If an individual has income from investments, the individual may be subject to net investment income tax. Effective Jan. 1, 2013, individual taxpayers are liable for a 3.8 percent Net Investment Income Tax on the lesser of their net investment income, or the amount by which their modified adjusted gross income exceeds the statutory threshold…
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An Investment in Farmland: Lower Risk, Higher Returns and Attractive Diversification
Written by: Dawn Fiala & Todd Miller, American Farmland Investments Farmland as an investment has outperformed the S&P 500 for over the past 50 years, but with far less risk and volatility. It is relatively secure; not only in providing growth, but also in providing an annual payout greater than the S&P 500 or annual…
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Wall Street banks on farm growth
Dennis L. Taylor 12:01 a.m. PDT July 23, 2014 Wall Street is knocking on the door of Salinas Valley agriculture. Investors from agriculture-focused hedge funds and investment trusts are touring farms in and around Salinas, including vineyards and strawberry fields. Farmland investments are not new to the agricultural community. For nearly a decade investment managers…
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