: , skip to main skip to sidebar Kopsa Otte Agriculture Blog Kopsa Otte CPAs Advisors have been involved in Income Tax Planning , Estate Planning Succession Planning for over 30 years . For more information about Kopsa Otte services , please contact us via e-mail at lkopsa kopsaotte.com or call 800-975-4829. Thursday , August 30, 2012 PER THE KANSAS CITY FED , EXPECTATIONS FOR FARM INCOME DROPPING RAPIDLY For those states comprising the Kansas City Federal District Nebraska , Mountain States , Kansas , Missouri and Oklahoma the expectations for farm income have dropped dramatically due to the . drought The district just released report on the second quarter agricultural credit . conditions The report presented a chart of actual income versus expected income by quarter from 2004 to . now: skip to main skip to sidebar Kopsa Otte Agriculture Blog Kopsa Otte CPAs Advisors have been involved in Income Tax Planning , Estate Planning Succession Planning for over 30 years . For more information about Kopsa Otte services , please contact us via e-mail at lkopsa kopsaotte.com or call 800-975-4829. Thursday , August 30, 2012 USDA REPORT ON FARM GROWTH Every paper has reported on the increase in farm income increase by 3.4 I won’t rehash those well written articles but , I thought you might be interested in the actual . report To view the USDA Report : CLICK HERE Posted by Legal : Disclaimer at 10:09 AM Newer Post Older Post Home Visit us on Facebook : at facebook.com kopsa.otte Wondering about the IRS's important due dates Gain access by clicking the link . below Small Business Tax
By Todd Moss - Let’s not be the fat guy bully in the room. I’ll explain. An estimated 1,300,000,000 people will go to bed tonight without lights. The “energy poverty” gap hurts people’s health, education, and contributes to keeping them poor. Lack of affordable and reliable electricity is also among the top constraints on business and job growth in [...]
By Kimberly Ann Elliott - This is a joint post with Edward Collins. Can we assess ag aid quality? The short answer: sort of. For at least a decade, aid effectiveness has been in the spotlight because of concerns that, in some cases, aid may do more harm than good and, more recently, because of growing budget pressures. In 2005, [...]
By Sarah Jane Staats - This is a joint post with Casey Dunning. The death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi after twenty-one years in charge raises fresh questions about the future of US foreign aid to the country – including all three of President Obama’s development initiatives – and the conundrum of focusing aid in countries whose leaders hang [...]
Ron Nixon reported today at The New York Times Online that, “The Agriculture Department said Friday that consumers can still expect higher food prices next year, but the expected increase was unchanged from last month, even as extreme heat in the Farm Belt continues to reduce the grain harvest and increase feed prices for livestock. [...]
The New York Times has provided a very useful interactive graphical display at the paper’s webpage on the 2012 drought, “Drought Extends, Crops Wither.” Time Times update noted that, “This summer’s heat and rainlessness, which rivals the devastating 1988 drought, has left crops withering in the fields and farmers trying to calculate their losses. An [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Kopsa Otte Agriculture Blog Kopsa Otte CPAs Advisors have been involved in Income Tax Planning , Estate Planning Succession Planning for over 30 years . For more information about Kopsa Otte services , please contact us via e-mail at lkopsa kopsaotte.com or call 800-975-4829. Thursday , August 23, 2012 FRUSTRATION OVER FARM BILL BUILDS Nebraska Radio Network NebraskaRadioNetwork.com reports , Nebraska's Congressional delegation dealing directly with agriculture legislation expresses frustration that a new Farm Bill hasn't passed Congress . The current farm bill expires this year . The current law , which includes authorization for more than 80 billion worth of food stamp and nutrition programs , expires Sept . 30. Congressman Jeff Fortenberry , a member of
By Owen Barder - When I joined CGD to start our Europe programme, I said there were two particular reasons why we need more of CGD’s approach in Europe: first, there is more to development than aid; and second, as citizens of rich countries we have a responsibility to focus on how our policies affect development. CGD in Europe [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Kopsa Otte Agriculture Blog Kopsa Otte CPAs Advisors have been involved in Income Tax Planning , Estate Planning Succession Planning for over 30 years . For more information about Kopsa Otte services , please contact us via e-mail at lkopsa kopsaotte.com or call 800-975-4829. Thursday , August 23, 2012 DROUGHT WEIGHS ON NEBRASKA BANKERS' MINDS Norfolk Daily News NorfolkDailyNews.com reports that Nebraska's community bankers are concerned about the impact the 2012 drought on agriculture's future . nbsp According to the article , Clark Lehr , president and CEO of First National Bank in Columbus and chairman of the Nebraska Bankers Association , says both the banker and the producer are trying to be cautious and not overreact . John Stinner , president and CEO
By John May - This is a joint post with Kate McQueston. We all know poverty is undesirable. Not only because of its effects on quality of life, but poverty also has intergenerational impacts and leads to negative health outcomes. In general, the poor’s demographic characteristics can vary quite significantly from the wealthy—including shorter life expectancies, higher rates of infant and [...]
Marc Lifsher reported in today’s Los Angeles Times that, “Major food growers and processors are pumping millions of dollars into an increasingly hefty war chest to fight a November ballot measure that would require labels on genetically engineered foods. In all, they’ve collected $25 million, the most for any ballot initiative this fall. “Anticipating the [...]
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: skip to main skip to sidebar Kopsa Otte Agriculture Blog Kopsa Otte CPAs Advisors have been involved in Income Tax Planning , Estate Planning Succession Planning for over 30 years . For more information about Kopsa Otte services , please contact us via e-mail at lkopsa kopsaotte.com or call 800-975-4829. Friday , August 17, 2012 THE INTERNET RUMORS ARE NOT TRUE MOST HOUSE SALES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE 3.8 MEDICARE TAX The impending 3.8 Medicare surtax has fueled a spate of chain e-mails regarding a federal real estate transaction tax on home sales , and I have been hearing from worried clients . Here are the : facts Gain on the sale of your house is not taxable unless your gain is greater than 250,000 for singles or 500,000 for married . taxpayers That's the facts . Jack Posted by Legal :: skip to main skip to sidebar Kopsa Otte Agriculture Blog Kopsa Otte CPAs Advisors have been involved in Income Tax Planning , Estate Planning Succession Planning for over 30 years . For more information about Kopsa Otte services , please contact us via e-mail at lkopsa kopsaotte.com or call 800-975-4829. Friday , August 17, 2012 AG TAX 2012 Last Thursday 08.16.12 we sponsored our 21st Ag Tax Update at the Chances R restaurant here in York . Nice turnout and some of great clients attended . During the program , we discussed many of the important issues that are happening or not happening in Washington D.C . The only problem was during the morning session I talked about the upcoming Tax Armageddon” , the AMT problem and Obama Care therefore most participants became depressed . One attendeeBy John May - This is a joint post with Kate McQueston. Despite major fertility declines that have taken place in recent decades almost all over the world, population growth is far from over. As Ken Weiss points out in a recent five-part series in the Los Angeles Times, the adverse effects of population growth are well documented and wide ranging. [...]
Earth Day Network is supporting the Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11) with the campaign “Pledge for Life.” COP 11 will be held October 8-19 in Hyderabad, India.
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: skip to main skip to sidebar Kopsa Otte Agriculture Blog Kopsa Otte CPAs Advisors have been involved in Income Tax Planning , Estate Planning Succession Planning for over 30 years . For more information about Kopsa Otte services , please contact us via e-mail at lkopsa kopsaotte.com or call 800-975-4829. Thursday , August 16, 2012 TAX LAW CHANGES THIS YEAR This year Congress has passed 54 bills and sent to the president the : following 14 to rename post offices 9 to approve real estate transactions 6 to renew existing leases Posted by Legal : Disclaimer at 11:21 AM Newer Post Older Post Home Visit us on Facebook : at facebook.com kopsa.otte Wondering about the IRS's important due dates Gain access by clicking the link . below Small Business Tax Calendar Blog Archive 2012 137 August 20
By Amanda Glassman - This is a joint post with Victoria Fan. Protestors at the International AIDS Conference Credit: Denizhan Duran At the IAS conference, protestors turned out to oppose one reform under consideration at the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: allocating funding ex ante instead of having countries propose the amount they would like to receive. Mohga Kamal-Yanni of [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Kopsa Otte Agriculture Blog Kopsa Otte CPAs Advisors have been involved in Income Tax Planning , Estate Planning Succession Planning for over 30 years . For more information about Kopsa Otte services , please contact us via e-mail at lkopsa kopsaotte.com or call 800-975-4829. Wednesday , August 15, 2012 DO OLYMPIC ATHLETES PAY TAX IF THEY WIN GOLD In response to exaggerated figures floating around the web , Snopes.com has an interesting look at the income tax consequences for those who win medals in the Olympics . Click here for . article Basically , the winners do report the cash prizes they receive as income but their deductible expenses to train , and attend the Olympics would most likely be more than enough to cancel out that income on their tax . returns
By Justin Sandefur - What role — if any — can low-cost private schools play in improving and expanding education in the developing world? After much reflection, my main thought on this topic is that you should never make snarky comments to Duncan Green on twitter. He’ll challenge you to back up your snark in a long-form debate on [...]
By Owen Barder - With the Spice Girls back together, temporarily we must hope, for the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, David Cameron could have been forgiven for making the most of the public’s desire to celebrate the success of the Olympics. Instead he risked being the party pooper, by convening a summit in Downing Street about hunger with Vice [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Kopsa Otte Agriculture Blog Kopsa Otte CPAs Advisors have been involved in Income Tax Planning , Estate Planning Succession Planning for over 30 years . For more information about Kopsa Otte services , please contact us via e-mail at lkopsa kopsaotte.com or call 800-975-4829. Thursday , August 9, 2012 NEBRASKA LEADS STATES IN INCREASED CROPLAND VALUE AP SacBee.com The AP reports , The value of an acre of Nebraska cropland rose more than any other state over the last year . According to the USDA , cropland in Nebraska climbed nearly 36 to 4,480 an acre on average . Farm real estate , which includes all land and buildings on farms , was up 33.5 in Nebraska , again the highest increase . To read more of the story : CLICK HERE Posted by Legal : Disclaimer at 8:03By Amanda Glassman - This is a joint post with Denizhan Duran. In 2009, Michelle Adato and a co-author pointed out that cash transfers could add value to the HIV response, by reaching the poorest households relatively quickly. Now, a new generation of cash transfer programs in sub-Saharan Africa is reducing new infections and HIV-related risky behavior—and documenting the gains—while [...]
By Nancy Birdsall - I participated last week in a conversation about innovation and technology for development at the Brookings Blum Roundtable in Aspen. Amazing changes are happening out there that exploit new information technologies, improving the lives of the poor and vulnerable. But a big unanswered question for me is clicks to bricks (see #8 below: Are crowdsourcing and open [...]
By Michael Clemens - A few weeks ago I attended the Migration and Development Conference, which has emerged in the last few years as the leading forum for cutting-edge economic research in this field. Going through this year’s program is a great way to get to know latest work in this area. A few of the papers I found [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar Kopsa Otte Agriculture Blog Kopsa Otte CPAs Advisors have been involved in Income Tax Planning , Estate Planning Succession Planning for over 30 years . For more information about Kopsa Otte services , please contact us via e-mail at lkopsa kopsaotte.com or call 800-975-4829. Friday , August 3, 2012 MEDICAL PREMIUMS W-2 : Q Larry , I heard for someone that we are going to have to put any medical dental premiums that we pay for our employees on the W2s starting this year . Do you have any information about this or know where I would be able to look that up We just want to make sure that we have it covered sooner rather than . later : A As long as a business had less than 250 employees in 2011, then there is relief , in that , there will not be a requirement to: skip to main skip to sidebar Kopsa Otte Agriculture Blog Kopsa Otte CPAs Advisors have been involved in Income Tax Planning , Estate Planning Succession Planning for over 30 years . For more information about Kopsa Otte services , please contact us via e-mail at lkopsa kopsaotte.com or call 800-975-4829. Friday , August 3, 2012 CLARIFICATION OF DEDUCTION OF MEDICARE EXPENSES Until about 2009, the IRS position was that a self-employed taxpayer including partners and more than 2 S corporation shareholders could not deduct Medicare premiums above the line” as part of the self-employed health insurance deduction . In 2010, the instructions for form 1040 and other related forms had added a section indicating you could deduct these premiums above the line . The problem was that there was no