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Ropes & Gray LLP

2025 Tax Legislation Update: One Big Beautiful Bill Act Narrowly Passes Senate

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The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “BBB”) was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 22, 2025 (such version, the “House Bill”) as part of the Republican Congress’s reconciliation package. The BBB generally...more

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2025 Tax Legislation Update

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On May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “BBB”) as part of the Republican Congress’s reconciliation package. The BBB generally extends certain tax provisions of the 2017...more

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SEC: QOF Interests Are Typically Securities

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Yesterday, the staffs of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a statement describing the "opportunity zone" program created by the Tax Cuts...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

2nd Tranche of OZ Regulations

On April 16, 2019, Treasury issued its second set of proposed regulations (“OZ Regs 2”) regarding Section 14002 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The OZ Regs 2 are very helpful and answer a...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Update on Qualified Opportunity Zones: Second Set of Guidance Issued

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OVERVIEW OF QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITY ZONE PROGRAM - The Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program, introduced in 2017’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, is a new incentive program for investments in over 8,700 QOZs located in all 50...more

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Qualified Opportunity Zones: New Proposed Regulations Provide Further Guidance

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The Treasury Department has now released a second round of proposed regulations on the Qualified Opportunity Zone (“QOZ”) provisions under Internal Revenue Code Section 1400Z-2....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

Poyner Spruill LLP

OZ Update - The New Proposed Regulations Are Out - New Guidance on Eligibility for OZ Tax Benefits

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Last week, Treasury issued a second round of proposed regulations regarding Opportunity Zones?offering investors more clarity as to whether their investments in designated Opportunity Zones will qualify for current capital...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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

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 communities designated by the IRS as qualified opportunity zones....more

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The Second Set of Proposed Opportunity Zone Regulations

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Introduction - On April 17, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) issued a second set of proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under section...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

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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The Biggest Surprise in the QOZ Regs Is How Many Surprises There Are

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Those following the developments in the world of Qualified Opportunity Zones—those tax benefits derived from investing in economically disadvantaged areas—will already know that the highly anticipated second set of proposed...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Five Important Tax Highlights from 2018

2018 was a very active year for tax developments. The big story was the application of the substantial reforms of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which took initial effect in 2018. But there were several other developments...more

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Opportunity Zone Funds – Part I: Overview of the Law

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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

Bowditch & Dewey

Op Funds Expand Deferral Paths for CRE Investors

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BOSTON — The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 created the Opportunity Zone program which provides real estate investors a new tool to defer gains from sales or exchanges of capital assets by investing those gains in a “Qualified...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The Qualified Opportunity Zone Program: Thoughts on the Long-Awaited Treasury Guidance

Treasury takes an important first step in bringing clarity to the QOZ program. The Proposed Regulations provide a 31-month grace period for development of a QOZ Business - The treatment of land is clarified for...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New Guidance for Opportunity Zone Funds Clarifies Important Issues, Leaves Door Open to Additional Guidance

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released much-anticipated proposed regulations, as well as a related revenue ruling (Rev. Rul. 2018-29), concerning opportunity zone investments....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Opportunity Zones Update

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 communities designated by the IRS as qualified...more

White and Williams LLP

Opportunity Zone Tax Incentives: Significant Guidance from the IRS

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued significant guidance regarding the implementation of the 2017 Tax Act provisions involving opportunity zones and the potential for both capital gain deferral and capital gain...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

A Guide to Key Opportunity Zone Regulations For Real Estate Transactions

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On October 19, 2018, the Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released the highly anticipated regulatory guidance (Guidance) concerning the Opportunity Zone tax incentives (OZ Incentives)...more

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Opportunity Zone Regulations Provide Clarity on New Economic Development and Investment Tool

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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

Sullivan & Worcester

Structuring Opportunity Zone Funds

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The Opportunity Zones Program created by the U.S. Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 (the "OZone Program") and the first wave of proposed regulations issued by the Treasury Department on October 19, 2018 (the "Regulations") have...more

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Treasury Releases Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF) Guidance

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On October 19, the Treasury Department released a first round of guidance bringing much needed clarity to certain aspects of the Qualified Opportunity Fund regime enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. While important...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Opportunity Zones: New Guidance Sheds Light on How Private Equity Industry Can Take Advantage

• 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

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