Less than a month after the heavily followed Green Valley Investors, LLC, et al., decision, the IRS issued proposed regulations to identify certain syndicated conservation easement transactions as listed transactions – this...more
12/21/2022
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Comment Period ,
Conservation Easements ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Tax Court ,
Tax Reform ,
Tax Shelters ,
Transaction Reporting
On November 9, 2022, in a 15-2 decision, the Tax Court held that the IRS improperly issued Notice 2017-10 in Green Valley Investors, LLC, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 159 T.C. No. 5. The Notice designated...more
11/16/2022
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Charitable Deductions ,
Conservation Easements ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Investment ,
IRS ,
Partnerships ,
Tax Avoidance ,
Tax Court ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Penalties ,
Tax Planning
As the IRS and the Department of Justice continue to focus enforcement efforts on conservation easements, the Supreme Court has been asked to settle a dispute regarding the validity of the “protected in perpetuity”...more