Updated May 20, 2019
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) announced late last week that lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee will form bipartisan groups to analyze how best to address expired and soon-to-expire tax incentives, known as extenders.
Finance Committee Democrats and Republicans will convene six separate working groups to analyze tax extenders, with the two largest working groups addressing energy tax incentives and those for economic and community development.
The Days Inn hotel promotes its multi-national chain with a distinguishable rising sun, and until recently, the tagline: The Best Value Under the Sun. The slogan intended to succinctly convey the business’ value proposition dedicated to “providing value-conscious travelers with the best combination of warm hospitality and integrity for their money.”
The gains we’ve made in our world through the centuries, we owe to men and women who doggedly pursued their goals. Undeterred by setbacks and roadblocks, if one path failed, they sought another - finding workarounds and alternate routes of forward motion until they found success.
Imagine: You pull up to the grand hotel. An eager valet slips into your car seat as the bellhop secures your luggage. You stroll to the front desk where a smiling attendant checks you in. Out of the elevator, you open the door to your temporary palace. A whiff of freshly laundered towels still lingering in the air tells you housekeeping has just recently finished.
We’ve all heard the saying “In life, there are winners and there are losers.” And often this holds true: only one boxer grabs the heavyweight championship title, only one salesperson earns the “Highest Sales” award, only one instructor will be crowned “Teacher of the Year,” only one student snags first place in the science fair…even flipping a coin to determine who has to do the dishes…there’s always a winner and a loser.
The natural world is full of awe-inspiring wonder. From simple gardens growing in our backyards, to the epic beauty of national parks like Yosemite or the Grand Canyon, Mother Nature stirs up a wide range of emotions and experiences.
Today we focus on one of our many valued CTI clients, looking at the challenges they faced to implement and optimize a tax incentives strategy, and how CTI helped meet those challenges and exceed expectations.
Broadcast from many a telecom speaker during business meetings, the phrase “win-win” is often uttered in an attempt to build support for an idea or initiative, with the hopes of convincing those affected that pursuing a proposal is advantageous for all parties involved.
Timing is everything. A universal truth that can be applied to almost every moment in life where a decision or action can change the course of things to come. The swing of a baseball bat, the delivery of a comedian’s punchline, leaving work five minutes late, or gathering enough courage to strike up a conversation before the next train stop…all moments that can make a difference.
Now, while the potential ramifications to one’s destiny may not be quite as profound, timing is also very important when it comes to your business capitalizing on employment incentives.
On the heels of the record-setting incentive package of more than $1.5 billion in grants and tax breaks from New York state that Amazon stands to get for bringing at least 25,000 workers to a new campus in Queens, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was quoted as saying, “All things being equal, if we do nothing, they’re going to Texas.”
