Kent Hovind May Be Calling Off The Hounds
It looks like Kent Hovind may be regretting just a bit the fury that he unleashed by going public with his dispute with his son Eric over control of ministry assets....
Claiming A Conservation Easement Deduction? Use A Tax Attorney
One of the requirements to make a conservation easement deductible is that the conservation purpose be “protected in perpetuity”. That is a really long time. And there is recognition that maybe things will change and that in the future people will think that it would be better if we just paved everything. So there is a kind of out. If due to unexpected changes the conservation purpose can no longer be fulfilled then there can be a clause that says that the donee organization gets a cut of the proceeds.
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