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The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) on June 22, 2025, released tables providing revenue estimates for provisions of the recent Senate Committee on Finance bill language (JCX-29-25) as well as those of the comparable House...more
On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed by a one-vote margin the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “House Bill”), which has now moved to the Senate for consideration. This Memorandum discusses the House Bill’s...more
What is the action cryptocurrency investors need to take immediately? What has changed, and why should any digital asset holder or investor pay attention to this game-changing development? Here is the short answer: If you...more
The IRS digital asset broker reporting requirements were finalized earlier this year and impact all digital asset (i.e., cryptocurrency and Non-Fungible Tokens or NFTs) transactions beginning January 1, 2025. What do...more
Now that final regulations on the transferability of energy tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act have been issued by the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), many investors...more
On May 16, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published Notice 2024-41 (Notice), which modifies Notice 2023-38 (Prior Notice) by providing a new elective safe harbor (Safe Harbor) that will allow taxpayers to use...more
On May 16, 2024, the Department of the Treasury and the IRS announced the release of Notice 2024-41, which clarifies the safe harbor for classification of project components created in Notice 2023-38 and provides a new safe...more
On April 25, 2024, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations (T.D. 9993) (the “Final Transfer Regulations”) regarding the transfer election for certain tax credits by eligible...more
The United States Department of Treasury issued final regulations (Final Regulations) that arguably change the test (DC Test) for determining whether a REIT is a domestically controlled qualified investment entity (DC-REIT)....more
Are there strategies to avoid an IRS audit? What are some of the known risks for triggering an IRS audit? What should you do if you have are concerned about the information provided a previous tax return? Is there a way to...more
On August 29, 2023, Clock on Grassthe U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released more guidance and proposed rules on key provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that requires...more
Developers of renewable energy projects prior to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) were able to enter into joint ventures and leasing arrangements with other private companies that had a sufficient tax liability...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS on Dec. 29, 2022, published proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) under Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Code). The Proposed Regulations...more
On December 28, 2022, the Treasury Department and the IRS issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) on the treatment of qualified foreign pension funds (“QFPFs”) for purposes of the exemption from taxation for...more
Investors, fund sponsors, real estate developers, and businesses using or planning to use the Opportunity Zone incentive (the OZ Incentive) should be aware of some upcoming critical dates. Some of these dates are the result...more
Federal support for carbon capture, utilization and storage (“CCUS”) demonstrated over the last two months has generated even greater enthusiasm for carbon capture projects in the United States. First, in the final weeks of...more
Yesterday, Treasury and the IRS issued final regulations on the expanded carbon capture tax credit implementing a number of welcome changes and clarifications to the proposed regulations. Key changes are generally...more
The IRS issued Notice 2020-39 on June 5, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which extended several deadlines applicable to Opportunity Zone investments. •First, investors get more time to invest eligible gains into a...more
On June 4, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service published Notice 2020-39 (Notice) which provides relief to qualified opportunity funds (QOFs) and their investors in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is a summary, and more...more
On December 19th, 2019, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued regulations (the “Final Regulations”) under Section 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”)[i] finalizing,...more
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
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
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
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
As discussed here in November (Why 2019 Will be the Year of Opportunity (Zones)), the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created a tax-advantaged incentive program for investing in designated “qualified opportunity zones” throughout the...more