The Scenic Route: Updates and Insights on Conservation Law
IRS Issues Updated Form 8283 for Charitable Contributions
The IRS gifted us with a new, slightly reformatted and reorganized Form 8283 in December, although the substance is [...]
Utilizing Conservation Easements to Protect Land and Create Access to Native American Cultural and Ceremonial Gathering Sites
Members of the Tsnungwe Native American tribe (now known formally as the Tsnungwe Council) have resided along the [...]
Take a Deep Breath and Let’s Talk about Cheese: The next chapter on building envelopes and amendment clauses in Pine Mountain Preserve appellate opinion
In these trying times, it’s important to focus on anything that might bring you a little comfort or even, imagine, [...]
Fall 2020 Conservation Easement Tax Update: Emanouil, Oconee Landing, and Syndications
In which we enjoy a rare taxpayer success against quid pro quo in Emanouil, encounter a temporary reprieve from [...]
2020 Midyear Review – Conservation Tax Cases So Far
It is summertime and beautiful in California. Unfortunately, it’s not all sunshine and roses for conservation easements at the [...]
New Year’s Update for Conservation Easement and Carbon Transactions
Tax Court Ignores IRS’s Commercial Timber Assault and CCLT Carbon Working Group Raises Policy Issues with State Agencies A couple [...]