goschie and you mr. zinman in the time remaining i would like your take on whether the simplification proposal we released today at lease begins to respond to your concerns. >> absolutely it addresses my concerns. again if simplification. takes out the inequities and it puts us on a fair playing field he. >> okay mr. zinman. >> years ago i went through hours and hours of training on acres and acres and trying to figure out and trying to explain how to go about accelerating depreciation, straight lined appreciation section 179 and how it plays into the tax return and we wind up as accountants doing a lot of work in the depreciation area and in projections for our clients because of the complexity of this depreciation. any kind of simplification would be welcomed by business owners. the accountants don't mind making a couple extra bucks by doing projections and doing an analysis work. the business owners do want simplification. >> thank you both and the point at this really is i know that you've had multip

goschie, e president of goschie farms a fourth-generation farmer business owner in oregon and works with two brothers to manage the operation of the farms inc. specializes in grapes and other crops. figure 550 acres at solstice some of the nations top breweries and grows 150 acres more than 300 of others including grass seed, corn and wheat. they've been a leader in sustainable farming techniques including the portion of the operations through solar energy. he is goschie was the first woman to be awarded the international order in 2009. i want to thank you for coming i know this is an expansive topic and the more perspective we can get the better. we are grateful to have your expertise and experience to inform us on this tax issues and we will look forward to hearing from al all of you and hopefully you can come up with a way to make this more understandable and hopefully easier. i don't think it's going to be easier to get this done. there is very complex issues we found in the business text working group that it's a subject we need to tackle and as noted earlier the sooner the better s

goschie, and you, mr. zinman.e time remaining, i would like your take on whether the simplification proposal we released today at least begins to respond to your concerns. >> so that you are, absolutely it addresses my concerns. again, it's simplification. it takes out the inequities and it puts us on a fair playing field. >> okay. mr. zheinman? >> years ago i went through hours and hours of training on acres and acres and trying to figure out and trying to explain to people about accelerated depreciation, straight line depreciation, section 179 and how it plays into the tax return. and we wind up as accountants doing a lot of work in the depreciation area and in projections for our clients because of the complexity of this depreciation. any kind of simplification would be welcome by business owners. the accountants don't mind making a couple of extra bucks by doing projections and doing analysis work. the business owners do want the simplification. >> thank you both. and the point of this really is, i know that y

i'm here today to rptd goschie farms incorporated. our customers include brewries located in multiple states throughout the country, some of which you would be representing here today. and we grow wine grapes for three oregon companies. the business of farming is fraught with uncertainty. a growing season can turn from a den to a loss overnight. our customers needs ask have a unforeseen impact on our business. the agriculture industry has many uncertainties, taxes should not be one of them. taxes influence how we invest in our business, it efelks the equipment we buy and when we buy it. the types of crops we grow and our hiring and labor decisions. fixing the present tax code is one of the ways congress can help insure that farms like mine can be positioned to grow. congress has already enacted sh changes that will have a positive impact on the farming sector. in december 2015, they permanently extended the small business sections of business 179. prior to being made purmnt permanent, the amount was unknown and needed investments were