2020 Midyear Review – Conservation Tax Cases So Far
It is summertime and beautiful in California. Unfortunately, it’s not [...]
New Year’s Update for Conservation Easement and Carbon Transactions
Tax Court Ignores IRS’s Commercial Timber Assault and CCLT Carbon [...]
Federal News: More Bad Law Bubbling Up from Syndicated and Overvalued Conservation Easements
IRS Continues to Attack Foot Faults and Retained Rights Instead [...]
Federal and California Legislative Update for Conservation Easements – Fall 2019
Interesting happenings lately with the national and California legislatures, for [...]
Congress Increases Scrutiny of Syndicated Conservation Easements
Senate Finance Committee launches investigation, while anti-syndication bill is introduced [...]
Tax Court Upholds Amendment Clauses but Continues Attack on Floating Homesites in Conservation Easements
When the Tax Court issued its opinion in Pine Mountain Preserve, [...]
Happy New Year’s Tidings for Land Trusts and Other Conservation Advocates
DOJ sues Syndicated Easement Promoters The Department of Justice has [...]
Three Autumn Cases Deny Golf Course and Syndicated Conservation Easement Tax Deductions
Service Focuses on Conservation Purpose Test and Division of Proceeds [...]
IRS Publishes New Gift Substantiation Regulations
Last month, the IRS issued final regulations entitled “Substantiation and [...]
Denial of Conservation Easement Deduction: Right Result, Puzzling Analysis
Earlier this month, the U.S. Tax Court handed down an [...]