The commercial real estate landscape is undergoing one of its most significant policy overhauls in years. The recently enacted “One Big Beautiful Bill” brings sweeping changes to tax incentives, financing rules, and...more
The business tax provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), as signed by the president on July 4, reflect sweeping changes aimed at incentivizing small businesses, domestic investment, and manufacturing. Outlined...more
So, you’re a real estate investor accustomed to tax mitigation strategies and you are starting to think about your next big project. With that comes so many streams of thought — location, timing, interest rates, partnerships,...more
Illinois lawmakers have approved legislation that is both good news and bad news for Illinois taxpayers. The good news is that, if approved by Gov. Pritzker, Illinois taxpayers will be able to take advantage of a workaround...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) relaxes the section 163(j) business interest expense limitation for tax years beginning in both 2019 and 2020. Intended to help taxpayers incurring...more
Real estate companies may be eligible for more favorable tax depreciation of qualified improvement property (QIP) as the result of the CARES Act that President Trump signed into law on March 27, 2020. QIP generally includes...more
The recently issued bonus depreciation regulations should influence – but not control – how we structure certain partnership contributions and distributions. These transactions include partnership mergers and divisions....more
Economists maintain that income generated from an expensed capital asset is tax-free. We can’t verify that claim. We can confirm that expensing capital assets enhances investment returns. For this reason, bonus depreciation...more
President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “TCJA”) on December 22, 2017. Included in the TCJA were amendments to IRC §168(k), which permits taxpayers to expense 100% of the costs of certain qualified...more
On August 3, 2018, the IRS and Treasury Department released proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) that interpret and clarify the new bonus depreciation regime under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). The TCJA...more
New tax legislation was signed into law on December 22, 2017 (the Act). The Act lowers the corporate rate from a top graduated rate of 35 percent to a flat rate of 21 percent. Under the Act individuals and certain...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of the Treasury recently proposed regulations that shed light on how the new, expanded bonus depreciation regime may work in the context of many common acquisitions involving...more
The first, global observation to share is that the real estate industry dodged a lot of potential bullets during the tax reform process and came out smelling like roses – indeed, actually came out ahead, overall, under the...more
A Word About Wind has published our article What Is the Impact of Tax Reform on US Wind Tax Equity Deals? in its blog (subscription required) and newsletter. ...more
Congress has passed the tax reform bill, known as the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act", and President Trump signed it into law on December 22, 2017. The Act contains wide-ranging changes to the tax law that affect many industries. ...more