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Receiving Debt-Financed Distributions From a QOF: IRS Allows Significant Flexibility (And Some Traps)

Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOFs) offer generous tax incentives but are bound by a complicated set of rules, not to mention the complexity of Subchapter K of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), as QOFs are typically organized...more

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Opportunity Zones: Should Your Startup Make One Its Home?

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A Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) is an economically distressed community where new investments, under certain conditions, may be eligible for preferential tax treatment. The U.S. federal government created this tax...more

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IRS Targeting Noncompliant Qualified Opportunity Funds and Their Investors

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On April 12, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service announced that starting this month, it will send letters to taxpayers requesting that they take corrective actions related to the reporting of investments in qualified...more

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The Working Capital Safe Harbor

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Since coming into effect in January 2018, Subchapter Z of the US Tax Code—also known as the opportunity zone provisions—has enabled investors to pour billions of dollars into a broad array of businesses, from real estate...more

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The Nonqualified Financial Property Limitation

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Since coming into effect in January 2018, Subchapter Z of the US Tax Code—also known as the opportunity zone provisions—has enabled investors to pour billions of dollars into a broad array of businesses, from real estate...more

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Today in Tax: Qualified Small Business Stock, Opportunity Zones, Information Reporting for Digital Assets

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A brief commentary on the past week’s cases, rulings, notices, and related federal tax guidance. Medical Software Deemed a Qualifying Trade for Qualified Small Business Stock Gain Exclusion When certain criteria are met,...more

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How to Invest in a QOF

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Since coming into effect in January 2018, Subchapter Z of the US Tax Code—also known as the opportunity zone provisions—has enabled investors to pour billions of dollars into a broad array of businesses, from real estate...more

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Ding Dong, the OZ Ground Lease (May Be) Dead!

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As a practitioner who regularly advises clients on qualified opportunity zone (OZ) matters, I have spent the bulk of the past three years discussing ground lease structures. Developer clients initially cringed at the notion,...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

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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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Top Three Investor-Friendly Rules From The Newest IRS Opportunity Zone Notice

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The IRS issued Notice 2020-39 on June 5, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which extended several deadlines applicable to Opportunity Zone investments. •First, investors get more time to invest eligible gains into a...more

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Responding to the Pandemic, IRS Loosens Opportunity Zone Requirements

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The IRS recently offered relief to Qualified Opportunity Fund investors, waiving a penalty and pushing back some investment deadlines. This new guidance comes as investment in opportunity zones slows, stymied by brisk...more

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Opportunity Zone Best Practices – Not All Extensions are Automatic

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The IRS recently issued additional Opportunity Zone-related guidance, Notice 2020-39, that grants extension relief with respect to five specific time-sensitive actions. Among other things, Notice 2020-39 (i) allows certain...more

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Internal Revenue Service Announces Relief For Qualified Opportunity Zone Investors

On June 4, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2020-39, which is available here. Notice 2020-39 provides temporary relief to qualified opportunity funds (QOFs) and their investors as a result of the COVID-19...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

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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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Final IRS Rules Spur Development of New Opportunity Zone Funds

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On December 19, 2019, the Treasury Department released the final regulations implementing the opportunity zone provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. These regulations clarified and expanded proposed regulations issued...more

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Treasury And IRS Issue Final Opportunity Zone Tax Regulations

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On December 19, 2019, the Treasury and the IRS fulfilled their promise to issue final regulations by year-end that provide guidance on Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) investments. These regulations (the Final Regulations),...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

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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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Final Regulations on Opportunity Zones

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On December 19, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) under section 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code...more

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Final Regulations Clarify and Liberalize Many Rules Governing Qualified Opportunity Fund Formation and Operations

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 19, 2019, the U.S. Treasury issued final Qualified Opportunity Zone regulations (the “Final QOZ Regulations”). Subject to the commentary in the Preamble to the Final QOZ Regulations on circular...more

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Treasury Releases Final Regulations for Investing in Qualified Opportunity Zones

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On December 19, 2019, the Treasury Department released final regulations on the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program first enacted in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Final regulations provide additional safe harbors...more

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Industry News Briefs

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Happy New Year! Did I Miss My Chance at Opportunity Zones? Opportunity zones were introduced in 2017 as part of President Trump’s tax reform bill. Taxpayers with capital gains can receive several tax benefits if the...more

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Final Regulations on Opportunity Zones: An In-Depth Guide

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Final regulations on opportunity zones were issued by the IRS on December 19, 2019. There are a few major changes and clarifications in the final regulations compared to the prior proposed regulations, a summary of which is...more

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