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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Recharges Qualified Opportunity Zones

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was signed into law on July 4, 2025. As part of the OBBBA, Congress has recharged and permanently extended the tax benefits offered by the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program. ...more

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The One Big Beautiful Bill’s New Qualified Opportunity Zones

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Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”), the qualified opportunity zone (QOZ) program will no longer sunset on December 31, 2026, as was set to be the case prior to the act’s passage. Instead, the OBBBA makes this...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Will Qualified Opportunity Zone Changes Have Investors Hitting Pause?

The 2025 Tax Act cements tax benefits offered under the Qualified Opportunity Zone (“QOZ”) program, which was created to incentivize investment in low-income and high-poverty areas, and adds specific tax benefits for rural...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

OBBBA Extends, Modifies Opportunity Zone Program

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One of the highly anticipated provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is the extension and expansion of the Opportunity Zone (OZ) program, which was originally enacted under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017...more

Hogan Lovells

Opportunity Zones 2.0 – Back to the Land of OZ

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Once the dust settled after the marathon legislative efforts resulting in the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 (“OBBBA”), the real estate community collectively exhaled and began to parse through and unpack...more

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The OBBB Renews and Makes Permanent Qualified Opportunity Funds

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBB), H.R. 1, into law. The OBBB extended and made permanent the general qualified opportunity fund (QOF) legislative framework for investments in...more

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There is No Sunset in the Land of OZ – Opportunity Zones Renewed by The One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed H.R. 1—referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA)—which permanently renewed and modified the federal Opportunity Zone tax incentive program that was set to expire at the...more

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A New Chapter for Opportunity Zones

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The Opportunity Zone program (the “OZ Incentive Program”), launched under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, was designed to spur economic development in distressed communities by offering tax incentives to investors. As part of...more

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Big, Beautiful Opportunity Zones

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Deep in the 1,100 pages of the “big, beautiful bill” is a plan to retool and extend one of the big policies from the first Trump administration: Opportunity Zones. Under this tax incentive program, investors defer capital...more

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Opportunity Zones: Key Deadlines, Tax Benefits, and What’s Next for Investors

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Practitioners, operators and investors in the commercial real estate space are well familiar with Opportunity Zones and how they can be utilized for preferential tax treatment on investments. First created under the 2017 Tax...more

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UPDATE: Ohio General Assembly Passes Increased Historic and Opportunity Zone Incentives in SB 225

Ohio’s General Assembly recently voted to temporarily double its Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit (OHPTC) award cap and increase, then reduce Ohio’s Opportunity Zone (OZ) Tax Credit cap. For state fiscal years 2023 and...more

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Renewed Opportunities: Recent Bipartisan Proposal Seeks to Refine Opportunity Zone Development and Tax Incentives

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In 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts (TCJA) created a capital gains investing program aimed at revitalizing impoverished neighborhoods in the United States, known as “Qualified Opportunity Zones.” The purpose of this program...more

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Department of Treasury Releases Proposed Regulations Offering Pandemic Relief to Qualified Opportunity Zone Businesses

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On April 14, 2021, the Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) released proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) that, if adopted, would allow flexibility for qualified opportunity zone businesses (“QOZBs”) to revise or...more

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IRS Extends Relief for Qualified Opportunity Funds

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On January 19, 2021, the IRS issued Notice 2021-10, further extending relief for qualified opportunity funds (QOF) and their investors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The IRS had provided relief last year in Notice 2020-39, and...more

Morgan Lewis

IRS Extends Previously Issued Relief to Qualified Opportunity Funds and Their Investors

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2021-10 on January 19, which extends relief to Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOFs) and their investors as a response to continued challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic....more

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Opportunity Zone Deadlines Extended By COVID-19 Disaster Declarations (UPDATED)

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On January 19, 2021, the IRS published guidance in Notice 2021-10, extending critical deadlines and rules relating to investments in qualified opportunity zones. First, any investors facing a deadline between April 1, 2020,...more

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IRS Provides COVID-19 Pandemic Relief for Qualified Opportunity Zone Investments

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With the issuance of Notice 2020-39 (the Notice), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided relief for Qualified Opportunity Zone Funds (QOFs) and for investors in QOFs. While the relief provided in the Notice does not...more

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IRS Further Extends Qualified Opportunity Zone Deadlines

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In Notice 2020-39, the IRS extended a number of deadlines for the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program. For a detailed explanation of the rules applicable to the QOZ program, see our discussion of the final QOZ...more

Sullivan & Worcester

IRS Provides Relief to Opportunity Funds and OZ Investors

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As part of its continuing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, on June 4, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2020–39 (the “Notice”). The Notice provides welcome relief to Qualified Opportunity Funds (“QOFs”) and...more

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IRS Provides Relief on Opportunity Zone Deadlines

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On June 4, 2020, in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the IRS issued Notice 2020-39 to provide relief regarding various deadlines applicable to the federal opportunity zone program....more

Lowndes

IRS Provides Much-Needed Opportunity Zone Relief

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On June 4, the IRS provided some much-needed relief to opportunity zone investors and qualified opportunity funds (QOFs) in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the IRS published Notice 2020-39, which...more

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Opportunity Zone Deadlines Extended By Covid-19 Disaster Declarations

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INTRODUCTION - The COVID-19 pandemic has led Governors of many states to request that their states be declared federal disaster areas. As of this writing, President Trump has declared numerous states to be federal disaster...more

Sullivan & Worcester

20 Ozone Things to Know for 2020 (Part 1)

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Two months have elapsed since Treasury and IRS issued the Final Regulations on Opportunity Zones. The effective date is March 13, 2020. During these two months, the Sullivan Ozone Practice Group has hosted gatherings for our...more

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Polsinelli Commentary on the Final Opportunity Zone Regulations

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Treasury issued final Opportunity Zone Regulations on December 19, 2019 (“Final Regulations”).  These Final Regulations update the first two rounds of Proposed Regulations (issued on October 29, 2018 and April 17, 2019)....more

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Highlights from the Final Opportunity Zone Regulations

The US Treasury released Final Regulations providing guidance under Subchapter Z (the Opportunity Zone Provisions) of the Internal Revenue Code in December of 2019. The Final Regulations clarify many portions of two earlier...more

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