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The IRS on Aug. 15, 2025, released Notice 2025-42, which provides guidance on how taxpayers can establish the "beginning of construction" (BOC) of a wind or solar facility for purposes of determining whether such facility is...more
With an effective date of September 2, 2025, New Beginning of Construction guidance will be prospective and not apply to projects that satisfied beginning of construction under old IRS guidance before September 2, 2025. ...more
On Aug. 15, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released IRS Notice 2025-42, narrowing the rules for what qualifies as “beginning of construction” (BOC) under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act...more
On August 15, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2025-42, which provides guidance on the beginning of construction requirement as it relates to the new credit termination...more
On August 15, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2025-42, providing long-awaited guidance on the “beginning of construction” requirements for wind and solar facilities under Sections 45Y and 48E of the...more
On August 15, the Treasury Department published long-awaited guidance on applicability of “beginning of construction” safe harbors for solar and wind projects under the One Big Beautiful Bill and Executive Order 14315. While...more
On January 16, 2025, the IRS released Notice 2025-08, modifying its prior guidance issued as Notice 2023-38 and Notice 2024-41, for taxpayers seeking to qualify for the domestic content bonus tax credit amounts under the...more
Following the release of energy community bonus credit and low-income community bonus credit guidance, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS recently provided taxpayers with the domestic content bonus credit guidance....more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of February 13, 2023 – February 17, 2023. ...more
On June 29, 2021, the IRS released Notice 2021-41 (the Notice) extending the length of the Continuity Safe Harbor (as defined below) for purposes of claiming the investment tax credit (ITC) or the production tax credit (PTC)....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
Renewable energy developers breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday when the Internal Revenue Service and Department of the Treasury issued guidance extending the safe harbor for wind and solar projects to qualify for the...more
On December 31, 2020, the US Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Notice 2021-05 (the “Notice”), which provides relief for offshore renewable energy projects and renewable projects...more
The Supreme Court of Rhode Island (“Court”) addressed in a June 1st opinion a challenge to the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission’s (“PUC”) imposition of a tax as it related to companies that produce and distribute wind...more
On May 27, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-41, which responds to industry-wide supply chain disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic by giving renewable energy developers additional time to complete their projects. Most...more
On May 27, 2020, the US Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released Notice 2020-41 (the “Notice”), updating the IRS guidance on the start-of-construction rules for the production tax credit (“PTC”) and energy investment tax...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released Notice 2020-41 (the Notice), providing important relief with respect to the beginning-of-construction requirement for the production tax credit (PTC) and the investment tax...more
IRS Notice 2020-41 provides relief for renewable energy projects that began construction in 2016 or 2017 by extending the “continuity safe harbor” to a five-year period....more
In a letter dated May 7, 2020 to a bipartisan group of senators, the Treasury Department has indicated that it plans to modify the continuity safe harbor for tax credits on wind and solar projects currently under...more
Background - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt project development timelines generally, solar and wind projects that rely on federal income tax credits to obtain financing are particularly sensitive to...more
On Feb. 20, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-12 and Revenue Procedure 2020-12 regarding carbon capture tax credits (IRC Section 45Q). Notice 2020-12 (the begin construction notice) provides guidance to determine when...more
Solar developers need not worry that delivery delays caused by the coronavirus outbreak will disrupt investment tax credit (ITC) safe harboring. However, developers should take care to appropriately address any delays, as...more
New Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance on what it takes to start construction of a solar project raises practical questions, but it is very helpful in keeping the industry humming along. Solar projects that are under...more
On June 22, 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) issued Notice 2018-59 (the “Notice”), which deals with the “begin construction” test that is applicable to solar projects....more
On June 22, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") issued Notice 2018-59 (the "Notice"), which provides guidance regarding qualification and construction timing for purposes of the investment tax credit ("ITC") provided by...more