Drought-Stricken Farmers and Ranchers have Additional Year for Replacements

Announced from the IRS today:

Farmers and ranchers who previously were forced to sell livestock due to drought in an applicable region now have an additional year to replace the livestock and defer tax on any gains from the forced sales, according to the Internal Revenue Service. An applicable region is a county designated as eligible for federal assistance plus counties contiguous to that county.

This relief generally applies to capital gains realized by eligible farmers and ranchers on sales of livestock held for draft, dairy or breeding purposes. Sales of other livestock, such as those raised for slaughter or held for sporting purposes, or poultry are not eligible.

To qualify, the sales must be solely due to drought, flooding or other severe weather causing the region to be designated as eligible for federal assistance.
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Under these circumstances, livestock generally must be replaced within a four-year period, instead of the usual two-year period. But in addition, the IRS is authorized to further extend this replacement period if the drought continues.

The one-year extension, announced today, gives eligible farmers and ranchers until the end of the tax year after the first drought-free year to replace the sold livestock.

I know a few ranchers that are clients that are still deferring from 2009-2011. The hard part for these replacements is that a cow during that period was sold for about $650-800. For the past few years, trying to get a similar replacement cost about $1,200-1,500. As the prices for replacements has gone down, now might be the time to get those deferments off the books.

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