Ranch & Land Acquisition Structuring
Convert your land from a personal investment into a tax-defensible operating business.
Most ranch and rural landowners treat their property as an investment or a personal hobby. Under IRS rules, expenses on hobby or passive-investment property are either non-deductible or severely limited.
DeepYield restructures the property as a legitimate operating business — turning otherwise non-deductible expenses into fully deductible ones, and unlocking the stack of advanced tax strategies that only apply to active businesses. This is a prerequisite for our §180 soil fertility deduction, cost segregation studies, and agricultural R&D credits. Without a real operating business, the IRS treats the property as a hobby and the deductions disappear.
What We Deliver
Operating Entity (LLC)
The entity that runs day-to-day operations. All business income and deductible expenses flow through here.
Land Holding Entity (LLC)
A separate entity that holds title to the land, insulating it from operating liabilities.
Triple Net Lease
A lease between the land holding entity (landlord) and the operating entity (tenant), so all operating expenses flow properly through the operating entity for tax purposes.
Operating Agreements
Governance documents for both entities, drafted using our standard template. You may have your own attorney review if you prefer.
Filing with the Secretary of State and FEIN Registration
We file the formation documents and guide registration of Federal Employer Identification Numbers for each entity.
IRC §183 Business Plan
We draft a business plan establishing profit motive — essential for IRS classification and for supporting subsequent deductions.
Bookkeeping Setup (optional)
Monthly bookkeeping for your operating entity, available under a separate work order. Clean, consistent books document every deductible expense, reinforce your profit motive on the record, and keep the entity audit ready year round.
Timeline and Engagement
Approximately 30 days from signed engagement to a fully operational business structure. You work with a fixed fee, disclosed upfront, so there are no surprises along the way.
What this unlocks
Once your operating business is in place, you become eligible for:
- Deduction of operating expenses — livestock and wildlife stocking, feed, labor, fencing, feeders, game cameras, maintenance, and more
- Treatment of exotic wildlife (axis deer, fallow deer, red stag, elk) as deductible business inventory
- Favorable depreciation on improvements (roads, wells, barns, fencing) including cost segregation
- Section 180 soil fertility deduction analysis
- Agricultural R&D tax credits Section: Timeline and engagement Approximately 30 days from signed engagement to a fully operational business structure. Fixed fee, disclosed upfront.
Timeline and engagement
Approximately 30 days from signed engagement to a fully operational business structure. Fixed fee, disclosed upfront.
Contact Us
Keep More of What You Grow
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DeepYield
4306 Yoakum Boulevard suite 170, Houston, Texas 77006, USA
Hours
- Mon 09:00 am – 05:00 pm
- Tue 09:00 am – 05:00 pm
- Wed 09:00 am – 05:00 pm
- Thu 09:00 am – 05:00 pm
- Fri 09:00 am – 05:00 pm
- Sat Closed
- Sun Closed