The Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014, which was signed into law on December 19, renewed through 2014 a long list of personal and business federal income tax breaks that had been allowed to expire at the end of 2013. Because Congress habitually allows these breaks to expire before restoring them for a year or two, they...
keep readingJust before adjourning on December 16, the Senate passed the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 (TIPA), which was passed by the House on December 3. The White House announced that President Obama will sign the law, which renews more than 50 expired tax breaks. This gives taxpayers just 10 days — excluding the federal holiday and weekends...
keep readingSummer 2014 was a very busy one for us and we are sad to see it end! As a proud supporter and member of the Agribusiness Association of Iowa (AAI), we sponsored holes at each of the golf outings held throughout the state. We had a canopy set up with giveaways at Hole 10 in...
keep readingDave had no idea they were all in town! Once dinner was all over, they had a second surprise for the Yankees fan: an autographed Derek Jeter jersey! Dave was very surprised and, as it turns out, he had a pretty great birthday surrounded by family and friends.
keep readingWe have been lucky to find hard workers who truly love what they do. Mark Rodruck, Partner in Charles City, and Jim English, Partner in Des Moines, have worked at Gardiner Thomsen now for 20 years! We would like to thank them for all that they do for the firm and congratulate them on such an amazing benchmark.
keep readingOur father, Daniel Gardiner, started the firm to audit farmer cooperatives, which is still our primary client base. We have a number of clients who have been with the firm the entire 50 years, all cooperatives. Our history with credit unions and our governmental clients starts in the early 1980’s. We have a lot of good memories from all of the years that we have been in business.
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