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 Internal Revenue Service announced on Sept. 14, 2023, an immediate moratorium on the processing of Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims that is anticipated to last at least through the end of the year....more
On Aug. 29, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS released comprehensive proposed regulations adding clarity to the prevailing wage and apprenticeship (PWA) prerequisites associated with eligibility for...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) extended and modified a federal investment tax credit for advanced energy manufacturing projects under Section 48C of the Code. Section 48C provides incentives for clean energy...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
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) created several new tax incentives to encourage developing clean energy projects that would benefit underserved communities and individuals. Among these incentives, Congress included...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
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) created many new and revised tax incentives to develop clean energy projects. Among many of these incentives, Congress included a requirement that taxpayers meet prevailing wage and...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
8/25/2022
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Investment Tax Credits ,
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Renewable Energy Incentives ,
Solar Energy ,
Tax Credits ,
Wind Power
On July 27, 2022, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) introduced the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which proposes new and revised tax incentives for clean energy. The bill...more
On April 21, 2021, U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and 24 Democratic senators introduced the Clean Energy for America Act, which proposes to consolidate the current energy tax incentives available...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS recently issued final regulations regarding carbon capture tax credits under section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code, which amend and clarify the proposed regulations issued last...more
On May 28, 2020, the IRS issued proposed regulations regarding carbon capture tax credits under Section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code. The proposed regulations provide rules on secure geological storage, credit recapture,...more
On March 27, 2020, President Donald Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act). The new legislation is considered the third phase of legislation enacted in response to the...more
3/30/2020
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Relief Measures ,
SBA ,
SBA Lending Programs ,
Small Business ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Relief ,
Unemployment Insurance
On Feb. 20, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-12 and Revenue Procedure 2020-12 regarding carbon capture tax credits (IRC Section 45Q). Notice 2020-12 (the begin construction notice) provides guidance to determine when...more
2/25/2020
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Carbon Emissions ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Energy Projects ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Popular ,
Safe Harbors ,
Solar Energy ,
Tax Credits ,
Wind Power
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
In February 2018, the tax credit for carbon capture and sequestration under Section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code (the carbon sequestration credit) received a significant boost from Congress in the Bipartisan Budget Act of...more
The recent enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 extended and significantly expanded the existing tax credit for carbon sequestration under Section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code. Although the Section 45Q credit...more