Land trusts and landowners donating a conservation easement
Free checklist for a conservation easement baseline report: the USGS map, scaled map, aerial photo, site photos and signed statement IRS rules list.
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How it works
What you get
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Harvest BMP plan door.
Modeled on: 26 CFR 1.170A-14(g)(5)(i) documentation list
From public data
is how long unused deductions for a qualified conservation contribution carry forward
Source: 26 U.S.C. 170(b)(1)(E)(ii)
Draft a harvest BMP plan: streamside management zone widths, stream crossings and skid trail layout from your tract map. Free to read.
Questions
IRS rules list USGS survey maps showing the property line, a scaled map of improvements, vegetation, flora and fauna, land use history and natural features, an aerial photo taken close to the donation date, and on-site photographs.
If the donor keeps rights that could impair the conservation interests, the donor must give the land trust the documentation before the donation. The donor and a land trust representative sign a statement that it accurately shows the property.
Up to 50 percent of your contribution base, or 100 percent for many qualified farmers and ranchers, with any excess carried forward for 15 years.
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Where is the harvest tract?
Where is your client's forest?
Where are the harvest units?
Which forest is the project on?
What's the name of your fuel break?
Where is the harvest?
Answer it and ePlan opens the Harvest BMP plan door with your answer filled in.