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The One Big Beautiful Bill’s New Qualified Opportunity Zones

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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

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Analysis of Key Provisions for Investment Funds and Sponsors

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On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1 into law, the budget reconciliation bill known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Act). As discussed in our prior alert following the passage by the House of...more

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The One Big Beautiful Bill: Initial Analysis of Key Provisions for Private Equity Funds and Their Portfolio Companies

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On May 22, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation bill known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the BBB). The BBB proposes amendments to the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) that could have...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Tax Proposals Bid Adieu to Carried Interest

On February 6, 2025, the Trump Administration announced various tax and budgetary priorities discussed further here, including closing the “carried interest loophole.”  On the same day, Democrats in the House and Senate...more

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Let It Be…Taxed? The Carried Interest Debate Continues

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On February 6, Congressional Republican leaders met with President Donald Trump to address the Trump Administration’s 2025 budget and tax priorities. During that meeting, the Trump Administration proposed to eliminate capital...more

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Carried Interest in the Crosshairs…Again

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On February 6, 2025, Democratic Senators and Representatives proposed the Carried Interest Fairness Act, which would treat carried interest as ordinary income. Additionally, on the same day President Trump met with...more

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Taxing carried interest in the UK: the new regime announced in the Labour government’s Autumn Budget 2024

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On Wednesday 30 October 2024, the UK government announced changes to the UK taxation of carried interest as part of the 2024 Autumn Budget. Changes were expected following statements made by the Labour Party in the run up to...more

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Bipartisan Bill Proposes Changes to Opportunity Zone Benefits

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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

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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Opportunity Zones Create Funding Alternative for Social Infrastructure Projects

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Under current legislation, tax-exempt and other low cost financing solutions are not typically available for social infrastructure projects....more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

The Good, the Bad, and the Yet to be Defined

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) provided the most comprehensive update to the tax code in over two decades. Of the many changes the TCJA provided, Sections 1400Z-1 and 1400Z-2 of the IRC are of the most heavily discussed...more

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Opportunity Zone Benefits and Incentives for Developers, Promoters and Potential Investors

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The “Opportunity Zone” community development program was established by Congress in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to encourage long-term investments in low-income urban and rural communities nationwide. ...more

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Questions and Answers from our Webinar Window of Opportunity: The IRS Issues Initial Guidance on Qualified Opportunity Zone Rules

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Below are questions submitted by the audience during our webinar Window of Opportunity: The IRS Issues Initial Guidance on Qualified Opportunity Zone Rules. The webinar was on November 2, 2018. Here’s the presentation from...more

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Agribusiness: Leveraging the Opportunity Zones Tax Incentive to Improve Returns on Investments in the Agribusiness Sector

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A new federal tax incentive enacted in the 2017 tax reform package may provide a boost to many new and used (when refurbished) facilities and equipment used in the agribusiness industry. This could include buildings, silos,...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Opportunity Zones: An Update

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The federal Opportunity Zone (OZ) program, created in December 2017, has been a major topic of discussion for investors, businesses, and project developers alike. It seems, however, that the utilization of the OZ program has...more

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Treasury Issues Proposed Regulations on Opportunity Zones

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

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New IRS Regulations Issued: What’s Next for Opportunity Zones?

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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

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Qualified Opportunity Zone Proposed Regulations Provide a Path Forward for Fund Formations, But Leave Many Questions for Another...

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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

Ballard Spahr LLP

Update on Qualified Opportunity Zones: First Set of Guidance Issued

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act introduced a new tax-incentive program known as Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZs). In 2018, governors of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the five U.S. possessions designated more than...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

Holland & Knight LLP

Opportunity Zone Investments: What You Need to Know and Potential Scenarios - A New Opportunity for Investors to Defer Taxable...

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• The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Oct. 19, 2018, issued much anticipated proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) and other guidance on tax benefits arising from investments in "qualified opportunity zones" that...more

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Window of Opportunity: The IRS Issues Initial Guidance on Qualified Opportunity Zone Rules

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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

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U.S. Treasury Issues Much-Anticipated Opportunity Zone Guidance

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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

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Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service release guidance for Opportunity Zone incentive

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The Treasury Department has released guidance for the new opportunity zone (OZ) tax incentive, which addresses gains invested in qualified opportunity funds (QOF)...more

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Opportunity Zones

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The recent federal tax reform bill included provisions creating a new program through which a taxpayer can defer income tax on capital gains. The Opportunity Zone program allows a taxpayer to reinvest proceeds from the sale...more

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