A new tax credit is proposed to calculate a fuel’s emissions factor based on its full carbon life cycle of production.
Notices 2025-10 and 2025-11 (Notices), released on January 10, 2025, outline the intention of the...more
2/10/2025
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Energy ,
Energy Projects ,
Fuel Standards ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Proposed Rules ,
Renewable Energy ,
Tax Credits ,
U.S. Treasury
The final regulations adopt the general framework established in the proposed regulations issued in December 2023, but with several significant modifications....more
The regulations provide important clarity around investment tax credits for biogas property, energy storage, and interconnection costs, and ease proposed aggregation rules for multiple properties.
The Internal Revenue...more
IRS Notice 2024-41 provides taxpayers with a clearer path toward qualifying for domestic content bonus tax credits through a new elective safe harbor....more
The proposed rules for monetizing tax credits should catalyze energy transition markets and offer an alternative to tax equity transactions.
On June 14, 2023, the IRS issued proposed rules for how it intends to administer...more
IRS Notice explains how a renewable energy project may qualify for bonus tax credits by using American-made components.
Key Points:
..All project components made primarily of steel or iron that perform a structural...more
5/22/2023
/ Batteries ,
Buy America ,
Energy Projects ,
IRS ,
Lithium Batteries ,
Made in the USA ,
Proposed Rules ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
Tax Credits ,
Wind Power
The Notice enables developers and investors to more easily determine the Energy Community status of projects.
Key Points:
..The IRS and the Treasury Department have provided tables to assist in determining eligibility...more
4/7/2023
/ Brownfield Properties ,
CERCLA ,
Coal ,
Coal Industry ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Investment Tax Credits ,
IRS ,
Offshore Wind ,
Production Tax Credit ,
Renewable Energy ,
Tax Credits
In a new Revenue Ruling, the IRS addresses the scope, ownership, and placed-in-service date for carbon capture equipment.
Key Points:
..Developers adding carbon capture equipment to an existing industrial facility now...more
Notice 2021-41 gives renewable energy developers more time to complete their projects and qualify for tax credits.
Key Points:
..Developers of PTC- and ITC-eligible renewables projects that began construction in 2016...more
The US Treasury Department and the IRS provided practical administrative rules for the carbon capture and sequestration tax credit.
Key Points:
..The IRS finalized the third set of rules in a series of regulatory guidance...more
1/22/2021
/ Carbon Capture and Sequestration ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Final Rules ,
IRS ,
Popular ,
Renewable Energy ,
Tax Credits ,
U.S. Treasury
Notice 2021-05 gives renewable energy developers 10 years to complete projects located offshore or on federal land.
Key Points:
..Developers of offshore and federal land projects now have 10 years to complete their...more
The Treasury Department and the IRS provided practical administrative rules for the carbon capture and sequestration tax credit.
Key Points:
..These rules are the third in a series of regulatory guidance issued by the IRS...more
Notice 2020-41 gives renewable energy developers more time to complete projects and eases technical requirements of the 3 ½ month rule.
Key Points:
..Developers who started construction in 2016 or 2017 now have five years...more
Market participants can comment on new details related to the requirements, time periods, and permitted transfers of carbon credits.
On May 28, the IRS released the long-awaited third piece of carbon capture tax credit...more
The IRS addressed key commercial and technical issues regarding the development and financing of carbon capture and sequestration projects.
Key Points:
..The IRS released the first two of three anticipated guidance...more
IRS seeks comments on key technical questions under the 45Q Credit regime that should spur industry growth.
Key Points:
..The 45Q Credit, which was significantly broadened in 2018, provides a tax credit for each metric...more
Regulations provide rules for determining MLP qualifying income from certain mineral or natural resource-related activities and services.
On January 19, 2017, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal...more
IRS’ proposed MLP regulations generate flurry of specific industry-related comments and spur public hearing.
“I’m mad as Hell, and, frankly, I’m not going to take it anymore.”
— Paraphrase of concerned citizen and...more
10/9/2015
/ Commodities ,
Energy Sector ,
Exploration and Production Assets ,
IRS ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Marketing ,
Master Limited Partnerships ,
Mineral Exploration ,
Mineral Leases ,
Minerals ,
Oil & Gas ,
Passive Activity ,
Pipelines ,
Private Letter Rulings ,
Qualifying Income ,
Surface Transportation ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Underground Injection Wells
Proposed regulations seek to provide rules for determining MLP qualifying income from certain activities and services performed with respect to minerals or natural resources.
On May 5, 2015, the Internal Revenue...more