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The Opportunity Zone regime, originally established in 2017, has been permanently extended by Public Law 119-21, "An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of H. Con Res. 14" (the "2025 Tax Law"). The...more
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
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
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025 (the “OBBBA”) creates a new round of qualified opportunity zones (“QOZs”), with potential new QOZs to be designated every 10 years....more
In this alert, which is part of an eight-part series taking a deeper dive into various portions of the Legislation (International Tax; Opportunity Zone and Tax Credits; Green Energy Credits; Estate Planning and Individual Tax...more
The reconciliation bill, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (the “BBB”), was recently signed into law on July 4th. The BBB, among many other things, made significant changes in tax law, building on the foundations created...more
The OBBB made several modifications to the Opportunity Zone program. Established by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “TCJA”) in 2017, the Opportunity Zone program was intended to encourage investment in businesses located in...more
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the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is the extension and expansion of the Opportunity Zone (OZ) program, which was originally enacted under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017...more
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
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
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 One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) significantly modified the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program via a set of comprehensive reforms aimed at improving accountability, long-term impact, and geographic equity. The new...more
As anticipated, President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”), which was signed into law on July 4, 2025, significantly amends Sections 1400Z-1 and 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the...more
Signed into law on July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) delivers sweeping federal policy changes with wide-reaching implications for developers, investors, and property owners. Economic and cost-benefit...more
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
On July 3, 2025, the United States House of Representatives passed the final version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”), which was subsequently signed into law by the President on July 4, 2025. ...more
When Congress enacted the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Bill), it permanently established, with some modifications, the federal Opportunity Zone tax incentive program (the OZ Program). Below is a summary of the current OZ...more
The opportunity zones tax incentive was enacted in 2017 as a part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the TCJA) to increase long-term investment in “qualified opportunity zones” (OZs), which are population census tracts in...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
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
The recent federal tax reform bill included provisions creating a new program through which a taxpayer can defer income tax on capital gains. The Opportunity Zone program allows a taxpayer to reinvest proceeds from the sale...more
We have published our whitepaper: Gain Deferral Using Qualified Opportunity Zone Investment Strategies Legal Update. “Qualified Opportunity Zones” are not specific to renewable energy and do not involve tax credits but...more