North Wind opens new offices
CIRI subsidiary North Wind, whose headquarters is located in Idaho Falls, Idaho, opened new offices in Las Vegas, Nev., and Aiken, S.C. The Las Vegas office is focused on heavy civil construction, environmental remediation and mine reclamation projects in the southwest U.S.
CIRI youth explore future careers
A group of forward-thinking young CIRI descendants got a peek at potential future careers when they participated in the first-ever Take the Next Generation to Work Day at the CIRI corporate offices on Jan. 19. “I’ve been a youth representative for the Shareholder Participation Committee, but I still learned stuff about what CIRI does,” said CIRI descendant Parker Pickett, age 14.
Connecting people with opportunity
Though chilly temperatures kept some folks at home, about 100 job-seekers still came out for CIRI’s third annual Shareholder Job and Resource Fair on Jan. 29. The fair brought shareholders and descendants together with a variety of CIRI-affiliated companies, nonprofits and other non-CIRI businesses and organizations looking for promising new employees.
New prize drawing for confirmed descendants
In an effort to encourage descendants to keep their information updated, beginning in 2015, quarterly prize drawings for a Fitbit will be conducted from the names of all confirmed, registered descendants (those who have been issued a CIRI descendant identification card).
Stock Will incentives continue in 2015
Along with the $200 monthly prize drawings, special incentives will continue in 2015 with quarterly drawings for an Apple iPad. Drawings will be conducted for the quarters ending March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.
2014 CIRI shareholder tax information
CIRI mailed IRS 1099 forms to all shareholders for the 2014 tax year on January 29, 2015. You may receive more than one type of Form 1099, depending on the type of income received from CIRI. The 1099 forms reflect payments including:
Affordable Care Act update
IRS Tax Form 8965, “Health Coverage Exemptions,” is now available. Alaska Native and American Indian people can use this form to apply for the Indian Exemption to the Affordable Care Act when filing their 2014 federal income tax returns.
