The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created the Opportunity Zone program, which was designed to encourage investment in economically distressed communities by allowing taxpayers to defer and potentially exclude certain portions of...more
10/24/2018
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Wednesday, Gov. Kay Ivey designated 158 qualifying low-income or distressed census tracts within Alabama as Opportunity Zones (OZ) under the new OZ program created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which defers and potentially...more
3/23/2018
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The Alabama Department of Commerce has adopted rules regarding the Alabama New Markets Development Act, which implemented Alabama’s New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC). The rules, which are codified at Alabama Administrative Code §...more