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
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 27 – 31, 2020. January 27, 2020: The Joint Committee on Taxation released a report...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
On November 26, the House of Representatives released a tax bill (Extenders Bill) that, if enacted, would extend certain tax credits for the renewable energy and alternative fuels industries and would make other changes...more
Washington saw a flurry of bipartisan activity over the last few weeks. Most notably, Republican and Democratic negotiators reached a long-awaited deal on sequestration budget caps. The compromise, announced on February 7 as...more
As of February 9, 2018, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 retroactively extended many energy related credits that expired December 31, 2016. The Act extended the investment tax credit under Code §48 through 2022 (with...more
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (2018 BBA) passed by Congress and signed into law on February 9, 2018, extends and changes tax credits for the renewable energy, alternative fuels and nuclear energy industries, and also...more
We are about to witness an almost unprecedented centralized partnership audit regime that takes full effect for taxable years starting on or after January 1, 2018, as adopted in late 2015 by Section 1101 of the Bipartisan...more