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Opportunity Zones Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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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

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

One Big Beautiful Bill and Opportunities To Avoid or Defer Tax on Gains

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On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R.1) (OBBBA). This alert focuses on OBBBA changes regarding qualified small business stock (QSBS) and qualified opportunity zone (QOZ)...more

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There is No Sunset in the Land of OZ – Opportunity Zones Renewed by The One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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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

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Expansion of QSBS Benefits Under the One Big Beautiful Bill

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law, which had narrowly passed through the United States Congress. The OBBBA makes permanent certain tax provisions that were due to expire...more

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Opportunity Zones: Key Deadlines, Tax Benefits, and What’s Next for Investors

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Practitioners, operators and investors in the commercial real estate space are well familiar with Opportunity Zones and how they can be utilized for preferential tax treatment on investments. First created under the 2017 Tax...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Taxes and the 2024 Election: ‘Tis the Season to Plan and Act

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This is The End- I have dreaded the year end for as long as I can remember. As a teenager and then as a young adult I associated the final quarter of the year, and especially the period beginning on Thanksgiving and...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Treasury Grants Relief to Opportunity Zone Investors in Light of Coronavirus Pandemic

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

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An Electing Real Property Trade or Business can Revoke its Election on Account of the Change to Qualified Improvement Property...

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On April 10, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Revenue Procedure 2020-22 (the “Revenue Procedure”), which (1) permits an “electing real property trade or business” that elected not to be subject to the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Final Tax Regulations Offer More Certainty to Opportunity Zone Fund Managers and Investors

Opportunity Zone (or “OZ”) investment was hailed in 2018 and 2019 as the hottest and most innovative way of attracting significant private capital to distressed communities in the United States and its territories by offering...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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Opportunity Zone Final Guidance

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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

McDermott Will & Schulte

Weekly IRS Roundup December 16 – 20, 2019

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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

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Important Year End Deadline for Opportunity Zones

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Opportunity zones provide a powerful tool for taxpayers to defer recognizing their capital gains if they roll over their investment into a qualified opportunity zone fund, and offer investors the potential of avoiding...more

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Final Opportunity Zone Treasury Regulations Released

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

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Act Before Year-End To Maximize Opportunity Zone Tax Benefits

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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

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Latest Opportunity Zone Regulations Provide Needed Clarity to Investors, Fund Managers, and Businesses

On April 17, 2019, the United States Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) issued its second round of proposed regulations related to investments in Qualified Opportunity Zones (“QOZs”) and Qualified Opportunity Funds...more

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IRS Issues Additional Qualified Opportunity Zone Regulations

The Qualified Opportunity Zone (“QOZ”) regime introduced as part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provides three significant and distinct federal income tax benefits to encourage QOZ private investment: ..A taxpayer may...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Opportunity Zones Update: New Proposed Treasury Regulations (Part II)

Qualified Opportunity Zone Businesses - BACKGROUND - In December 2017, as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”), Congress established a new tax incentive program to promote investment in certain low-income...more

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P3 Investors: Are You In The Zone?

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Last December we told you about favorable IRS guidance letting P3 contractors and investors keep full tax deductions for interest on debt. The IRS kept a P3-friendly approach in last week’s proposed regulations on “qualified...more

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Second Set of Qualified Opportunity Zone Proposed Regulations Provide Clarity to Potential Investors

As discussed here in November (Why 2019 Will be the Year of Opportunity (Zones)), the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created a tax-advantaged incentive program for investing in designated “qualified opportunity zones” throughout the...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Treasury Provides Additional Guidance on Opportunity Zone Provisions

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 introduced Opportunity Zone Provisions, IRC Sections 1400Z-1 and 1400Z-2, as an incentive to encourage investment in low-income communities. The provisions allow taxpayers to defer tax on...more

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Is the Opportunity Now a Reality? IRS and Treasury Release Second Tranche of Opportunity Zone Regulations

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After months of waiting, the IRS and the Treasury Department have released a second set of proposed regulations (the “Second Tranche”) relating to the opportunity zone provisions enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...more

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New Opportunity Zone Regulations Provide Clarity on Open Issues for Investors

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On April 17th, 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department (the “Treasury”) and the IRS issued a second set of long-awaited proposed regulations relating to Opportunity Zone (“OZ”) tax incentives. The OZ program was established by...more

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Guide to the Surprises Lurking in the QOZ Proposed Regulations

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While mid-April is typically associated by most with Tax Day, this year, April 2019, also became the month the highly awaited second round of Qualified Opportunity Zone Proposed Regulations were issued....more

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Opportunity Fund Investors Prepare to Zone-In

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Treasury Provides Additional Clarity on Opportunity Zones by Issuing Second Round of Proposed Regulations - On April 17, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued its second set of proposed regulations (the “New...more

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