On July 1, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Ruling 2021-13 (the Revenue Ruling), addressing the application of section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Section 45Q) to carbon...more
When the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 was passed into law, it expanded the §45Q2 tax credit, an important federal incentive encouraging private investment in the development and use of carbon capture technologies and...more
Federal support for carbon capture, utilization and storage (“CCUS”) demonstrated over the last two months has generated even greater enthusiasm for carbon capture projects in the United States. First, in the final weeks of...more
On January 6, 2021, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (the Final Regulations) under section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Section 45Q),...more
On January 6, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of the Treasury released final regulations on the IRC section 45Q carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) credit in order to implement changes made to that...more
Section 45Q, as amended by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA), provides a substantial tax credit for the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide and other carbon oxides. Taxpayers have been awaiting guidance from the...more
On May 28, 2020, the Department of the Treasury issued proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) under Section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Section 45Q), which provides a credit for the capture...more
On May 13, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2019-31, which provides the 2019 inflation adjusted amounts for the section 45Q carbon oxide sequestration credit. The section 45Q carbon oxide sequestration...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
On May 2, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2019-32 (Notice) requesting comments on anticipated regulations and other guidance under section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code. Section 45Q was originally...more