The Scenic Route: Updates and Insights on Conservation Law
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 [...]
Federal News: More Bad Law Bubbling Up from Syndicated and Overvalued Conservation Easements
IRS Continues to Attack Foot Faults and Retained Rights Instead of Problematic Appraised Values Lots of developments to report [...]
Federal and California Legislative Update for Conservation Easements – Fall 2019
Interesting happenings lately with the national and California legislatures, for those of us working with conservation easements. The Federal [...]
Congress Increases Scrutiny of Syndicated Conservation Easements
Senate Finance Committee launches investigation, while anti-syndication bill is introduced in the House and Senate Abusive syndicated easements are bad [...]