Qualified Opportunity Zone Update: Highlights of Treasury's Second Set of Proposed Regulations
Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund Investments
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
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
This short article outlines the requirements for starting an active business in a qualified opportunity zone (“QOZ”). The US tax legislation that created QOZs was enacted in early 2018, and is intended to encourage...more
The Biden tax reform proposals target many tax benefits associated with real estate investing. If adopted, the ability to do tax free like kind exchanges may be eliminated and the maximum long term capital gains rates on...more
As the 2020 year draws to a close, businesses should review the tax-related provisions adopted in the CARES Act and related IRS guidance with their tax advisers: EMPLOYER REFUNDABLE CREDIT AND PAYROLL TAX DEFERRAL: -...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created opportunity zones as an economic development tool to stimulate investments in distressed communities. This tool extends tax advantages to investors in qualified opportunity funds, provided...more
In the wake of the COVID Crisis, on June 4, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-39. The Notice provides much-needed relief for taxpayers investing or considering investing in Qualified Opportunity Funds (“QOFs”). Under...more
On April 9, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-23 providing sweeping tax filing and tax payment deferral until July 15, 2020. This relief includes extensions of the 45- and 180-day deadlines for IRC §1031 exchange transactions...more
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
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
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
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
The U.S. Department of Treasury published Final Regulations for the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program on January 13, 2020, which answer many, but not all, of the questions arising from the Proposed Regulations released...more
On December 19, 2019, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released final regulations for the opportunity zone (“OZ”) program to refine and clarify certain aspects of the first two sets of proposed...more
On December 19th, 2019, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued regulations (the “Final Regulations”) under Section 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”)[i] finalizing,...more
The Treasury Department released final Opportunity Zone regulations on December 19, which combine and clarify the prior two sets of guidance, as well as an FAQ summary....more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of December 16 – 20, 2019. December 16, 2019: The IRS released a notice extending the phase-in...more
On Thursday, December 19th, the U.S. Department of Treasury released the long-awaited final Opportunity Zone Treasury Regulations (the “Final Regulations”). The Final Regulations and explanatory materials that span 544 pages,...more
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
As 2019 comes to a close, there is an important deadline approaching for opportunity zone investors. December 31, 2019 is the last day on which investors can make an investment in a qualified opportunity fund (“QOF”) and...more
OUR AGENDA - - Why you need to know about Opportunity Zones - What you need to know about Opportunity Zones after two rounds of regulations - Policy - Definitions - Mechanics - What kinds of deals are we seeing? Structuring...more
The Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (TCJA) created Opportunity Zones (“OZ”) which offer investors the chance to defer and eliminate capital gains based on investments in designated zones that meet certain requirements and hit specified...more
The Qualified Opportunity Zone Program enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act not only allows taxpayers to defer paying tax on capital gains arising from the sale of capital assets, but also to exclude from tax up to 15...more
Investing in a Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF) may be attractive to many taxpayers, but older investors may be concerned with the possibility that they may pass away while holding the QOF investment, and what that will mean...more
In April, the Department of the Treasury released the second round of regulations related to the opportunity zone program. Some highlights include... Originally published in Middle Market Growth, the official publication...more