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Effects of Federal Tax Policy on Agriculture

This report analyzes the effects of the current Federal tax code on farming and evaluates tax proposals to assist beginning farmers. Investment, management, and production decisions in agriculture continue to be influenced by Federal tax laws. Farmers continue to benefit from both Federal income and estate tax policies targeted to agriculture. These provisions exert upward pressure on farmland values and help support ongoing trends that increase the number of very small and large farms. However, the influence of the current tax structure with lower marginal tax rates and a broader income base is less than in earlier decades and may be small relative to government farm programs. Tax proposals to assist beginning farmers would likely increase the availability of land for lease or purchase, but would do little to make land more affordable.

Publication Name
ERS Agricultural Economic Report
Downloadable Documents
Author
Ron Durst, James Monke
Publisher
Washington, DC: USDA Economic Research Service
Page Numbers
v, 52
Publication Date
April 01, 2001
Publication Type
Reports and Guides
State
National
Keywords
Farm Transfer

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