Whole Farm -- Legal and Taxes

Taxes
Information Files
Deductible Livestock Costs for Adjusting 2008 Income Tax Returns -- B1-15 pdf file    
Income Tax Aspects of Property Transfers -- C4-20 pdf file      
Federal Gift Taxes -- C4-23 pdf file      
Federal Estate Taxes -- C4-24 pdf file      
Iowa Inheritance Tax -- C4-25 pdf file      
Income Tax Basis: The Forgotten Concept -- C4-26 pdf file      
Weather-Related Sales of Livestock -- C4-28 pdf file      
Iowa Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Act -- C4-30 pdf file    
Newsletter Articles
The “small partnership” exception: a way to escape partnership tax complexity -- March 2012        
The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 -- February 2011        
Change of “taxpayer” after crop insurance (and disaster payment) deferral -- February 2010        
Side-stepping SE tax on a trade? -- July 2009        
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -- April 2009        
IRS says amendments to regulations needed for late section 179 elections on amended returns after 2007 -- November 2008        
Self-employment tax for spouses receiving farm program payments? -- March 2008        
Deferring crop sales to reduce income tax liability -- November 2007        
No “basis shifting” in related party like-kind exchange -- April 2007        
IRS notice on SE tax on CRP Payments -- February 2007        
Further guidance on where real property interests constitute an interest in a closely-held business for purposes of I.R.C. § 6166 -- October 2006        
Fixing values at death for federal estate tax purposes -- July 2006        
What’s ahead for federal gift tax? -- June 2006        
Self-employment tax on contract production “rents”-- April 2006        
Selected provisions of the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005 -- February 2006        
“Cashing out” with related party exchanges -- February 2006        
The debate over repeal of the Federal Estate Tax: The income tax basis issue -- September 2005        
Recapture in like-kind exchanges -- August 2005        
LLCs and passive activity losses -- May 2005        
Reporting income under ledger contracts -- September 2004        
Is “residual fertilizer supply” in farmland deductible? -- July 2004        
Meals and lodging: Not deductible for non-employees -- May 2004        
Internal Revenue Code §179 expensing -- March 2004        
Hedging or speculation: Watch who does the hedging -- February 2004        
Repair or capitalize expenditures? -- January 2004        
Depreciation on listed property vehicles -- January 2004        
Federal estate taxation of farm and ranch estates -- November 2003        
Cash Renting After Death: A Problem for Installment Payment of Federal Estate Tax? -- August 2003        
Developments in CRP Payment Reporting -- July 2003        
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 -- June 2003        
Self-Employment Tax on Rented Land If Some Land Is Not Rented -- April 2003        
When Are Livestock Exchanges "Like-Kind"? -- March 2003        

 

Contracts
Newsletter Articles
When a Contract Obligor Becomes an Owner of the Contract -- February 2003        

 

Legal Issues
Information Files
Legal Terms -- C4-05 pdf file   teaching activity  
Business Arrangements -- C4-40 pdf file   teaching activity  
Newsletter Articles
Proposed regulations recognize uniqueness of LLCs and other pass through entities: passive loss rules relaxed -- April 2012        
Dynasty trusts: Another view -- January 2012        
Portability - great idea but full of planning problems -- October 2011        
When is an operating arrangement a partnership? -- November 2010        
Worker, homeownership, and business assistance act of 2009 -- December 2009        
Hazards of basing an estate plan on successive life estates -- November 2009        
The Tax Court and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims agree: Members of LLCs and LLPs are not to be treated as limited partners -- October 2009        
Top ten agricultural law developments of 2006 -- January 2007        
U.S. Supreme Court muddies the waters on isolated wetlands -- August 2006        
New Medicaid rules will impact estate planning for long-term health care - May 2006        
Top ten agricultural law developments of 2005 -- January 2006        
The Kelo case and eminent domain -- setting the record straight and a proposal for reform -- November 2005        
Major developments in Chapter 12 bankruptcy -- October 2005        
Supreme Court rules that beef check-off is government speech; but check-off litigation may not be over -- July 2005        
Top ten agricultural law developments in 2004 (last in a series) -- April 2005        
Top ten agricultural law developments in 2004 (second in a series) -- March 2005        
Top ten agricultural law developments in 2004 (first in a series)-- February 2005        
Developments in GMO patent infringement cases -- July 2004        
Disposition of installment obligations -- June 2004        
To repeal or not repeal the rule against perpetuities -- September 2003        
Purchasing QFOBI assets from the estate -- March 2003        

 

Legend
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