Welcome to this week’s edition of Tax Bytes. Our team of tax lawyers is actively monitoring for federal and international tax developments and issues of note. Each week we pull together the items we deem most important to...more
On July 1, 2025, the Senate passed One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) in a 51-50 vote, with Vice President J.D. Vance casting a tiebreaker vote. Although the House of Representatives previously passed its own version of OBBB (see...more
7/7/2025
/ China ,
Clean Energy ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Federal Budget ,
Foreign Entities ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Renewable Energy ,
Tax Credits ,
Trump Administration
The House of Representatives narrowly passed the One Big Beautiful Bill along party lines. The proposed bill would terminate or otherwise make significant changes to several of the energy tax credits created or expanded by...more
On December 26, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) pertaining to the clean hydrogen production credit (Clean Hydrogen...more
12/29/2023
/ Anti-Abuse Rule ,
Clean Energy ,
Electricity ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
Hydrogen Power ,
Production Tax Credit ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Renewable Energy ,
Utilities Sector
On August 29, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) on the clean energy prevailing wage and apprenticeship (PWA) requirements...more
9/14/2023
/ Apprenticeships ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Contractors ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
IRS ,
Labor Regulations ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Renewable Energy ,
Subcontractors ,
Tax Credits ,
U.S. Treasury
On February 13, 2023, the Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2023-18 (Notice), which establishes the program to allocate $10 billion of tax credits that were added by the...more
2/17/2023
/ Biden Administration ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Tax Incentives ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Investment Tax Credits ,
IRS ,
Manufacturers ,
Production Tax Credit ,
Renewable Energy ,
U.S. Treasury