Agricultural tax law attorneys are dealing with a number of new provisions that are part of new tax law. Roger McEowen is an ag law professor with the Washburn University Law School in Kansas. He says it’s been a difficult tax filing season for farmers.

He says the new provisions and rules for the 2018 tax year didn’t even come out until December of 2018. McEowen says the proposed regulations for farmers who want the Section 199a deduction for the business they do with cooperatives won’t be out until next month.

McEowen expects there to be a record number of farmers filing for tax extensions this year.

McOwen advises farmers to make sure to work with their tax practitioners in dealing with the new tax law.