Energy Tomorrow Blog

LIFO Repeal Could Have Devastating Effect on Jobs

lifo  tax increases  oil and natural gas production  investments  manufacturing 

Mark Green
Posted June 4, 2014

If you run a business that sells things produced from raw materials – manufacturers, retailers, wholesale distributors and car and equipment dealers and other industries – chances are good you’re familiar with “LIFO” accounting. The IRS first approved the “last-in, first-out” method for use by taxpayers with inventories in the 1930s. Repealing LIFO, as some in Congress are proposing, could impact the more than 30 percent of U.S. companies, large and small, that use it, as well as the larger economy.

That’s the message a bipartisan group of 113 U.S. House members conveyed in a recent letter to Ways & Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, who has proposed LIFO repeal as part of his larger tax reform package.

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Energy Tax Hikes, Impacts and the Great White Whale

intangible drilling costs  tax increases  lifo  job losses  energy production 

Mark Green
Posted November 22, 2013

Today we offer three charts – all associated with the latest congressional bid to raise revenue for the federal government by hiking taxes on oil and natural gas companies.

U.S. Sen. Max Baucus has proposed delaying industry’s ability to write off intangible drilling costs (IDCs) and doing away with the “last-in, last-out” accounting method (LIFO) used by a number of energy companies. More on LIFO below. Here are three charts from Wood Mackenzie’s recent study on the impacts of delaying IDC deductions.

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Let's Have Fairness, Facts in Tax Reform Discussion

taxes  tax policy  tax increases  lifo 

Mark Green
Posted August 28, 2013

The effort to overhaul the U.S. tax code certainly is a heavy lift. The code is enormous, enormously complex and has wide reach across America. The reform discussion should be thoughtful, fact-based and fair. Too often those are missing from the dialogue.

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