Taxing family forest owners: Implications of federal and state policies in the United States

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 371-380

  Butler, Brett J ^a   Catanzaro, Paul F ^b   Greene, John L ^a   Hewes, Jaketon H ^b   Kilgore, Michael A ^c   Kittredge, David B ^b,d   Ma, Zhao ^e   Tyrrell, Mary L ^f  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d University of Massachusetts Amherst Family Forest Research Center ^*

^e UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Estate tax; Family forest owners; Forest policy; Forest taxation; Income tax; Inheritance tax; Nonindustrial private forest owners; Property tax; United States

Indexed keywords

ESTATE TAX; FAMILY FORESTS; FOREST POLICY; INCOME TAX; INHERITANCE TAX; NON-INDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FOREST OWNERS; PROPERTY TAXES; UNITED STATES;

TAXATION;

FORESTRY;

FEDERAL SYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; INCOME; TAX SYSTEM;

FORESTRY; INCOMES; USA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867533589     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/jof.11-097     Document Type: Review

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