Tax Break With a View

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Tax Break With a View

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Encouraged by recent tax legislation, Mr. Garnett has placed a "conservation easement" on much of his property, located about 80 miles from Washington, D.C. The move permanently shields the rolling pastures, timber forests and croplands from being turned into a housing subdivision or business park. Under the easement, which is a binding agreement typically made with a land trust, the Garnett family still owns the land and can continue to use it for farming and timber but most of it can never be developed.