Apr 5, 2021 | Forests Climate Solutions, Issues, Market Access, News
On March 26, 2021 U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV ) reintroduced the Forest Incentives Program Act. The Forest Landowners Association endorsed this bill and released the following statement. “The Forest Landowners Association is...
Mar 2, 2021 | Issues, Market Access, News
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) have proposed to change the definition of industrial and non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners based on private forest landowners managing forests for timber income or with...
Mar 1, 2021 | Issues, News, Taxes
From Main Street to the Forests, Tax Certainty is Essential FLA is urging Congress to make permanent the Section 199A 20-percent deduction for pass-through businesses permanent by passing the Main Street Tax Certainty Act. For forestry businesses setup as pass-through...
Aug 18, 2020 | Issues, Market Access, News
FLA continues to push for a legislative fix for timber casualty loss through the Forest Recovery Act. As such, we appreciate the US Forest Service’s recent analysis of the estimated fair market value of loss timber from natural disasters. As reported in a...
Aug 10, 2020 | Issues, News, Taxes
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created a limitation on the amount of interest expense that can be deducted from a business’s taxes. There are multiple exemptions to this limitation to allow a business to deduct their full interest expense. For FLA members the first...
Oct 24, 2018 | Blog, Issues, Market Access
National Forest Products Week: A reminder of the resource that makes it possible As we celebrate National Forest Products Week, private family forest landowners, in the midst a thriving economy, it’s important to recognize the family forest landowners and their...