Supplemental Report on Timber Taxation


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Forest Taxation in the United States


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Taxation imposes a burden on all forms of enterprise. The business of growing forests carry a reasonable share of the load. It is widely believed that the existing tax system imposes more than a reasonable share on forestry and discourages the use of private land for this purpose. This report contains the more important results of a Forest Service investigation on this subject. It presents a background of facts about the existing methods of taxation and their relation to forestry. It weighs the effects of taxation on forest management. It develops the principles of sound forest taxation.










Forest Owners' Guide to the Federal Income Tax


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Provides a framework for analysis of timber invest. and a chapter on timber tax planning. Discusses Fed. income tax considerations for timber incl.: capital costs, reforestation tax incentives, depreciation, operating exp. and the passive loss rules, timber income and capital gains, gov't. cost-share pay., casualty losses and other involuntary conversions, conservation easements, install. sales, alternative min. tax, self-employ. taxes, Xmas tree prod'n., and form of timberland ownership and bus. org'n. Explains how to research tax questions and sources of tax assistance.




Forest Owners' Guide to the Federal Income Tax


Book Description

Provides a framework for analysis of timber invest. & a chapter on timber tax planning. Discusses Fed. income tax considerations for timber incl.: capital costs, reforestation tax incentives, depreciation, operating exp. & the passive loss rules, timber income & capital gains, gov't. cost-share pay., casualty losses & other involuntary conversions, conservation easements, install. sales, alternative min. tax, self-employ. taxes, Xmas tree prod'n., & form of timberland ownership & bus. org'n. Explains how to research tax questions & sources of tax assistance.