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A Tax Guide to Conservation Easements

By C. Timothy Lindstrom

“Tim Lindstrom has provided a wonderful service for anyone involved in conservation who has ever been perplexed by the federal tax code—and isn’t that all of us? He uses plain language to describe conservation tax law and make it easily understandable. This book is very practical and uses examples to make complex ideas easy to grasp and apply.”-Rand Wentworth, President, Land Trust Alliance

Voluntary land conservation, with increasingly alluring tax benefits, has significantly changed the face of land use in the United States. While the number of land trusts in the United States is growing, few people understand the complex requirements for earning tax credits.

The accessible and easy-to-read reference, A Tax Guide to Conservation Easements (published by Island Press, July 28, 2008, Paper: $35.00, ISBN: 9781597264143, Cloth: $70.00, ISBN: 9781597264136) lays out the complex and extensive requirements of the federal tax code.

Knowledge of the tax law relating to voluntary land conservation is vital to properly establishing, managing, and maintaining conservation easements. Most land trusts depend on the significant income or estate tax benefits offered by the federal tax code, and these will have significant and growing influence in the future.

A Tax Guide to Conservation Easements is systematic in its coverage and is an easy reference tool for anyone who deals with land trust issues, including land trust staff and trustees, landowners, lawyers, accountants, government officials, and citizens.

C. Timothy Lindstrom is an attorney who specializes in the federal tax law of conservation easements and land trusts. He serves as legal counsel to easement donors and land trusts throughout the United States.

Island Press was established in 1984 to stimulate, shape, and communicate the ideas that are essential for solving environmental problems. Publishing approximately 40 books and other information tools a year, we use a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed approach that brings practical solutions to complex challenges like climate change, the depletion of our oceans, sustainable energy and agriculture, and species extinction. A nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, Island Press publishes for scientists, policy makers, environmental practitioners, students, journalists, and the general public. 
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