Farm Tax Accounting Services
Agricultural tax is uniquely complex. Our certified staff specialize exclusively in ag tax, working your strategy year-round—not just in April—so your operation keeps more of what it earns.
Filing a Return Is Not a Tax Strategy
Many farm operators spend the year working hard to generate revenue and hand it over to an accountant in spring to find out what they owe. That’s compliance. It’s necessary, but it isn’t a strategy, and it doesn’t protect you.
Real ag tax strategy happens in July, when you’re deciding how to time a major equipment purchase. It happens in October, when managing prepaid expenses before year-end can create meaningful savings. It happens year-round, because the decisions that determine what you keep versus what you hand over don’t wait until April.
At UnCommon Farms, our CPAs and Enrolled Agents bring years of combined agricultural experience to every tax engagement, which means you’re not explaining how your operation works. We already know.
Three Levels of Tax Support With One Standard of Expertise
Every operation has different tax complexity. Some need foundational payroll tax compliance handled correctly and on time. Others need a comprehensive, year-round strategy that touches every corner of their tax picture. Our ag tax services are structured to meet your operation where it is and scale as it grows.
Core
The essential starting point for any operation that needs agricultural payroll taxes handled accurately and on schedule.
Plus
Built for operators who need more than payroll compliance and want a qualified ag tax professional handling their full annual tax picture and working proactively to reduce what they owe.
Premium
Built for operators running complex, high-stakes operations who need a tax professional that functions as a true year-round strategic partner.
Core: Payroll Tax Filing
Core keeps you compliant with federal payroll tax obligations so you’re never behind on the filings that can’t wait.
- Payroll tax filing forms 943, 941, 940 (FUTA), State and SUTA
- W-2’s & 1099 preparation and filing
If your primary need right now is accurate, timely payroll tax compliance, Core is where you start.
Plus: Tax Preparation and Planning Guidance
Plus includes everything in Core, along with:
- Income tax preparation and filing
- Tax planning and consulting
- Tax compliance
At the Plus level, you’re working with someone who understands agricultural-specific tax codes, knows how to time your decisions, and is thinking about next year’s liability before this one is even filed.
Premium: Full Tax Strategy and Advisory Support
At Premium, your tax advisor is actively managing your exposure, representing you if the IRS comes calling, and doing the deep research that keeps your strategy ahead of the curve. Includes everything in Plus, with:
- Tax research
- Year-round support
- Audit and inquiry representation
If your operation has grown to the point where tax decisions carry significant financial consequences, Premium is how you stop operating without expert coverage in your corner every single month.
Start Keeping More of What You've Earned
Your farm generates real value, and your tax strategy should reflect that. Work with our team to partner with experts who understand the business of farming, not just the mechanics of filing.
We Understand the Farm Beyond the Tax Codes
There’s a significant difference between a CPA who has studied agricultural tax law and one who has lived and worked inside the ag industry for decades. Our financial team brings over 1,000 years of combined agricultural experience to every engagement.
That means we don’t need you to explain how your operation works. When your tax advisor already speaks your language, the conversation changes entirely. We already understand:
Farm Depreciation Schedules
We know how to strategically apply depreciation on equipment, structures, and land improvements to your maximum advantage.
Prepaid Supplies & Cash-Method Accounting
Timing your prepaid expenses correctly can create significant tax savings. We help you make those calls at the right moment in the fiscal year, not after the fact.
Section 1031 Like-Kind Exchanges
Real estate decisions are among the highest-stakes moves a farm operator can make. We navigate 1031 exchanges with the depth of understanding that only comes from specializing in this industry.
Which Tax Solution Do You Need?
UnCommon Farms offers two distinct tax-related services. They are not interchangeable, and knowing the difference will save you time.
Farm Tax Services
This is your annual tax relationship. We focus on year-to-year compliance, proactive tax planning, and day-to-day financial efficiency. If you want to stop overpaying, stop getting surprised by your tax bill, and start working with professionals who actually understand ag — this is where you start.
Succession Tax Strategy
This is a highly specialized, one-off consulting project focused entirely on multi-generational asset transfer, entity structuring, and long-term wealth preservation. If your priority is protecting what you’re passing down—not just what you owe this year—explore our succession planning services.
Is Your Financial Strategy Missing the Mark?
Not sure what gaps exist in your financial reporting? Our free Financial Needs Assessment helps you identify the holes in your current books and gives you a clear, actionable path toward better financial visibility. It takes less than five minutes and gives you an honest baseline to work from.
Farm Success Stories
UnCommon Farms has helped us understand and manage a scaling business that is sustainable into the future all the way to succession planning. Figuring out education pieces for our employees and our team. Areas of continuous improvement.
Kyle Mehmen
MBS Family Farms
I think we know what the end goal is now more than we ever have. I think we understand what it’s going to take to get there, and we have plans we’re putting into place that will allow us to accomplish our goals as a family—of growing and bringing back the next generation.
Larna Fidler
Schnitker Farms
UnCommon Farms gives the older generation confidence in the younger generation’s management, and I think it makes that transition easier for the older generation.
Rich Bronec
R&R Bronec Grain and Cattle
We needed to change the way we ran our business. Instead of working in the business more, we had to work on it. If you have the next generation coming along and you’ve always just been the operator or the patriarch of the farm, being part of UnCommon Farms has so many benefits. There’s not only the resources; there’s the networking, there’s peer-to-peer conversations you can have. There’s a way to better your business.
Joel Abeln
Abeln Farms
We’re into this for four years now, and I’ll be honest, I’m more excited now than I was at the beginning… The more you put into it, the more you get out. The more you commit to it, the more that you follow, the bigger connections you make… I think it helps us take our operation to the next level.
Robert Ensor
Ensor Brothers Farms
With UnCommon Farms, we have these connections to other farmers and other communities who we can rely on to share those experiences and those learning moments, so we don’t have to make those mistakes the first time around.
Emma Purvis
E&H Farms
Farm Tax Services FAQ
What's the difference between tax planning and tax preparation?
Tax preparation is execution. Filing an accurate, compliant return at the end of the year. Tax planning is everything that happens before that to shape what your return actually looks like. Timing equipment purchases, managing prepaid expenses, navigating commodity income swings. Those aren’t year-end conversations. They’re year-round ones. If the only tax professional you’ve worked with shows up in March, you’ve been getting half the service and paying full price for it.
How is this different from UnCommon Farms' Succession Tax Strategy?
They solve completely different problems. Farm tax services are your ongoing financial relationship: annual compliance, proactive planning, and year-round strategy to keep your operation profitable today. Succession tax strategy is a specialized, one-off engagement built around a single question: how do you transfer generational wealth without losing it to taxes in the process? One keeps more money in your operation now. The other protects what you’re handing down later. Most serious operators eventually need both.
Will you replace my current CPA?
We can, and for many operations, that’s exactly the right move. If your current CPA doesn’t specialize in agriculture, the gap between what they know and what your farm actually needs is costing you. If you have an existing relationship you want to keep, we can work alongside them. Either way, we’ll figure out the right structure after an initial consultation. No obligation.
Do I need to be a member to access tax services?
No. Tax planning and preparation are available as standalone services with no membership required. That said, members get something more powerful: a tax strategy that’s fully integrated with their business coaching, HR planning, and succession work. When every part of your operation is working from the same plan, the results compound. If that level of coordination interests you, membership is worth a conversation.
Do you work with operations of all sizes?
Yes. Our CPAs and Enrolled Agents work with farm operations across a wide range of revenue levels and structures, from family partnerships to complex multi-entity operations. Every strategy is built around your actual situation, not a template designed for the average business.
Let’s Make Sure Your Books Are Working for Your Operation, Not Against It
Clean books are the foundation every other business decision is built on. Our ag-specific accounting team does the work so you can focus on running the operation. Fill out the form below and we’ll connect you with the right solution for where your farm stands today.