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FINANCIAL BENEFITS
OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS
March 28, 2007
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Nash Community College, Rocky Mount
Featuring Stephen J. Small, Esq.
National Expert on Tax Planning and Private Land Conservation
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
The purpose of the workshop
is to provide professional advisors (attorneys, accountants,
financial planners), landowners, and government agency personnel
with information on the financial benefits of conservation
easements. The morning session will provide an introduction
to conservation easements and will include a session focusing
on the federal income tax deduction available to landowners
who donate a conservation easement on a portion or all of
their property. The tax law overview will be led by Mr. Stephen
Small of Boston, MA. Mr. Small wrote the Federal Income Tax
Regulations on conservation easements in the 1980s while serving
as attorney-advisor in the Office of Chief Counsel of the
Internal Revenue Service. Mr. Small will detail the tax benefits
associated with conservation easements and the importance
of estate planning.
The lunch session will consist
of a panel of landowners that have participated in conservation
easements. Panel members will discuss their experiences with
the various programs and answer questions of workshop attendees.
The afternoon session will
feature James Boykin, who will discuss conservation easement
appraisals. Mr. Boykin is with Boykin Realty Advisors, LLC
in Richmond, Virginia and is a Real Estate Professor Emeritus
at Virginia Commonwealth University. Also speaking will be
Guido van der Hoeven an Extension Specialist with the NC State
University Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics.
Mr. van der Hoeven will discuss estate planning and the NC
Conservation Tax Credit.
* 4 hours of Continuing Education
credits have been approved by the North Carolina Real Estate
Commission. Credits are being sought for other professions
and will be posted as they are approved.
Please call
the office or email Nancy
Daly or Jon Scott
for information on sponsorship opportunities or if you have
questions about the workshop.
LODGING
Coming soon....
WORKSHOP DIRECTIONS
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Thanks
to Our Current Workshop Sponsors!
MAJOR
DONOR: $5,000 or greater
GOLD: $1,000 - $4,999
SILVER: $500 - $999
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North Carolina Association
of Environmental Professionals
