Dear members, The Joint Leadership Council would like to share a Suggested Best Practices for Barn Operating in the COVID-19 Environment along with suggested templates for an Equine Industry Re-Opening Plan Presentation to Legislative Leaders and Equine Industry Re-Opening Plan Letter Legislative Leaders in your state or region. We hope that the Suggested Best Practice … Read more
Dear Erma, Here are your instructions for the 7 Trails Fest Social Media Blast Week 3: Please copy and paste the above photo info ad, and the following paragraph of information. Thank you so much! IMPORTANT: Please replace the words inside the first set of brackets as they apply to your organization Please replace the words … Read more
Sassafras Park and Trails Meeting February 1, 2020 Erma McClain, Nancy Schwartz and I, CTHA board members, attended the preliminary meeting of the new 1025 acre proposed multi-use park with separate trails for mountain bikes, hikers and horses. BCHNG was represented by Robert and Melinda Wagner. There were probably close to 100 in attendance with … Read more
Georgia Horse Council Annual Meeting – Minutes Date -January 16, 2020 Time 6:00 pm Location: UGA Teaching Hospital, Athens, GA. Attendees: Cynthia Anderson, Linda Kundell, Nancy Cox, Cindy Groom, Jolene Schwartz, Fritz Bronner, Patti Laster, Marian Finco, Joan Grant, Doug Mundrick, Sandy Mundrick, Ann Wyrosdick, Rennie Nester, Allen Brock, Randy Brown and Patty Livingston. Agenda: … Read more
Tell Your Senators to Make History! Push PAST Act Over the Finish Line! Before breaking for the August recess, the U.S. House of Representatives adopted the Sen. Joseph Tydings Memorial Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act of 2019 (H.R. 693) by a vote of 333 to 96. In the wake of this historic vote, the … Read more
Think you’re protected by Georgia’s Equine Liability Law? You may not be! By Christopher C. Chapman, Attorney at Law, www.smithwelchlaw.com Georgia has an Equine Liability statute that offers liability protection relating to equines and equine-related activity, but it is not an absolute shield to liability .involving equines On the subject of equine liability, most horse … Read more
A new Tax Court case involved $1.3 million in deductions for amounts that Scott and Debra Householder paid to a thoroughbred horse-leasing operation called ClassicStar for leases that turned out to be a scam. [Householder v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2018-136.] The operation was a Thoroughbred mare-leasing and breeding program. The taxpayers leased mares from ClassicStar, paid … Read more
A Significant Victory in a New Tax Court Case By John Alan Cohan, Attorney at Law A new Tax Court case involved several million dollars of losses from 2004-2009 in an Arabian horse farm owned by Henry and Christie Metz. [Metz v. Commissioner,T.C. Memo. 2015-54.] The Metzes specialize in Straight Eqyptians, … Read more
(used by permission from author) By Kathleen A. Reagan, Esq. Congress recognized a long time ago that taxpayers will try to claim federal income tax losses for activities at which the taxpayer has no genuine intent to create profit. The so called Hobby Loss provisions are found at section 183 of the Internal Revenue Code. … Read more