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
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Climate Change ,
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Production Tax Credit ,
Renewable Energy ,
U.S. Treasury
On December 19, 2022, Treasury announced a timeline for releasing information on certain tax provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). As set forth in the announcement, Treasury will provide the following information...more
On June 27, US Senators Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer announced proposed legislation referred to as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act). The proposed legislation includes changes that would expand the scope of IRC...more
8/2/2022
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Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
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Partnership Interests ,
Partnerships ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
On March 28, 2022, the Biden Administration released the 2023 Fiscal Year Budget (the Budget) followed by the release of the Treasury’s Green Book, which provides explanations of the Biden Administration’s revenue proposals....more
On June 29, 2021, the IRS issued Notice 2021-41, which provides a further extension of the continuity safe harbor and revises the “facts and circumstances” rules:
..For PTC and ITC-eligible projects for which...more
7/1/2021
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Energy Sector ,
Investment Tax Credits ,
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Physical Work Test ,
Production Tax Credit ,
Project Finance ,
Renewable Energy ,
Renewable Energy Incentives ,
Safe Harbors ,
Solar Energy ,
Time Extensions ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Wind Power
On September 3, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released long-awaited final regulations (Final Regulations) under section 468A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Code). The Final Regulations generally...more
On August, 15, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued PLR 202033002, in which it addressed whether cost of removal (COR) is “protected” by the normalization rules of section 168(i)(9). COR is often embedded in a...more
On August 14, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Rev. Proc. 2020-39 to provide guidance on the proper treatment of excess deferred taxes under the normalization provisions of section 168(i)(9) of the Internal...more
In recent months, the IRS has continued its attack on syndicated conservation easement transactions. Many syndicated partnerships are now under IRS audit or have cases pending before the US Tax Court. Moreover, the IRS has...more
The global COVID-19 pandemic has created financial distress for businesses across the United States, many of which may have been forced to close or otherwise limit their revenue-generating activities. As result, many...more
On May 27, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-41, which provides much needed COVID-19-related relief from workforce and supply chain issues impacting the renewable energy industry. The Notice provides the following:
..For PTC...more
On May 21, 2020, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the decision of the Court of Federal Claims in the consolidated cases of California Ridge Energy, LLC v. US and Bishop Hill Energy, LLC v. US. The cases...more
In PLR 202020011, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reaffirmed that a wind energy facility owned by a utility affiliate and unrelated investor in a LLC taxable as a partnership was not “public utility property” because the...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently published a notice providing the inflation-adjustment factors and reference prices to be used in the calculation of renewable energy production tax credits under Internal Revenue...more
On March 6, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released PLR 202010002, which provided the appropriate normalization treatment of infrastructure surcharges in supplemental rate proceedings as well as the proper...more
On May 7, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2019-33 (Notice) announcing its intention to issue guidance under section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code to clarify the normalization requirements for...more
On December 13, 2018, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations under section 59A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, commonly referred to as...more
On November 26, 2018, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued much-anticipated proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) under section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code of...more
On November 26, 2018, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) under section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended...more
As part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Congress enacted sections 1400Z-1 and 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code, which were intended to promote investments in low-income communities designated as “Opportunity Zones.”...more
As part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the TCJA), Congress added new rules to the Internal Revenue Code intended to promote investments in low-income communities designated as “qualified opportunity zones.” New IRC...more
Last year, the federal government enacted the most substantial tax reform legislation since 1986 in Public Law 115-97, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). Of the many business-friendly changes,...more
On June 19, 2018, Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published proposed regulations (REG-131186-17) (2018 Proposed Regulations) concerning the manner in which partnership liabilities are allocated among the...more
Chief Counsel Advice 201741018 (the CCA), which was released on October 13, 2017, considers the manner in which losses of a non-US partnership should be allocated among the partnership’s US and non-US investors in connection...more
On September 7, 2017, the IRS issued Revenue Procedure 2017-47, which provides a safe harbor for regulated public utilities for inadvertent or unintentional uses of a practice or procedure that is inconsistent with the...more