Basics of Estate Planning and the Tools Available for Family Forests
About the Webinar:
The hot topic this year related to taxation is the estate tax and the knowledge that there will be changes this year. This webinar will provide you with the basics of the estate tax process. The webinar also discusses how to plan for transfer of ownership and the incentives that exist for forest landowners. Since no incentive comes without some kind of string, the requirements and unintended consequences of these incentives are also discussed. The goal of this webinar is to provide landowners with enough information to plan to minimize the impact of the estate tax.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Tamara Cushing
Dr.
Cushing is an Assistant Professor & Extension Forestry Specialist at
Clemson University. Her area of expertise is in taxation of private
forest land, and her previous research has looked at the impact of the
estate tax on forest landowners and the cumulative impact of property,
severance and income taxes on land value.
Links:
Click here to download the slides from the presentation.
Other Resources:
Estate Planning for Forest Landowners: What Will Become of Your Timberland?
By: William C. Siegel, Harry L. Haney, and John L. Greene
