The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association has published our article The Impact of Tax Reform: What Leasing Companies Need to Know (subscription required). We are also pleased to be able to make the article available in...more
2/8/2018
/ Business Taxes ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Heavy Equipment ,
Income Taxes ,
Net Operating Losses ,
New Legislation ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration
Yesterday, the House voted 227 to 303 in favor of the tax reform bill agreed to by the conference committee. No Democrats voted for the House bill, and 12 Republicans from high tax states voted against it. The Senate was...more
12/21/2017
/ Alternative Minimum Tax ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Energy Sector ,
Investment Tax Credits ,
Legislative Agendas ,
MACRS ,
Power Purchase Agreements ,
Production Tax Credit ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Renewable Energy ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration
On Thursday, November 2, Republicans in the US House of Representatives released their proposed tax reform legislation, providing for massive alterations to tax law. The proposed legislation would trim tax benefits applicable...more
11/6/2017
/ Automotive Industry ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Tax Incentives ,
Investment Tax Credits ,
Production Tax Credit ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
Tax Code ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Reform ,
Wind Power
On July 11, 2017, the Connecticut General Assembly enacted H.B. 7208 (“Revised C-PACE Statute”) to make several minor changes to the existing statute governing the State’s commercial property assessed clean energy (or...more
9/18/2017
/ Clean Energy ,
Commercial Property Owners ,
Construction Project ,
Energy Efficiency ,
Energy Policy ,
Financing ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Power Purchase Agreements ,
Property Improvements ,
Property Liens ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Third Party Funding
On April 17, 2017, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed into law House Bill No. 2298, which moves the deadline for a wind project to be operational to qualify for the state’s production tax credit for wind power to June 30,...more
Below are soundbites from speakers and panelists who spoke at Infocast’s Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit on March 22 and 23 in San Diego. It was Infocast’s best attended event ever, and the mood was relatively...more
3/31/2017
/ Debt Market ,
Electricity Market Reform (EMR) ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Leaseback ,
Mezzanine Lenders ,
Net Metering ,
PACE ,
Power Purchase Agreements ,
Renewable Energy ,
Renewable Energy Investments ,
Solar Energy ,
Tax Reform ,
Wind Power
“PACE” – Is it the new buzzword? Lately, it seems I keep hearing about securitizations backed by PACE financings. What is a PACE financing program, and what is happening in the securitization market?...more
3/9/2017
/ Clean Energy ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Efficiency ,
Energy Sector ,
Financing ,
Green Bonds ,
Loans ,
PACE ,
Real Estate Market ,
Renewable Energy ,
Renewable Energy Incentives ,
Securitization ,
Solar Energy ,
Tax Assessment
On December 15, 2016, the US Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released Notice 2017-4 (the “Notice”), which updates previous IRS “start of construction” guidance by extending the Continuity Safe Harbor to December 31,...more