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Title: Report to the Congress on the use of tax deductions for donations of conservations easements

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5421488

This report was mandated by Congress as part of the Temporary Tax Provisions Extension Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-541). The major findings of the study are: (1) Tax deductions for easement donations will tend to be a desirable policy option; (2) There appear to be substantial difficulties involved in valuing, monitoring, and enforcing easement donations; (3) The possibility of replacing deductibility with some other policy to encourage preservation is also considered; and (4) The IRS collected and analyzed data from three years of tax returns of both donors and recipients of conservation easements.

Research Organization:
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Tax Analysis
OSTI ID:
5421488
Report Number(s):
PB-88-145370/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English