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What We're Reading, Watching, and Listening To: June 2024

A roundup of news and multimedia from the Unfamiliar Terrain team: San Francisco - Ultra Wealthy Are Putting Money Behind Bets on San Francisco’s Comeback (Bloomberg): Big investments in City businesses and real...more

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UK Election Bulletin: What would a Labour government mean for businesses?

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Overview - On 22 May 2024, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that he had requested permission from King Charles III to dissolve parliament and call a general election. The election will take place on 4 July 2024....more

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Not-For-Profits Gain Access to Historic Tax Credits with Enactment of Missouri HB 2062

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On May 16, Missouri passed HB 2062 modifying the state’s existing Historic Tax Credit (HTC) program. The bill alters the program in several significant ways. The program will now feature a year-round application cycle,...more

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Live Local Act Provides Sales Tax Refund as Additional Incentive for Affordable Housing Development

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The Live Local Act (S.B. 102) incorporated relief from sales tax for building materials used in eligible residential units that have a recorded FHFC agreement. What Residential Units Qualify: An eligible residential unit...more

Pullman & Comley - For What It May Be Worth

Connecticut General Assembly Exempts Certain Electric Vehicle Charging Stations from Property Taxes & Mandates Their Installation...

While many of us have been fixated on the soaring gas prices and dreading our next fill-up at the pump, Connecticut recently passed new legislation making a switch to electric vehicles even more intriguing. During the...more

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Bipartisan Bill Proposes Changes to Opportunity Zone Benefits

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If you acquired or built a senior living facility that is located in an opportunity zone, or are considering doing so, a recent bipartisan bill introduced in Congress proposes making changes to the opportunity zone rules. ...more

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The American Families Plan: Tax Implications for Real Estate Owners and Developers

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On April 28, 2021, President Biden announced a plan to expand benefits for lower- and middle-income Americans under his “American Families Plan” (the “Plan”). To pay for the Plan’s benefits, President Biden has proposed...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Final Tax Regulations Offer More Certainty to Opportunity Zone Fund Managers and Investors

Opportunity Zone (or “OZ”) investment was hailed in 2018 and 2019 as the hottest and most innovative way of attracting significant private capital to distressed communities in the United States and its territories by offering...more

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Opportunity Zones Create Funding Alternative for Social Infrastructure Projects

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Under current legislation, tax-exempt and other low cost financing solutions are not typically available for social infrastructure projects....more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

The Good, the Bad, and the Yet to be Defined

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) provided the most comprehensive update to the tax code in over two decades. Of the many changes the TCJA provided, Sections 1400Z-1 and 1400Z-2 of the IRC are of the most heavily discussed...more

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5 Real Estate Trends in the Treasure Valley for 2019

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With a new year comes new developments in the real estate industry. From tax incentives to technology innovations, real estate attorney Anna Eberlin of Holland & Hart forecasts the following trends to watch for in the...more

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P3 Industry Gets An Early Holiday Present In IRS Guidance On Interest Deduction

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Contractors and investors in P3s can continue taking a full tax deduction for interest on debt under recent IRS guidance (Revenue Procedure 2018-59, issued November 26). ...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Opportunity Zones: An Update

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The federal Opportunity Zone (OZ) program, created in December 2017, has been a major topic of discussion for investors, businesses, and project developers alike. It seems, however, that the utilization of the OZ program has...more

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Treasury Issues Proposed Regulations on Opportunity Zones

On October 19, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations relating to the new Opportunity Zone program....more

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New IRS Regulations Issued: What’s Next for Opportunity Zones?

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Real estate developers, fund sponsors, and property owners have been eagerly awaiting guidance on the new Qualified Opportunity Zone ("QOZ") provisions included in last December’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. ...more

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Qualified Opportunity Zone Proposed Regulations Provide a Path Forward for Fund Formations, But Leave Many Questions for Another...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 19, 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released long-anticipated proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) relating to investments in Qualified Opportunity Zones (“QOZs”)....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Update on Qualified Opportunity Zones: First Set of Guidance Issued

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act introduced a new tax-incentive program known as Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZs). In 2018, governors of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the five U.S. possessions designated more than...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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

• 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

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Window of Opportunity: The IRS Issues Initial Guidance on Qualified Opportunity Zone Rules

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The new rules address a number of issues that investors and sponsors were waiting for guidance on. The IRS has promised further guidance to address issues that remain in need of clarification. ...more

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U.S. Treasury Issues Much-Anticipated Opportunity Zone Guidance

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On Friday, October 19, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department issued long-awaited proposed regulations and other guidance with respect to opportunity zone incentives under Internal Revenue Code (I.R.C.) § 1400Z-2....more

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IRS Issues Guidance on Qualified Opportunity Zones

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The 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act included significant new tax benefits for investments in qualified opportunity zones. Specifically, taxpayers can defer tax recognition on capital gains when the gains are reinvested in a...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Qualified Opportunity Zones - A Potentially Powerful New Tax Incentive

The recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) created a new program to spur economic development by providing investors with significant tax benefits for investments in designated low-income census tracts known as...more

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IRS Designates Remaining Qualified Opportunity Zones

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The IRS has now certified and designated Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZs) in every state, five possessions, and the District of Columbia....more

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New Tax Program Incentivizes Long-Term Investment in Distressed Areas

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As part of the major tax reform bill passed in December, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Congress created a new program to promote long-term investments in low-income areas by providing the opportunity for taxpayers to...more

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IRS Announces First Wave of Opportunity Zone Designations

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The IRS inaugurated an exciting new community redevelopment program on April 9 and April 18 when it designated more than 4,800 Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZs) in 20 states, three possessions, and Puerto Rico....more

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