Koramba Farmers & Graziers No. 1, Dean Phillips, Tax Matters Partner, et al. - Page 2

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               Internal Revenue Code effective for amounts paid or                    
               incurred after Dec. 31, 1986, in taxable years ending after            
               that date.                                                             
                    Held:  Sec. 175(c)(3)(A)(i) and (ii), I.R.C., limits              
               the deduction of soil and water conservation expenditures              
               to those that are consistent with a soil conservation plan             
               approved by the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) of the                 
               Department of Agriculture or a soil conservation plan of a             
               State agency, which agency is comparable to the SCS.  The              
               area where the land to which the plan relates must be                  
               located within the United States, and not in a foreign                 
               country.                                                               


               John R. Wilson, Robert S. Rich, and Patrick A. Jackman, for            
          petitioners.                                                                
               Frederick J. Lockhart, Jr., for respondent.                            



                                       OPINION                                        
               NIMS, Judge:  Respondent issued a notice of final                      
          partnership administrative adjustment (FPAA) to each of the two             
          subject partnerships, disallowing in each instance soil and water           
          conservation expenditure deductions under section 175, as                   
          follows:                                                                    

          Partnership              Taxable Year        Amount of Deduction            
                                   Ending                   Disallowed                
          Koramba Farmers &        June 30, 1987            $806,633                  
          Graziers No. 1           June 30, 1988            519,004                   
          (Koramba No. 1)                                                             
          Koramba Farmers &        June 30, 1988            1,011,360                 
          Graziers No. 2           June 30, 1989            2,683,415                 
          (Koramba No. 2)                                                             




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