Helene: SBC to Host Free Storm Tax Webinar for WNC Farmers

(Updated: April 10, 2025, 7:16 a.m.)
Flyer for Helene Tax Webinar

On Thursday, April 3rd, 2025 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM, the Small Business Center at Mayland Community College will host Prof. Nicholas Brown for a free disaster tax relief webinar.  Attendees who wish to register for the webinar can do so at this link.

During the webinar, Brown will be using a presentation that can be found at this link.  The presentation link will also be shared during the event.  The wide-ranging webinar will present information related to the following topics:
  • Cash vs. accrual method accounting (a requirement for certain tax rules)
  • State, federal tax deadlines
  • Property tax issues
  • Taxability of disaster relief payments (e.g., 'FEMA money')
  • Taxability of crowdfunding (e.g., money from GoFundMe)
  • Taxability of crop insurance proceeds (private or public programs)
  • Tax implications of demolition costs
  • Casualty losses (i.e., losses to tools, greenhouses, machinery, equipment)
  • Livestock losses
  • Damage/losses to Christmas tree farms
  • And other resources!
This presentation is made possible thanks to the efforts of Morgan Buchannan at the Small Business Center at Maryland Community College in Spruce Pine, NC and Laura Lauffer at EmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems.