Episode Details

In the first part of a two-episode series, Tax Notes legal reporter Kristen Parillo interviews Robert Ramsay, executive director of the Partnership for Conservation, about controversy surrounding conservation easements.

Read Robert Ramsay's piece in Tax Notes: 

• A Dirty Dozen Myths About Conservation Easements and One Sad Truth

For additional coverage, read these articles in Tax Notes:

• Partnership Asks for Do-Over in Easement Appeal
• IRS Win in Golf Course Easement Case Overturned
• Syndicated Easement Sponsor Warns Investors of IRS Audits
• Conservation Easement Safe Harbor May Allow Compromise
• DOJ Seeks to Leverage Conservation Easement Victory
• ‘Tide Has Turned’ on Easement Abuse, Says Desmond

In our segment, “In the Pages Sneak Peek,” Tax Notes Executive Editor for Commentary Jasper Smith talks with Fenwick & West LLP’s Larissa Neumann about the recent piece she coauthored with James P. Fuller, "U.S. Tax Review."

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This episode is sponsored by the Graduate Tax Program at LMU Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. For more information, visit www.lls.edu/taxnotes. 

Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Faye McCray
Showrunner: Paige Jones
Audio Engineers: Derek Squires, Jordan Parrish
Guest Relations: Nicole White