A conservation project needs a payment file and a tax file
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Risk & programs · Archive edition: 2026-09-15. Added to AGCPA Insider October 2, 2026; sources checked October 2, 2026.
A conservation project may be good for the land and still create a complicated accounting question. The amount deposited by a program does not, by itself, establish whether the payment is taxable or how the related improvement should be treated.