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A New Chapter for Opportunity Zones

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The Opportunity Zone program (the “OZ Incentive Program”), launched under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, was designed to spur economic development in distressed communities by offering tax incentives to investors. As part of...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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Final Regulations on Opportunity Zones

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On December 19, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) under section 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code...more

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Final Regulations Clarify and Liberalize Many Rules Governing Qualified Opportunity Fund Formation and Operations

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 19, 2019, the U.S. Treasury issued final Qualified Opportunity Zone regulations (the “Final QOZ Regulations”). Subject to the commentary in the Preamble to the Final QOZ Regulations on circular...more

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Treasury Releases Final Regulations for Investing in Qualified Opportunity Zones

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On December 19, 2019, the Treasury Department released final regulations on the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program first enacted in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Final regulations provide additional safe harbors...more

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Treasury Releases Final Regulations On Qualified Opportunity Zone Program

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The U.S. Department of Treasury published Final Regulations for the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program on January 13, 2020, which answer many, but not all, of the questions arising from the Proposed Regulations released...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

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

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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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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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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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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Treasury Issues Second Round of Proposed Regulations Providing Additional Guidance for Making Investments in Qualified Opportunity...

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On April 17, 2019, the Treasury Department issued a second round of proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) addressing investments in Opportunity Zones under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The first round of...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 Second Tranche of Opportunity Zone Regulations: Answers to “Substantially All” of Our Lingering Questions

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On April 17, 2019, the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released their highly anticipated second tranche of qualified opportunity zone (“OZ”) proposed regulations. This second set of proposed...more

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The IRS and Treasury Department Issue Further Guidance on Qualified Opportunity Zones

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”) established a program to provide preferential tax treatment for new investments made after December 31, 2017 in certain tracts of land in economically-distressed communities, known...more

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UPDATE: Treasury Department Issues Highly-Anticipated Proposed Regulations on Opportunity Zones

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

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US Treasury Issues Opportunity Zones Guidance

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Qualified Opportunity Zones, created by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, were designed to spur investment in distressed communities throughout the country through tax benefits. Since 8,700 QOZs have been identified, this has...more

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The Opportunity in Opportunity Zones (Infographic)

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Offering significant tax breaks for investors, the federal Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program is an intriguing prospect for real estate developers and investors. However, the Treasury Department is still formalizing the...more

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How Investors & Real Estate Developers Can Make the Most of Qualified Opportunity Zones

Real estate developers, institutional investors, local governments, and virtually anyone with capital gains could reap significant benefits under the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program, which Congress created as part of...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

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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

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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

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