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Opportunity Zones Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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On July 4, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) became law and included some tweaks to the prior 2017 qualified opportunity zone (QOZ) tax legislation. The original QOZ rules, created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017,...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

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the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is the extension and expansion of the Opportunity Zone (OZ) program, which was originally enacted under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017...more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

Clark Hill PLC

Tax Incentives for Taxpayers, Promoting Innovation and Dual Training Programs

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On Jan. 21, the “Executive order that grants tax incentives to support the national strategy called “Plan Mexico” to encourage new investments, dual training programs, and promote innovation” (the “Decree”) was published in...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Nuevos estímulos fiscales como parte del Plan México

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Como parte de la estrategia nacional denominada "Plan México", el 27 de noviembre de 2024, la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum presentó diversas acciones para promover inversiones, generar empleos y promover el desarrollo...more

Lowndes

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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So Very Hard to Go (Not)! In Pursuit of Puerto Rican Tax Incentives

So Very Hard to Go - The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has had a hard time in the last ten years. PR has suffered a combination of devastating events including the Island’s bankruptcy, a hurricane and COVID19. The Puerto...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

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

Important Year End Deadline for Opportunity Zones

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Opportunity zones provide a powerful tool for taxpayers to defer recognizing their capital gains if they roll over their investment into a qualified opportunity zone fund, and offer investors the potential of avoiding...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Opportunity Zones: Opportunities for Whom?

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On December 22, 2017, Congress enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Tax Act”). The law created a new incentive to encourage long-term investment in the nation’s low-income areas. If a taxpayer invests eligible...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Attuazione degli incentivi fiscali all'investimento in PMI innovative

È stato pubblicato, nella Gazzetta Ufficiale del 5 luglio 2019, n.156 il Decreto del Ministero dello Sviluppo economico del 7 maggio 2019 recante le modalità di attuazione degli incentivi fiscali all’investimento in start-up...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Qualified Opportunity Zones: Additional Regulatory Guidance - TAX UPDATE Volume 2019, Issue 3

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In April, the Department of the Treasury released the much-anticipated second round of Treasury Regulations under section 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code (April Regulations). This article provides certain highlights of...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama Incentives Modernization Act: Alabama Makes a Push for Rural and Tech Jobs, Announces OZ Incentives - Economic Development...

In the final hour of its 2019 legislative session, the Alabama Legislature passed a bill that should be a catalyst for the state’s efforts to recruit tech companies and to attract projects to rural communities. The bill also...more

Polsinelli

Five Key Takeaways: Polsinelli Commentary on the Second Round of Opportunity Zone Regulations

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In response to the Treasury’s guidance, the Polsinelli Opportunity Zone team hosted a webinar to provide commentary on the second round of Proposed Regulations. ...more

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Proposes Expansion of Schools of Hope Charter Schools into Opportunity Zones

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Tucked into Governor DeSantis’ proposed Florida budget is a provision that calls for significant expansion of Florida’s Schools of Hope charter school program....more

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The Opportunity in Opportunity Zones (Infographic)

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Offering significant tax breaks for investors, the federal Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program is an intriguing prospect for real estate developers and investors. However, the Treasury Department is still formalizing the...more

Brooks Pierce

Investing In Qualified Opportunity Funds

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed on Dec. 22, 2017, amended the tax code to encourage economic growth and investment in designated distressed communities, called qualified opportunity zones, by providing federal income tax...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Opportunity Zones and Qualified Opportunity Funds: Accelerating U.S. Community Impact Financing

Congress enacted new tax incentives in the December 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act intended to spur targeted economic growth by driving long-term capital to distressed communities in the U.S. and its territories. U.S. taxpayers...more

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South Carolina Property Tax for New and Expanding Manufacturers: The Fee-In-Lieu of Tax Versus the Special Source Revenue Credit

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South Carolina has some of the highest business property taxes in the Southeast. The state generally taxes land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and furniture and fixtures, but does not tax inventory, pollution control...more

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