On August 15, 2025, the IRS released new beginning of construction (BOC) guidance for solar and wind facilities claiming production and investment tax credits under sections 45Y and 48E of the Internal Revenue Code in IRS...more
President Trump signed the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act” (the “OBBB”) into law on July 4, 2025. Congress passed the legislation using the budget reconciliation process to avoid the 60-vote Senate filibuster. In addition to...more
Guidance recently issued by the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in proposed regulations (REG-117631-23) will (if held to be final) have a significant impact on green hydrogen projects in the...more
1/18/2024
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released its initial guidance (the Advanced Energy Project (AEP) Notice, Notice 2023-18) establishing procedures for taking advantage of the renewed and expanded qualifying advanced energy...more
• Proposed regulations issued on October 19 provide welcome guidance to asset managers regarding the formation of qualified opportunity funds (QOFs) that may provide investors with the following three tax benefits: (1)...more
10/25/2018
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• Even though practitioners are awaiting proposed regulations on the new opportunity zone provision, interested parties are already starting to set up qualified opportunity funds to pool investor capital.
• States, cities,...more
9/19/2018
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