After a year-long lapse that left many important conservation donations in limbo, Congress finally renewed a 2006 incentive that gives farmers, ranchers, and other landowners a significant income tax benefit for donating a conservation easement on their land. The law allows donors to use their appraised conservation easement value to:

• Deduct up to 50% adjusted gross income (AGI) in any year (up from 30%);
• Deduct up to 100% AGI if the majority of that income came from farming, ranching, or forestry (up from 30%);
  
• Take deductions for as long as 16 years (up from 6 years).

This tax break for conservation easement donors expires December 31, 2011.

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