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Colorado farmer rejects solar leases for conservation easement, faces IRS audit

Colorado farmer Marc Arnusch chose a conservation easement over solar leases but now faces an IRS audit over the tax deduction.

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Colorado farmer Marc Arnusch rejected offers from solar companies to lease 2,700 acres of his family farm in Weld County. [1] The IRS opened an audit into Arnusch's tax deduction roughly three years after it was claimed. [2] Following the decision to place the conservation easement, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) conducted an audit of Marc Arnusch. [3] Marc Arnusch rejected the solar lease offers in favor of establishing a conservation easement on the property. [4] The conservation easement was selected to protect the land for continued agricultural use. [5] Arnusch claimed a charitable tax deduction based on an independent appraisal of the property's value. [6] Arnusch's family hired roughly a dozen specialists, including tax attorneys and engineers, to document the conservation easement. [7]
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  1. Colorado farmer Marc Arnusch rejected offers from solar companies to lease 2,700 acres of his family farm in Weld County. · The Times Of India
  2. The IRS opened an audit into Arnusch's tax deduction roughly three years after it was claimed. · The Times Of India
  3. Following the decision to place the conservation easement, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) conducted an audit of Marc Arnusch. · bing.com
  4. Marc Arnusch rejected the solar lease offers in favor of establishing a conservation easement on the property. · bing.com
  5. The conservation easement was selected to protect the land for continued agricultural use. · bing.com
  6. Arnusch claimed a charitable tax deduction based on an independent appraisal of the property's value. · The Times Of India
  7. Arnusch's family hired roughly a dozen specialists, including tax attorneys and engineers, to document the conservation easement. · The Times Of India
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