IRS Establishes Office to Centralize Conservation Easement Dispute Resolution
What happened
The Internal Revenue Service has established a new Office of Conservation Easements to centralize policy, enforcement, and case-resolution strategy for syndicated easement disputes. This office, which was announced on August 19, 2026, is led by a former adviser from the Trump administration. The unit is tasked with resolving approximately 1,000 pending cases individually, departing from the agency's previous pattern of blanket settlements.
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Why it matters
The new office operates within the IRS’s compliance function and replaces a scattered system of handling easement-related matters. By centralizing audit posture, litigation strategy, and technical valuation questions, the IRS is fundamentally reworking its approach to these specific conservation and historic-preservation tax cases.
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Who's involved
- Donald TrumpAppointed a former adviser to lead the new IRS office.
- Internal Revenue ServiceEstablished the new Office of Conservation Easements to manage tax disputes.
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