Notable Takeaways in the IRS’s Conservation Easement Audit Guide
The IRS and folks working in charitable conservation transactions [...]
IRS Issues Updated Form 8283 for Charitable Contributions
The IRS gifted us with a new, slightly reformatted [...]
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 [...]
2020 Midyear Review – Conservation Tax Cases So Far
It is summertime and beautiful in California. Unfortunately, it’s [...]
Federal News: More Bad Law Bubbling Up from Syndicated and Overvalued Conservation Easements
IRS Continues to Attack Foot Faults and Retained Rights [...]
IRS Publishes New Gift Substantiation Regulations
Last month, the IRS issued final regulations entitled “Substantiation and [...]
Hobby Lobby Case Highlights Limitations on Charitable Deductions Claimed by Irrevocable Trusts
Green v. U.S., No. 16-6371 (10th Cir., Jan. 12, 2018) [...]
New Cases Send Mixed Messages to Conservation Easement Donors
The Fifth Circuit encourages flexibility for conservation easement deductions [...]
IRS Updates Conservation Easement Audit Techniques Guide
On November 4, 2016, the IRS updated its Conservation Easement [...]
Conserve Your Land, Preserve Your Estate: The Conservation Easement as a Land Use, Tax & Estate Planning Tool
We have all been told at one point or another [...]