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You may have heard recently about proposals for Congress to remove the exclusion from gross income of interest on state and local bonds, usually referred to as “repealing the tax exemption on municipal bonds.” This issue...more
Earlier this year, Alabama became one of 19 or so states to enact a pass-through entity tax as a workaround to the so-called "SALT Cap" enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which limits the deductibility of...more
Round Two- “Painful social lockdowns in Europe and some American states helped blunt the coronavirus. Now, amid a fitful reopening, the pandemic is once again surging.” So begins an article on the front page of last...more
On September 4, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) published in the Federal Register final regulations under section 468A of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) that...more
...On Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Whip James Clyburn, Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio, and Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone held a press conference on a...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 limited the state and local taxes paid deduction available to individual taxpayers to $10,000. The deduction is most notably taken by Oklahomans on their federal tax return to deduct state...more
Now that the dust has settled following the issuance of the final “SALT cap workaround” regulations by the Treasury Department, here’s a summary of those regulations, the IRS guidance issued in connection with the final...more
The Tribal Treasury Advisory Committee (TTAC) held its inaugural meeting on June 20, 2019, at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The TTAC was established by the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion (GWE) Act of 2014 (Pub. L....more
BACKGROUND - Sections 1400Z-1 and 1400Z-2 were added to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. These new provisions to the Code introduce a multitude of new terms,...more
On October 19, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations for the new Opportunity Zone tax incentive. Opportunity Zones are a powerful new economic development...more
On October 19, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations relating to the new Opportunity Zone program....more
Real estate developers, fund sponsors, and property owners have been eagerly awaiting guidance on the new Qualified Opportunity Zone ("QOZ") provisions included in last December’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 19, 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released long-anticipated proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) relating to investments in Qualified Opportunity Zones (“QOZs”)....more
• Proposed regulations issued on October 19 provide welcome guidance to asset managers regarding the formation of qualified opportunity funds (QOFs) that may provide investors with the following three tax benefits: (1)...more
The new rules address a number of issues that investors and sponsors were waiting for guidance on. The IRS has promised further guidance to address issues that remain in need of clarification. ...more
On Friday, October 19, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department issued long-awaited proposed regulations and other guidance with respect to opportunity zone incentives under Internal Revenue Code (I.R.C.) § 1400Z-2....more
As part of the 2017 tax reform enacted as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”), the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) was amended to add Sections 1400Z-1 (designating qualified opportunity zones (“QOZs”)) and 1400Z-2 (deferral...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created the Opportunity Zone program, which was designed to encourage investment in economically distressed communities by allowing taxpayers to defer and potentially exclude certain portions of...more
• Holland & Knight previously published a three-part series describing the powerful new tax incentive contained in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for investments in low-income communities designated as "Opportunity Zones." •...more
Earlier today July 17, 2018 New York State was among four states to sue the federal government over State and Local Tax (SALT) deductions being capped at $10,000 as part of recent federal tax law changes. Joining New York in...more
On May 23, 2018, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2018-54, stating that proposed regulations will be issued addressing the deductibility of certain payments made by taxpayers...more
President Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed by Congress in December included a new community development program designed to promote investment in low income urban and rural communities. These “Opportunity Zones” provide...more
On November 2, 2017, the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” was introduced in the House of Representatives. This act has immediate and far-reaching implications for tax-exempt finance. Among other things, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...more
On October 27, 2015 the U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service published final regulations concerning the treatment of “mixed-use” projects financed with tax-exempt bonds. These new regulations have significant...more