timber REIT

Spotlight: North America Timberland Investment Summit

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Land Report Editors

If you own timberland or are considering investing in this asset, then be sure to pencil in June 22-24 on your calendar. Those are the dates of the 9th Annual North American Timberland Investment Summit, which will be held this…

Field Report: Timberland

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Land Report Editors

The following is excerpted from “Market Notes,” a series of interviews in the Fall 2008 issue of The Land Report by Trey Garrison featuring some of the top brokers nationwide. The complete version is available to subscribers. “Good quality timberland is selling…

Max Baucus Out to Ax Timber Tax

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

Timber sales are typically taxed at the standard 15 percent capital gain rate. Yet timber companies typically pay the standard 35 percent corporate tax rate. This quirk in the tax law has led many timber companies including Plum Creek and Potlatch to restructure as…