Agricultural tax workshop offered

April 24, 2014

Marmian Grimes

Debbie Carter
907-474-5406
4/24/2014

Fairbanks certified public accountants Paul Robinson and Kelly Ward will lead a workshop May 5 about record keeping and taxes for agricultural businesses, in Fairbanks and by videoconference in five communities.

Videoconference sites will include Delta Junction, Homer, Soldotna, Kodiak and Anchorage. The brown bag workshop will run from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. and is co-sponsored by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and the UAF Community and Technical College.

The workshop will cover the record-keeping requirements of the Internal Revenue Service and tax planning and preparation. Topics will include depreciation rules, the domestic production activities deduction, soil and water conservation expenses, forestation and reforestation costs and the hobby loss rule.

The cost is $25. Register online and see details on videoconference locations at http://bit.ly/ces-workshops. For more information, contact Kathryn Dodge at 907-474-6497 or at kdodge@alaska.edu.

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