AGC claims that the questionnaire, SBA Form 3509 for for-profit PPP recipients, includes and invites multiple problems.

The IRS dismayed business owners by reaffirming its position on tax deductions for expenses that are paid with PPP funds.

Since contractors’ skills are typically in HVAC maintenance and business management, accounting may be a skill better left to someone else.

Washam and counterparts at AHRI identified legislative items that might make a difference for the better for contractors and manufacturers this year.

Contractors can save plenty of money buying used work vehicles, even though prices are much higher today than they have been historically.

H.R. 3301 has generated an unusual mix of support and objection from HVAC groups and other industries.

The timing couldn’t be better, as a few issues important to contractors and the HVAC industry in general will remain up for negotiation (or in some cases, renegotiation) in the upcoming session of Congress.

Doug Dougherty, CEO, Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO), is optimistic the credits will still be implemented in time for the start of 2018 -- even if they're left out of the conferenced tax reform bill.

There is no doubt that we’ve come a long way from the 1990s, when there were very few people who knew the tax code and could fill out a paper IRS form properly. Now, technology is widely available, and many can create and file their own returns in a matter of hours and avoid any issues going down the road.