On May 22, 2025, the House passed an amended version of the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill,” which would make the investment tax credit (ITC) under Section 48E and production tax credit (PTC) under Section 45Y unavailable for...more
On May 12, 2025, the House Ways and Means Committee released a draft of the Republican-sponsored 2025 tax bill, which addresses a number of renewable and clean energy tax credit matters previously extended in the Inflation...more
On May 17, 2024, the IRS released Notice 2024-41, which provides new safe harbors for determining certain energy projects’ qualification for the 10% domestic content bonus under the production tax credit (PTC) and investment...more
On Nov. 17, 2023, the IRS and Treasury Department released a series of proposed regulations for the Section 48 investment tax credit (ITC) that the energy market has anticipated for nearly a decade. These proposed rules...more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 created new opportunities both in renewed and brand-new energy tax credits. It also offered new methods through which these credits can be claimed, as a Section 6417 direct payment to...more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 created new opportunities both in renewed and brand-new energy tax credits. It also offered new methods through which these credits can be claimed, as a Section 6417 direct payment to...more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) created a 10% tax credit adder to encourage the use of “domestic content” in renewable projects that qualify for the production tax credit (PTC) and investment tax credit (ITC)....more
The application process for the first round of funding for the Section 48C credit will open May 31, 2023. The IRS will issue additional guidance on the program before the application process opens but the application window...more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) created several new tax incentives to encourage the development of clean energy projects that would benefit specific communities. Among these incentives, Congress included a tax...more
Direct pay and transferability for energy tax credits have been available since Jan. 1, 2023, but credit transactions using these provisions have been slow to materialize due to lack of Treasury or IRS guidance. On March 22,...more
On Aug. 16, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), which includes new and revised tax incentives for clean energy projects. This alert provides a summary of the IRA impact on...more
On Aug. 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), which includes new and revised tax incentives for clean energy projects. The IRA extends and significantly modifies the federal tax...more
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On June 29, 2021, the IRS issued Notice 2021-41, providing taxpayers additional relief for purposes of satisfying the beginning-of-construction requirement for qualifying production tax credit (PTC) and investment tax credit...more
The IRS recently issued Notice 2021-05, which extends the continuity safe harbor to 10 years for offshore wind projects and renewable energy projects constructed on federal land. Under prior IRS guidance, most renewable...more
On Dec. 21, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate passed a year-end tax package, which would extend certain tax credits for renewable energy and other tax incentives. The bill was sent to President Trump for his...more
On May 27, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2020-41, providing taxpayers with relief for purposes of satisfying the beginning-of-construction requirement for qualifying production tax credit (PTC) and...more
The Internal Revenue Service recently published its annual notice providing the inflation adjustment factors and reference prices used in determining the amount of production tax credits (PTCs) for renewable energy and...more