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Author: Richard J. Roddewig
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Published: 2020
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ISBN-13: 9781935328803
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This text is a valuable reference guide to assist appraisers in understanding and applying the generally recognized techniques of the appraisal profession developed over the past four decades in the typically difficult and complex assignments involving the valuation of conservation and historic preservation easements"--
Author: Richard J. Roddewig
Publisher: Appraisal Inst
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 668
ISBN-13: 9781935328186
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Great Britain. Law Commission
Publisher: Stationery Office/Tso
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780102988321
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this report, the Law Commission make recommendations for the introduction of a new statutory scheme of conservation covenants in England and Wales. The recommendations to introduce such a scheme would create a new legal tool, enabling landowners to protect land in order to conserve and restore our natural and built environment. Conservation covenants would allow landowners voluntarily to create binding obligations on their own land to meet a conservation objective, such as preserving woodland, cultivating a particular species of plant or protecting a habitat for an animal, or farming land in a certain way. The proposed statutory scheme would give individual landowners the opportunity, using private agreements, to contribute to conservation efforts being made across England and Wales. The scheme will create a versatile, simple and cost-effective legal tool capable of: unlocking currently missed conservation opportunities by overcoming the legal difficulties faced when creating binding obligations; facilitating better ways to deliver existing conservation objectives; and providing assurance of long-term conservation benefits. The report includes a draft Conservation Covenants Bill, which would introduce the conservation covenant scheme into the law of England and Wales.
Author: F. Marina Schauffler
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780964082014
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 92
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: C. Timothy Lindstrom
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2012-09-26
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 1610910540
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVoluntary land conservation, resulting from increasingly alluring tax benefits, has significantly changed the face of land use in the United States and promises to have an even more significant influence in the future. There are more than 1,500 land trusts in the U.S. today, involving millions of acres of land that have been permanently protected by conservation easements. Most of these land trusts depend heavily upon the significant income or estate tax benefits offered by the federal tax code as an incentive for voluntary land conservation. However, only a very small percentage of land trust personnel, landowners or their advisors, or even government officials, fully understand the complexity of the requirements for these tax benefits. This is a comprehensive book on the tax benefits of the charitable contribution, or bargain sale, of a conservation easement. It provides a detailed explanation of the complex and extensive requirements of the federal tax code and related concepts, including the rules governing the operation of tax-exempt organizations such as land trusts. Clearly written, systematic in its coverage, it is intended to be of value for anyone who deals with land trust issues, including land trust staff and trustees, landowners, lawyers, accountants, government officials, and interested lay people. Structured for easy reference, A Tax Guide to Conservation Easements is designed to be used as a resource tool. Related topics are cross-referenced throughout. All principles in the book are illustrated with one or more useful examples. The tax benefits of contributing a conservation easement are unquestionably the heart of voluntary land conservation today. Knowledge of the tax law relating to land trusts and conservation easements is vital to properly establishing and managing land trusts and to insuring the tax deductibility of conservation easements. The future of voluntary land conservation is dependent on a clear understanding of tax policy. Complete, meticulous, and up to date, A Tax Guide to Conservation Easements is an essential handbook.
Author: Michael A. Tomlan
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-11-21
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 3319049755
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis well-illustrated book offers an up-to-date synthesis of the field of historic preservation, cast as a social campaign concerned with the condition, treatment and use of the legacy of existing properties in the United States. Drawing on a wide range of research, experience and scholarship over the last fifty years, it allows us to re-think past and current ideas in preservation, challenging readers to explore how their own interests lie within the cognitive framework of the activities taking place with people who care. “Who” is involved is explored first, in such a way as to explore “why”, before examining “what” is deemed important. After that the questions of “when” and “how” to proceed are given attention. The major topics are introduced in an historical review through the mid-1980s, after which the broad intellectual basis and fundamental legal framework is provided. The economic shifts associated with major demographic changes are explored, in tandem with responses of the preservation community. A chapter is dedicated to the financial challenges and sources of revenue available in typical preservation projects, and another chapter focuses on the manner in which seeing, recording, and interpreting information provides the context for an appropriate vision for the future. In this regard, it is made clear that not all “green” design alternatives are preservation-sensitive. The advocacy battles during the last few decades provide a number of short stories of the ethical battles regarding below-ground and above ground historic resources, and the eighth chapter attempts to explain why religion has been long held at arm’s length in publicly-supported preservation efforts, when in fact, it holds more potential to regenerate existing sites than any governmental program.
Author: Appraisal Institute (U.S.)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 590
ISBN-13: 9780922154166
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive handbook on residential valuation which includes coverage of recently revised professional standards, descriptions of current reporting formats, current definitions for industry-specific terms, and more.
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 472
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis reference book defines hundreds of terms related to buildings, properties, markets, regulations, and appraisal. Specialized sections cover property types, business valuation, international valuation, real estate organizations and professional designations, legal and regulatory aspects, uniform standards, information technology, measures and conversions, and architecture and construction. The architecture and construction section is heavily illustrated with black-and-white photographs and diagrams. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
