On June 18, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final regulations (Final Regulations) on the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements under Section 45(b)(7) (Prevailing...more
On June 7, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2024-48. This notice includes lists of information that taxpayers may use to determine whether they meet certain requirements...more
On May 16, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2024-41, which modifies Notice 2023-38 (Prior Guidance) by expanding the list of Applicable Projects (defined below) to...more
5/23/2024
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On April 25, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (Final Regulations) on tax credit transfers pursuant to Section 6418 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as...more
On March 22, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2024-30, which modifies prior guidance on the energy community enhancements. It further clarifies (a) when offshore...more
On March 5, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (Final Regulations) on the elective payment of certain tax credits (direct pay) pursuant to Section 6417 of the...more
3/11/2024
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The IRS announced on December 22, 2023, that it has launched the pre-filing registration portal for direct payments under Section 6417 and tax credit transfers under Section 6418....more
The IRS and the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations on December 26, 2023 (Proposed Regulations), providing guidance on the clean hydrogen production tax credit under Section 45V (Hydrogen PTC) and the investment...more
1/2/2024
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Renewable Energy ,
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The IRS and the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations under Section 48 on November 22, 2023 (Proposed Regulations), providing further guidance in determining whether property is energy property and eligible for the...more
The Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published proposed regulations on the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements under Section 45(b)(7) (Prevailing Wage Requirements) and (8)...more
On June 20, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued an opinion and order, denying plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment in Alta Wind I Owner-Lessor C, et al. v. U.S. (Nos. 13-402, 13-917, 13-935, 13-972, 14-47, 14-93,...more
On June 14, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations and temporary regulations on direct pay of certain tax credits pursuant to Section 6417 of the Internal Revenue...more
On June 15, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2023-45 and Notice 2023-47. Notice 2023-45 clarifies requirements for a brownfield site energy community safe harbor provided...more
6/20/2023
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On June 14, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations and temporary regulations on tax credit transfers pursuant to Section 6418 of the Internal Revenue Code of...more
On May 12, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2023-38, which describes certain rules that Treasury and the IRS intend to include in forthcoming proposed regulations...more
On April 4, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2023-29, which describes certain rules that Treasury and the IRS intend to include in forthcoming proposed regulations...more
Today, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published Notice 2022-61, providing guidance on the prevailing wage requirements under Section 45(b)(7)(A) and substantially similar provisions...more
On July 1, the IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2021-13, which concludes that an acid gas removal (AGR) unit at a methanol plant constituted carbon capture equipment for purposes of the carbon capture credit under Section 45Q...more
On June 29, the IRS issued Notice 2021-41, which provides further relief for delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic with respect to the “beginning of construction” requirements for renewable energy projects eligible for the...more
Treasury and the IRS have published final regulations (Final Regulations) under Section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code, which provides for a production tax credit for persons who physically or contractually ensure the...more
On December 31, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2021-5, which provides relief for the impact of delays on qualified facilities and energy property projects being constructed offshore or on federal land with respect to the...more