With hundreds of cases in the courts, the IRS is preparing at least its fourth settlement offer in syndicated conservation ...

This May marks the one-year anniversary of the Biden administration’s “America the Beautiful” Report, which outlines how to conserve 30 percent of America’s lands and waters by 2030. One of its eight ...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (“Court”) addressed in a May 13th Opinion a conservation easement issue. See Champions Retreat Golf Founders, LLC v. Commissioner of IRS, ...

A recent Office of Chief Counsel Generic Legal Advice Memorandum discussed the effect of an amendment clause in a conservation easement. The memorandum noted that there are many cases pending that ...

It’s a match made in land conservation heaven — Eagle Valley Land Trust, Walking Mountains Science Center and Eagle County Open Space recently partnered to purchase a conservation easement on a ...

On Nov. 12, the Internal Revenue Service announced a “significant increase” in the enforcement actions against syndicated conservation easement transactions. A conservation easement is a legal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conservation easements are supposed to shield land from development forever, not enable it years down the road. But in Florida, at ...

What is a conservation easement? A conservation easement is a voluntary legal agreement between a land trust or public agency and a landowner that limits development and conserves natural and ...

The IRS has been cracking down on conservation easement transactions for over ten years. Nevertheless, taxpayers have continued to claim charitable contribution deductions attributable to the donation ...