In light of the disruption of business activities this year and the economic uncertainty created by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2020-39 (the IRS Notice) on June 4, 2020,...more
On June 11, the IRS released Proposed Treasury Regulations (the Proposed Regulations) under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the Code), which provide a much-awaited definition of “real property” and...more
On May 21, 2020, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released proposed regulations (the proposed regulations)* regarding the new five-year credit period for the historic rehabilitation tax credit (HTC) under Section 47...more
Last week, the U.S. Congress passed legislation authorizing an additional $310 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), as well as an additional $10 billion for Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program emergency...more
On April 9, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2020-23 (the IRS Notice), which, among other things, provides certain taxpayers with additional time to invest “eligible gain” into a qualified opportunity fund...more
On Thursday, April 9, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2020-23 (the IRS Notice), which extends several deadlines, specifically including deadlines regarding Section 1031 “like-kind” exchanges....more
On Friday, Oct. 19, the Treasury Department released some much needed guidance concerning qualified opportunity zones (QOZs) under Section 1400Z of the Internal Revenue Code, which was added as part of last year’s Tax Cuts...more
On Dec. 22, 2017, President Donald Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), enacting broad reforms to the Internal Revenue Code. In previous BakerHostetler Alerts published Nov. 8 and Nov. 10, we outlined...more
On Nov. 9, 2017, the Joint Committee on Taxation released its “Description of the Chairman’s Mark of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “JCT Description”). The JCT Description summarizes the initial draft of the Senate Finance...more
On April 28, 2016, the Ohio 2020 Tax Policy Study Commission (the “Commission”) held a public hearing on the future of the Ohio historic preservation tax credit (the “OH HTC”). As you may recall, the Ohio biennial budget bill...more
On November 21, 2013, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus released the third package in a series of "Staff Discussion Drafts" containing proposals to reform the tax code. This third set of proposals focuses on...more
On January 2, 2013, President Barack Obama signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8) into law which, in addition to addressing other "fiscal cliff" issues, extends the New Markets Tax Credit ("NMTC") Program...more