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Significant changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“H.R. 1”) have made Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code an even more valuable tax break for small business owners and investors. These updates expand who can...more
Stock qualifying under Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), as Qualified Small Business Stock (“QSBS”) allows eligible non-corporate taxpayers to potentially exclude a portion or all of...more
Join Troutman Pepper Locke Partners Morgan Klinzing and Jay Jumper, along with Independence Capital Partners President and CFO Eric Emrich, as they delve into the intricacies of Internal Revenue Code Section 1202, commonly...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”), which was signed into law on July 4, 2025, contained a big, beautiful surprise for qualified small business stock (“QSBS”) investors. Individual investors, private equity funds...more
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “OBBB”), which makes a number of highly beneficial changes to the tax treatment of Qualified Small Business Stock (“QSBS”) acquired by...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
On July 4, President Trump signed into law the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA),” more formally known as “H.R.1 – An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.”...more
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”), the qualified opportunity zone (QOZ) program will no longer sunset on December 31, 2026, as was set to be the case prior to the act’s passage. Instead, the OBBBA makes this...more
Prior to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025 (the “OBBBA”) , Section 1202 provided that non-corporate taxpayers that acquired qualified small business stock after August 10, 1993 (“QSBS”)...more
In a recent post, available here, we discussed the basic requirements and benefits of Internal Revenue Code Section 1202, which provides for the exclusion from income of certain gains realized with respect to the sale of...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
The recently signed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) implements significant changes under Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Code), applicable to qualified small business stock (QSBS) issued on or after July...more
The 2025 tax bill extends and expands the tax benefits to taxpayers that have capital gain and invest an amount equal to the realized gain to acquire an interest in a “Qualified Opportunity Fund,” which in turn invests in...more
President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, signed into law H.R. 1, commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB). (For a detailed analysis of the bill, see Holland & Knight's previous alert, "Trump Signs the One...more
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 1202 offers a significant tax incentive for investors in qualified small business stock (QSBS). This provision allows eligible shareholders to exclude up to 100% of capital gains realized...more
Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOFs) offer generous tax incentives but are bound by a complicated set of rules, not to mention the complexity of Subchapter K of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), as QOFs are typically organized...more
If you acquired or built a senior living facility that is located in an opportunity zone, or are considering doing so, a recent bipartisan bill introduced in Congress proposes making changes to the opportunity zone rules. ...more
In 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts (TCJA) created a capital gains investing program aimed at revitalizing impoverished neighborhoods in the United States, known as “Qualified Opportunity Zones.” The purpose of this program...more
Proposal’s Effect Would Limit Access to Capital for Small Businesses - An overlooked provision of the new, sweeping tax bill currently under consideration by Congress as part of President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion...more
On June 4, 2020, in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the IRS issued Notice 2020-39 to provide relief regarding various deadlines applicable to the federal opportunity zone program....more
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
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
IRC § 1400Z-2, under The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, established an investment program designed to provide preferential tax treatment for investment in developments located within certain designated economically distressed...more
In April, the Department of the Treasury released the much-anticipated second round of Treasury Regulations under section 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code (April Regulations). This article provides certain highlights of...more