8:30 a.m. Registration 8:50 Welcome—Dr. Yanshu Li 9:00 Introduction of the major timber taxes and implications 10:00 Break 10:25 Federal income tax Setting up timber accounts and allocating timber basis Forest management expenses Reforestation expenses Noon Lunch (Included) 1:00 p.m. Federal income tax (cont.) Tax treatment of cost-share payments Income tax consideration during timber sale Depreciations 2:30 Break 2:45 Casualty loss deductions Strategies to smooth income and like-kind exchanges Forest property tax in Georgia The 2017 tax reform bill and forest landowners 5:00