Original sentence: Great Southern would manage the woodlot, and the investor could deduct the cost of the lease from the income they declared that year for tax assessment purposes.Investors would pay Great Southern a fee to lease plantation woodlots.The Australian government had for many years facilitated generous taxation treatment of agricultural and forestry investment schemes, by allowing up-front tax deductions of the costs of establishing the investment
Edited sentence: Great Southern managed the woodlot, and the investor could deduct the cost of the lease from the income they declared that year for tax assessment purposes.Investors paid Great Southern a fee to lease plantation woodlots.The Australian government had for many years been encouraging agricultural and forestry investment schemes by allowing investors to claim up-front tax deductions of the costs of investment