Tax Reform, State and Local Government, Real Estate Investments

The One Big Beautiful Bill’s New Qualified Opportunity Zones

Jackson Walker on 8/1/2025

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

2023 Massachusetts Tax Update

Verrill on 10/24/2023

Massachusetts Estate Tax: For decedents dying on or after January 1, 2023, there is no Massachusetts estate tax for an estate under $2,000,000. The law does not adjust the filing threshold so state tax returns may still be...more

The Changes Continue | February 2021 | Issue No. 21: New York Assembly-Sponsored Legislation Proposes New Tax on Mezzanine Debt...

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 3/5/2021

Assembly Bill A3139 was introduced by Assembly Member Harvey Epstein on January 22, 2021. The bill is currently in committee but, if enacted, it will amend New York’s Real Property Law and Tax Law to require the recording of...more

New York State is Considering a (New) Tax That Would Apply to Mezzanine Loans and Preferred Equity

Goulston & Storrs PC on 10/6/2020

A New York State legislative proposal (currently in committee review) would impose mortgage recording tax on mezzanine debt and preferred equity investments related to real property upon which a senior loan is being...more

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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/25/2018

• 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

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

Holland & Knight LLP on 10/25/2018

• 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