LattaHarris is excited to announce a new member of our team, Jeff Rummel. Jeff will serve as our Director of Operations. Jeff joined us on March 18th and will be based in our Cedar Rapids office. He brings subject matter expertise in management of financial accounting, internal control management, tax planning, risk management and mitigation....read more

Laura Riese joined our Tipton location in early September 2018. She will work primarily on corporate, partnership and personal taxes. Laura graduated with her Bachelors of Science in Accounting and Finance from Iowa State University in May of 2018. Marshall Shedeck joined the Iowa City team  in September 2018.  Marshall came to us from Ernst & Young...read more

Vance Glaser joined the Tipton office in August of 2018. Vance has experience in tax compliance and provision preparation, accounting, and financial statement preparation. Vance is a 2016 graduate of the University of Iowa and received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance. Vance is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and previously worked for...read more

  By David M. Hanson, CPA The Standard Deduction The standard deduction is a tax deduction allowed under federal tax law (and some states such as Iowa) to individual taxpayers. This deduction varies in amount depending on the filing status of the taxpayer; i) single filer, ii) married filing joint filer, iii) married filing separately...read more

Here is the latest Farm Futures “By the Books” by Bob Krogmeier. https://www.farmprogress.com/management/tax-tips-equipment-trades

Written by David M. Hanson, CPA Iowa Estate Tax In recent years, the State of Iowa, like many other states in the U.S., had a state estate tax that subjected sufficiently large estates to tax. This tax was in addition to federal estate taxes that may have applied. The result – for sufficiently large estates...read more

Congratulations to Danny Stafford. Danny is the Assurance Director at LattaHarris. He is featured in the ISCPA Member spotlight. Click on the Danny’s name below to read the article. Danny Stafford