[highland-conservancy] Special Workshop on New Tax Incentives for 2007 for Conservation Easements

[highland-conservancy at hyrule.one-point.com]

Dear Highland Conservancy E-News Friends:

I am writing to let you know about a workshop THIS COMING MONDAY about:

INCREASED TAX INCENTIVES IN 2007 FOR CONSERVATION EASEMENT DONORS

Our friends from the Midwest Land Trust Alliance working with Oakland
Land Conservancy will give a Presentation and Informal Discussion at
Kingsbury School:

Monday, January 29, 2007
7-8:30 pm
Kingsbury School Library
5000 Hosner Road
Oxford MI 48370

RSVP to:  Donna Folland, Executive Director
Oakland Land Conservancy
dfolland at oaklandlandconservancy.org
248-601-2816

Here is a more detailed description of the workshop:

In August 2006, Congress approved and the President signed into law a
considerable expansion of the federal conservation tax incentive for
conservation easement donations.  This action allows modest income donors
to receive greater credit for donating a valuable conservation easement
on property they own.

Another aspect of the new law is that it dramatically extends the tax
benefit available to qualifying corporations and for qualifying farmers
and ranchers.  All this means greater potential for protecting much more
land through conservation easements.

At this time, the new incentives only apply for easements donated in 2006
and 2007.  To learn more about the new expanded tax incentives please
attend our informal presentation and discussion at Kingsbury School. 
Detailed information is also available at:
http://www.lta.org/publicpolicy/tax_incentives_updates.htm 

[If you want to carpool with some of us from Highland, give me a call: 
Katheryn Krupa 248-887-4643]