed asset planning – 100% bonus depreciation and the depreciation addback for calculating Section 163(j) business interest limitation. Together, these changes may provide businesses with greater opportunities when planning fixed asset purchases or capital improvements. One of the more notable changes...
keep readingEach Spring, our team gathers in Des Moines for our annual staff training meeting, bringing employees from across our organization together for several days of learning, collaboration, and connection. This year’s training covered a wide range of topics designed to strengthen our knowledge so we can better serve our clients, including worker cooperatives, grain hedging...
keep readingNew IRS Guidance: Excise Tax on Dyed Diesel and Kerosene If your cooperative purchases diesel fuel or kerosene and later designates that fuel for nontaxable use — such as off-road agricultural equipment — there is recent guidance from Treasury and the IRS that are applicable. Under a new provision established by the One, Big, Beautiful...
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