The purpose of the workshop is to provide professional advisors (attorneys, accountants, financial planners), landowners, and government agency personnel with information on the financial benefits of conservation easements. The morning session will provide an introduction to conservation easements led by Amy Edge, General Counsel for the Tar River Land Conservancy and will include a session focusing on the federal income tax deduction available to landowners who donate a conservation easement on a portion or all of their property. Special focus will be given to the recent changes to the tax law approved by Congress which increase the federal deduction and the time over which the deduction can be taken. The tax law overview will be led by Mr. Stephen Small of Boston, MA. Mr. Small wrote the Federal Income Tax Regulations on conservation easements in the 1980s while serving as attorney-advisor in the Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service.

The lunch session will consist of a panel of landowners that have participated in conservation easements. Panel members will discuss their experiences with the various programs and answer questions of workshop attendees.

The afternoon session will feature James Boykin, who will discuss conservation easement appraisals. Mr. Boykin is with Boykin Realty Advisors, LLC in Richmond, Virginia and is a Real Estate Professor Emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University. Also speaking will be Guido van der Hoeven an Extension Specialist with the NC State University Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics. Mr. van der Hoeven will discuss estate planning and the NC Conservation Tax Credit.

Please call the office at (919) 496-5902 or email Cynthia Satterfield for information on sponsorship opportunities or if you have questions about the workshop.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

The following Continuing Education credits are available:

4 hours - North Carolina Real Estate Commission
6 hours - North Carolina State Bar
6 hours - Certified Planners (American Institute of Certified Planners)
6 hours - for Certified Financial Planner (tm) Professionals
6.5 Category 1 (Society of American Foresters) hours - Foresters

TRLC is not a registered Continuing Professional Education (CPE) sponsor with the NC State Board of CPA Examiners. CPAs may claim credit for courses offered by sponsors not registered with the Board. However, each CPA must exercise judgment in selecting courses and claiming credit for only those courses that contribute to the CPA’s professional competence and meet the standards found in 21 NCAC 8G .0400.

REGISTRATION FEES

$35/person - Landowners
$75/person - Professionals not seeking continuing education credits
$125/person - Professionals seeking continuing education credits

*A $10 administrative fee will be charged for all cancelled registrations.

ONLINE REGISTRATION

Online registration payable by Visa or Mastercard is available. Click the appropriate registration level below to begin the registration process. A $2.50 processing fee is charged for each registration completed online.

Landowners

Professionals not seeking continuing education

Professionals seeking continuing education

MAIL-IN REGISTRATION

To print out a registration form and mail a check click here.

ACCOMMODATIONS

A group rate for workshop attendees is available at the Hampton Inn at 530 N. Winstead Ave., Rocky Mount, NC 27804. Guests may make reservations by calling the hotel directly at 252-937-6333, by calling their toll free reservations line at 1-800-HAMPTON and requesting the “Tar River Land Conservancy” Group Block or Online. Reservations must be made by March 14, 2007 in order to receive the group rate.

WORKSHOP DIRECTIONS

Click Here for a map to Nash Community College.

From Raleigh (West)
Take US 64 East. Take the third Red Oak Exit. Turn right off ramp at stop sign (Old Carriage Rd.). Go approximately 1/4 mile. Nash CC will be on your right.

From Wilson (South)
Take US 264 out of Wilson to Interstate 95. Take 95 North to Rocky Mount. Travel approximately 18 miles. Take US 64 West exit (Exit 138) to Raleigh. Follow US 64 W to first exit (Red Oak). Turn left off ramp at stop sign. Go approximately 1/4 mile. Nash Community College will be on your right.

From Roanoke Rapids (North)
Take Interstate 95 South. Take the Rocky Mount exit to US 64 W (the sign will say Raleigh west). Travel on US 6 4W to the Red Oak exit (appx. 1 mile). Turn left off ramp at stop sign. Go approximately 1/4 mile. Nash Community College will be on your right.

From Rocky Mount (East)
Take US 64 West. Take the Red Oak Exit (exit past the 95 overpass). Turn left off ramp at stop sign. Go approximately 1/4 mile. Nash Community College will be on your right.