Precision News November/December 2014

THIS ISSUE: Reflecting On the Past; Looking Forward / Lame Duck Congress / Hazardous Energy

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SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR MANUFACTURERS THE TAX COFFERS OF MANY STATES ARE STILL SHOWING THE EFFECTS OF THE GREAT RECESSION

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ECONOMIC REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

03 President’s Letter

The latest NAM/IndustryWeek Survey of Manufacturers found that businesses are generally upbeat about the coming months and manufacturing respondents expect 4.4 percent growth in sales on average over the coming next 12 months.

SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR MANUFACTURERS The tax coffers of many states are still showing the effects of the Great Recession, even though it officially ended two or three years ago. Most states have boosted revenues through increased audit activity, broadened interpretations of tax laws, and narrowed interpretations of sales and use tax exemptions.

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04 Policy Matters 21 NTMA Initiatives 22 Websites that Work 22 Arizona Chapter Info 28 San Diego Chapter Info 29 NTMA Membership 30 North Texas Chapter Info 32 Shop Floor

The second annual Southwest Regional Conference held in Dallas, was sponsored by the North Texas, Arizona, Northern Utah, Rocky Mountain and San Diego chapters of the National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA).

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First Word PRESIDENT’S LETTER

Hello, P.N. Readers!

“All the leaves are brown and sky is grey” – yes, it’s fall!

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Baseball playoffs, Football season in full stride and we have our year end push to make our numbers look the best they can. I hope this note finds all of you well and looking forward to the coming holidays and the closing of another year. “Sunrise, sunset, swiftly fly the years” – sorry another song lyric. But it does seem like this year just begun and now we’re into fourth quarter looking at year end.

This is a good time to reflect on the past year and look ahead to the new year.

Were you as successful with your customers and operation s as you had planned?

Did you reach the business goals you set or attained a margin of success in striving toward them?

What will you do next year to improve on what you’ve accomplished?

If you haven’t taken the time to reflect yet this is a good time of year for that.

As we give thanks for our blessings, our “wins”, and the challenges we’ve learned from, let’s remember to stop, think and reflect.

Good businesses take time to step back away from the day to day operations and review where they’ve been and where they want to go. Whether your company is well established and seasoned, or is a new fledging company just starting out, the planning process is important for sustaining productivity and profitability. Regardless of your size or level of sophistication your business plan is important to review. It is important to write it down. This positive affirmation of what you want to accomplish with simple bullet points of key indicators will help you focus your efforts for maximum success.

DAVID LAIR Vice President, Dynamic Machine & Fabrication Corp. and President, ATMA

Take advantage of your peer network and the business associates available to you.

Unless you’re one of those “experts on everything” you probably need some assistance thinking about your plan. Your peers are doing the same thing you are – kicking around what went well during their year and what fell short. Ask them, talk with them, share what you’re comfortable sharing. Each of us can learn from each other and collectively make our industry stronger. Call your associates members – your bankers, financial planners, the consulting firms, etc. We all have those we’ve visited with in our association. They can be of great value assisting you in your review.

I encourage all of you to take some time off from the floor, find your quite place, and reflect. It will be good for you and good for your business.

Have a Wonderful Season of Thanksgiving and a Blessed Christmas.

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Every two years, voters decide the fate of one third of the U.S. Senate and all 435 Representatives in the U.S. House. Similarly, every two years right after the public votes out some of these elected officials, the entire Congress returns to Washington for a ritual known as the “Lame Duck Session.”

Each Congress since 1994, except one (1995-96), has finished up at least some business in the work period after the election named for the “lame duck” Representatives and Senators who will not serve in the next Congress convening in January – a term coined for U.S. politicians in the 1830’s.

Some have questioned the constitutionality of having people just defeated in an election days ago voting on some of the most important issues of the day, including an extension of the Bush tax cuts and major budget agreements. Regardless of one’s opinion about this biennial ritual, it has become part of the legislative process due mostly to the inability of members of

Congress to work together and pass legislation between January and twenty-two months later in November the following year.

The current Representatives and Senators will start their lame duck session the week of November 10, with several important manufacturing priorities pending.

On December 31, 2013, Congress allowed over fifty tax provisions to expire including the R&D Tax Credit, Bonus Depreciation, and the expanded Section 179 Equipment Expensing, which reverted on January 1, 2014 back to a $25,000 limit. An agreement has continued to elude House Republicans and Democratic Senators who began negotiating in 2013 on how to address tax reform and the expired provisions.

Prior to the election, the U.S. House passed several bills making the R&D Credit, Bonus Depreciation, and Section 179 permanent.

The R&D bill received the most bipartisan support, followed by Section 179, and then

fyi: Many manufacturers have already made investment decisions for 2015 and are securing their financing – without the support of Washington. +

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Bonus Depreciation which some criticize as too “expensive” (allowing businesses to claim Bonus Depreciation reduces federal tax revenue by $121 billion in FY 2014 and 2015). Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has taken the position that Congress should simply extend most or all of the expired provisions at their 2013 levels, making them retroactive to Jan. 1, 2014 and for all of 2015.

Manufacturers, such as the National Tooling and Machining Association, have led the way in Washington, trying to bring some stability to the tax code and continue to support making these and other provisions permanent. Rumors were swirling in Washington that lame duck lawmakers might lean towards making the R&D permanent while extending for 2014 and 2015 dozens of other provisions, including Section 179 Expensing at a $500,000 deduction limit and Bonus Depreciation. continued on page 06

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U.S. Congress: Once a Lame Duck, Always a Lame Duck? continued from page 04

While we are hopeful Congress will, at the very, least extend the provisions; this is clearly no way to run a government, let alone plan a business strategy. Many manufacturers have already made investment decisions for 2015 and are securing their financing – without the support of Washington.

All of the above is of course speculation, based on conversations with members of Congress and senior staff on Capitol Hill.

The direction of the lame duck session hinges largely on which party controls the Senate after November 4. Most political prognosticators gave Republicans at least a fifty percent chance of taking control from Sen. Harry Reid, with some well-respected experts saying there is a 60-70% probability.

Republicans must net six seats in order to

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In 1800 and 1824, the House of Representatives in lame duck sessions selected the next President of the United States. While extending expired tax provisions may pale in comparison, manufacturers cannot simply put their work on hold while Congress waits every two In almost every public poll, Americans agree years for a lame duck session before that Washington is broken, but divided about finishing its business. which party, or person, is best suited to fix our problems. However, looking back over OMAR NASHASHIBI is a founding the past twenty years, only once has either partner at The Franklin Partnership, LLP, party, whether in control of the House, a bi-partisan government relations firm Senate, or both, been able to finish its retained by the National Tooling and business on time and avoid a lame duck Machining Association in Washington, D.C. session. Our lawmakers must understand that they cannot continue to avoid difficult Learn more at: www.franklinpartnership.com

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The latest NAM/IndustryWeek Survey of Manufacturers finds that businesses are generally upbeat about the coming months.

ECONOMIC REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

BY CHAD MOUTRAY

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ECONOMIC REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 The latest NAM/ IndustryWeek Survey of Manufacturers found that businesses are generally upbeat about the coming months.

Manufacturing respondents expect 4.4 percent growth in sales on average over the next 12 months, the fastest pace of expected growth in new orders since the first quarter of 2012, when the sector was expanding more robustly. Indeed, nearly half of those taking the survey anticipate sales growth of at least 5 percent.

Capital investment and hiring trends have also moved in the right direction, with manufacturers planning to increase capital spending and employment by 2.5 percent and 1.9 percent, respectively. The hiring figure represents substantial progress from the lackluster pace of job growth in 2013, which averaged just 0.8 percent. Overall, 87.3 percent said that they were positive in their outlook, the highest reading in two and a half years.

Nonetheless, the more positive attitude needs to be balanced against other issues. First, enthusiasm for expanded new orders and production is often nuanced by anxieties that events might prevent the economy from gaining traction""much as it has time and again in this recovery. Certainly, many of them are disappointed with the slow economic growth in the first half of 2014, even if they remain hopeful about the second half.

Second, manufacturers""like many Americans""continue to be frustrated with Washington. The top business challenges remain rising health insurance costs and an unfavorable business climate, cited by 77.1 percent and 73.1 percent, respectively, in the survey. Along those lines, the NAM released a study showing the disproportionate burden placed on small businesses and manufacturers when complying with federal regulations. Total federal compliance costs in 2012 were estimated to be $2.028 trillion, with an average cost of $19,564 per employee for manufacturers, or twice the level of all businesses.

Beyond these issues, there was encouraging news on the consumer front. Retail sales rose 0.6 percent in August, rebounding from softer increases in the previous three months.

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Prior to this release, there were worries that a more cautious consumer might derail brighter prospects for growth. This data suggests that the public might be more willing to spend. Retail sales have risen 3.8 percent year-to-date, or 5.0 percent over the past 12 months. Moreover, the consumer also appears to be less hesitant about borrowing, with July consumer credit up 9.7 percent in July. This included a sizable pickup in revolving credit, which includes credit cards. Another positive was the increase in consumer sentiment from the University of Michigan and Thomson Reuters, ending a lull in that measure throughout 2014 and marking its highest point since July 2013.

(This morning,) we will get new data on industrial production.

Production in the sector jumped one percent in July, and the expectation is for modest gains in manufacturing output in August. It is also anticipated that housing starts and permits will once again exceeding one million annualized units when August figures are released on Thursday. This would suggest that residential construction activity has begun to recover from softness earlier in the year. Beyond those figures, the biggest headlines will come from the Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week, which is not expected to make any major shifts in monetary policy. Quantitative easing should end in October, with the largest focus being uncertainty over when the Federal Reserve will start raising short-term rates. With that s aid, new consumer and producer price data should reflect the recent easing in inflationary pressures, particularly from lower energy costs.

Other data releases include the latest findings on manufacturing activity in the New York and Philadelphia Federal Reserve Banks' districts and data on home builder confidence, leading indicators and state employment.

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The top business challenges remain rising health insurance costs and an unfavorable business climate, cited by 77.1 percent and 73.1 percent, respectively, in the survey.

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Sales and Use Tax Exemptions for Manufacturers STORY BY RANCE MORTON

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The tax coffers of many states are still showing the effects of the Great Recession, even though it officially ended two or three years ago. Most states have boosted revenues through increased audit activity, broadened interpretations of tax laws, and narrowed interpretations of sales and use tax exemptions.

However, some states are providing more exemptions in hopes of attracting out-of-state companies and spurring organic growth. This is a more long-term approach, and if implemented successfully, could fill state coffers for years to come.

For manufacturers, sales and use tax exemptions represent bottom-line cost reductions that are just waiting to be claimed. Most companies are aware of some or all of the applicable exemptions in their state, but changing legislation makes it difficult to take advantage of all of them, especially when the company has locations in multiple states. However, if missed benefits are identified and adequately documented, refunds and tax credits may be available.

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MONITORING EXEMPTIONS FROM STATE TO STATE IS EXTREMELY COMPLEX, RESULTING IN MANY COMPANIES OVERPAYING ON PURCHASES.

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Sales and Use Tax Exemptions for Manufacturers continued from page 15

Sales and use tax exemptions were originally intended to help eliminate double taxation by imposing levies only on the endconsumer of a product. Double taxation has not been eliminated, but it has been greatly reduced by “sale for resale” exemptions on the purchase of most raw materials used in manufacturing.

Additional exemptions and qualifications vary from state to state, but some of the most common exempted items include: • Manufacturing machinery and equipment used in research and development, quality control, testing, wrapping and packaging, pollution control, and recycling • Computer software, hardware, and maintenance on manufacturing equipment • Expenses to repair and replace exempt manufacturing equipment • Tools used in manufacturing • Chemicals used in the production process • Utilities used in the manufacturing process Although many states have broadened exemptions for manufacturers over the past few years, some of the more notable changes have taken place in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Florida.

CALIFORNIA Qualified machinery and equipment purchased by manufacturers, effective July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2022.

ARIZONA Effective August 1, 2014, certain electricity or natural gas for manufacturing or smelting operations.

NEW MEXICO Certain consumables (including electricity) that are used in the manufacturing process. The exemption increases from an initial 20 percent exemption starting on January 1, 2013, to a 100 percent exemption starting January 1, 2017.

INDIANA Research and development equipment for new products, new uses of existing products, or improving or testing existing products, starting July, 1, 2013.

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WISCONSIN Machinery, equipment, tangible personal property, and certain items used by a manufacturer exclusively and directly in qualified research, beginning on January 1, 2012.

FLORIDA From April 30, 2014, until April 30, 2017, industrial machinery and equipment integral to a manufacturing operation is exempt when purchased by a manufacturer. This exemption removed a requirement that the machinery and equipment be purchased for a new or expanding business.

Monitoring exemptions from state to state is extremely complex, resulting in many companies overpaying on purchases. A reverse audit can assist manufacturers in assessing whether they are taking advantage of all available sales and use tax benefits. In a normal sales tax audit, the state is looking for underpayments or assessments, but in a reverse audit, the taxpayer (or taxpayer’s representative) is looking for overpayments of sales tax than can be refunded. The taxpayer should also look for underpayments to determine if they have an unrecorded liability.

Even the most sophisticated sales tax software cannot be accurate 100 percent of the time because of the amount of human interaction necessary in making taxability decisions.

The goal of a reverse audit is to help manufacturers with the difficult task of determining if they are getting the full benefit of applicable tax laws.

Taxes are a cost of manufacturing that is impossible to escape, but with careful planning and proactive examination of past transactions, they can have a reduced impact on profitability.

RANCE MORTON is a Manager in the Manufacturing and Distribution group of CliftonLarsonAllen specializing in State and Local Tax. Rance can be reached at 972-383-5735 or rance.morton@CLAconnect.com. To learn more about CliftonLarsonAllen, visit www.CLAconnect.com.

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The second annual Southwest Regional Conference held in Dallas, TX, was sponsored by the North Texas, Arizona, Northern Utah, Rocky Mountain and San Diego chapters of the National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA).

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Dante Ferrios, President/Owner of Nichols Precision, Tempe, AZ, and board member of National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).

Todd Ellard, President of the North Texas Chapter of NTMA and Co-Owner of Manda Machine, Dallas, TX, welcomes attendees to the conference.

Fraser Marshall, President of Ellison Technologies in Dallas, TX, led a technology session titled: Is Additive Machining a Disruptive Technology or an Opportunity?

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MEMBER LISTINGS

SAN DIEGO CHAPTER 2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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NORTH TEXAS CHAPTER 2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President TODD ELLARD Manda Machine Company Vice President JEFF SPENCER Clay Precision Treasurer BARRON SMITH R.W. Smith Company Chapter Executive LISA ELLARD Trustee JOE O’DELL Plano Machine & Instrument, Inc.

BOARD MEMBERS Mike Berdan BE Technologies Frank Burch Southern Machine Works Bill Walter Ellison Technologies Micah Embrey CNC Precision/Shamrock-Bolt Don Halsey Halsey Manufacturing Ray Jones MWI, Inc. Pat McCurley Midlothian Insurance Karla Chandler Education Liason

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MEMBER LISTINGS REGULAR MEMBERS

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

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Shop Floor NEWS FROM THE FRONT LINES

What is Hazardous Energy?

by JAMIE BEAUVAIS, Arizona Safety & Emergency Consultants LLC

OSHA Standard General Machine Safeguards 29 CFR 1910.212 Energy sources including electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, thermal or other sources in machines and equipment can be hazardous to workers. During the servicing and maintenance of machines and equipment, the unexpected startup or release of stored energy could cause injury to employees.

What are the harmful effects of hazardous energy?

Workers servicing or maintaining machines or equipment may be seriously injured or killed if hazardous energy is not properly controlled. Injuries resulting from the failure to control hazardous energy during maintenance activities can be serious or fatal! Injuries may include electrocution, burns, crushing, cutting, lacerating, amputating, or fracturing body parts, and others.

• A steam valve is automatically turned on burning workers who are repairing a downstream connection in the piping.

• A jammed conveyor system suddenly releases crushing a worker who is trying to clear the jam. fyi:

Injuries resulting from the failure to control hazardous energy during maintenance activities can be serious or fatal!

• Internal wiring on a piece of factory equipment electrically shorts shocking employee who is repairing the equipment.

Skill workers, electricians, machine operators, and laborers are among the 3 million workers who service equipment routinely and face the greatest risk of injury. Workers injured on the job from exposure to hazardous energy lose an average of 24 workdays for recuperation.

What can be done to control hazardous energy?

Failure to control hazardous energy accounts for nearly 10 percent of the serious accidents in many industries. Proper lockout/tagout (LOTO) practices and procedures safeguard workers from the release of hazardous energy:

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• Proper lockout/tagout (LOTO) practices and procedures safeguard workers from the release of hazardous energy.

The OSHA standard for The Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) (29 CFR 1910.147) for general industry, outlines specific action and procedures for addressing and controlling hazardous energy during servicing and maintenance of machines and equipment. Employers are also required to train each worker to ensure that they know, understand, and are able to follow the applicable provisions of the hazardous energy control procedures. Workers must be trained in the purpose and function of the energy control program and have the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage and removal of the energy control devices.

• All employees who work in the area where the energy control procedure(s) are utilized need to be instructed in the purpose and use of the energy control procedure(s) and about the prohibition against attempting to restart or reenergize machines or equipment that is locked or tagged out.

• All employees who are authorized to lockout machines or equipment and perform the service and maintenance operations need to be trained in recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources in the workplace, the type and magnitude of energy found in the workplace, and the means and methods of isolating and/or controlling the energy.

• Specific procedures and limitations relating to tagout systems where they are allowed.

• Retraining of all employees to maintain proficiency or introduce new or changed control methods. (Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)) Work Cited: Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout). (n.d.).

Retrieved from Occupational Safety & Health Administration: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/controlhazardousenergy/index.html