- Deadline passes for banks to respond to state
Sept. 10 was the last day for banks in Wisconsin to fess up about their untaxed out-of-state subsidiaries. The state Department of Revenue had sent letters in late July and some 219 were among those willing to discuss the use of Nevada tax shelters to avoid Wisconsin taxes. As discussed ......
- Wisconsin offers model settlement on investment subs
Michael Morgan, Secretary for the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, sent a letter dated July 27 to Wisconsin banks inviting them to settle disputes over the taxation of income derived from out-of-state investment subsidiaries. Morgan writes that the Department of Revenue has settled with 17 banks. The department has audited as ......
- BANKS ON A ROLL
HEADNOTE INDUSTRY REPORT: BANKING IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 Paul Beideman, president and CEO, Associated Banc-Corp, Green Bay Most people don't see an entrepreneur when they look at a banker, but Kurt Bauer does. As president and CEO of the Wisconsin Bankers Association he deals with bankers every day, helping them cope ......
- CBW bankers rally around legislative efforts at annual meeting
Wisconsin bankers are working with the legislature to change the state's law so that it will permit reciprocal interstate branching. The move, discussed at the Community Bankers of Wisconsin annual management conference and expo at the Wisconsin Dells, Aug. 31 through Sept. 2, is another sign of a changing industry ......
- Regulators note need for caution
Credit quality at Wisconsin banks is in superior shape, according to Michael Mach, the administrator of the Division of Banking for Wisconsin's Department of Financial Institutions. Mach made the comment during a regulatory panel discussion at the CBW management conference on Sept. 2. Mach said just 1.28 percent of loans ......
- Spotlight on tax law
Several Wisconsin banks are expecting to hear from the Department of Revenue this month about their tax liability related to their investment subsidiaries. While this issue is limited to banks in a single state, bankers everywhere would be wise to consider the risk associated with taxavoidance strategies. The banks in ......
- WBA exec sees consolidation, other changes ahead
The number of banks in Wisconsin will decline to 200 by 2012 from 350 today, predicts Harry Argue, the executive vice president and CEO of the Wisconsin Bankers Association. At the request of the WBA board of directors, Argue made several predictions about the state of the banking industry in ......