Planning for the Changing Tax Environment
I imagine you’re relieved to have the 2011 tax season in the books. But today I’d like to suggest it’s not too early to start tax planning for next year. The reason is the Bush cuts are set to expire at the end of this year. You remember the Bush tax cuts, right? They were...more
John Deere: Committed to Those Linked to the Land
It all started in 1837 when a pioneer blacksmith named John Deere took a broken steel sawmill blade and invented the first self-scouring plow. He knew the nearby farmers in Grand Detour, Illinois had problems with sticky prairie soil adhering to their plow blades. John crafted a creative solution using the sawmill blade with its...more
