[highland-conservancy] Save the Date! Tax Incentives for Private Land Protection w/Stephen Small - Sept. 13, 2007

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Here is a chance to hear Stephen Small LIVE regarding tax incentives for Private Land Protection - September 13, 2007.

Save the Date!  Tax Incentives for Private Land Protection with Stephen J. Small, Esq.

Thursday, September 13, 2007
9:00am - 1:30pm
University of Michigan, Flint Campus
Flint, Michigan

Or join others for a webcast in:
Columbus, OH
Gaylord or Midland, MI

This workshop is presented by the Land Trust Alliance, Lake Huron Alliance and University of Michigan, Flint.

Thank you to Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, HeadWaters Land Conservancy, 
Little Forks Conservancy, and Oakland Land Conservancy for their generous contributions to this workshop.

Please accept our sincere apologies for scheduling this workshop on Rosh 
Hashanah.   If you are unable to attend due to the holiday, please contact 
the Land Trust Alliance, Midwest Office at 269-324-1683 for workshop 
materials.

Stephen J. Small, Esq. is a nationally known expert on federal income and 
estate tax planning to help preserve valued family land, including planning 
for the next generation of ownership.  He is a tax attorney at his own 
firm, the Law Office of Stephen J. Small, Esq., P.C., in Boston, and the 
author of several books, including The Federal Tax Law of Conservation 
Easements (Land Trust Alliance, 1985); and, Preserving Family Lands:  Book 
I, II, and III.  The first two Preserving Family Lands books have sold more 
than 100,000 copies.

Mr. Small will discuss the new tax incentives for land conservation passed 
in 2006, changes in estate taxes, IRS rules for appraisals, section 2031(c) 
"exclusion" and post-mortem easements, and succession planning for family 
lands. This seminar is designed for tax and real estate attorneys, 
appraisers, and financial advisers to address opportunities to use tax 
incentives to protect private land.

Trey Brice, an attorney with Hafeli Staran Hallahan Christ & Dudek PC in 
Bloomfield Hills, MI, will join Mr. Small for a lunchtime panel discussion. 
Mr. Brice will discuss property tax issues, including the recent 
elimination of the "pop-up" tax by the Michigan legislature, and how these 
affect landowners in Michigan who are conserving their land through 
conservation easements. Mr. Brice concentrates his practice in property 
taxation, real estate property and land use law, representing individuals, 
citizen groups, corporations, and governmental entities in all aspects of 
land use and property taxation matters.  He has lectured on land use law 
and conservation easements in Michigan and currently sits on the City of 
Huntington Woods Planning Commission.

Registration materials will be available soon! For more information, please 
visit www.lta.org/training/lct_mw.htm. For course content questions please 
call the Land Trust Alliance, Midwest Office at 269-324-1683 or email 
Midwest at lta.org.

Erin K. Augustine
Midwest Program Associate
Land Trust Alliance
6849 S. Sprinkle Road
Portage, MI 49002
269-324-1683
eaugustine at lta.org
www.lta.org

Let's work together to save the places people love by strengthening land onservation across America.

(Forwarded by):
Katheryn Krupa 
Highland Conservancy
artfingers at comcast.net 
248-887-4643
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