News & Analysis as of

Capital Gains Tax Planning Opportunity Zones

Lowndes

Bipartisan Bill Proposes Changes to Opportunity Zone Benefits

Lowndes on

If you acquired or built a senior living facility that is located in an opportunity zone, or are considering doing so, a recent bipartisan bill introduced in Congress proposes making changes to the opportunity zone rules. ...more

Jones Day

IRS Targeting Noncompliant Qualified Opportunity Funds and Their Investors

Jones Day on

On April 12, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service announced that starting this month, it will send letters to taxpayers requesting that they take corrective actions related to the reporting of investments in qualified...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

IRS to Issue Opportunity Zone Compliance Letters

Quarles & Brady LLP on

On April 12, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service announced that taxpayers participating in the Qualified Opportunity Zone program who need to take additional actions would receive notice letters later in April. This...more

Lowndes

Renewed Opportunities: Recent Bipartisan Proposal Seeks to Refine Opportunity Zone Development and Tax Incentives

Lowndes on

In 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts (TCJA) created a capital gains investing program aimed at revitalizing impoverished neighborhoods in the United States, known as “Qualified Opportunity Zones.” The purpose of this program...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Invest In Qualified Opportunity Funds Before Year End to Beat Deadline

While investments in Qualified Opportunity Funds may continue to be made well after the end of 2021, the 10% tax reduction on the capital gains invested in the Qualified Opportunity Fund will be gone by December 31, 2021. If...more

McDermott Will & Emery

The Working Capital Safe Harbor

McDermott Will & Emery on

Since coming into effect in January 2018, Subchapter Z of the US Tax Code—also known as the opportunity zone provisions—has enabled investors to pour billions of dollars into a broad array of businesses, from real estate...more

McDermott Will & Emery

The Nonqualified Financial Property Limitation

McDermott Will & Emery on

Since coming into effect in January 2018, Subchapter Z of the US Tax Code—also known as the opportunity zone provisions—has enabled investors to pour billions of dollars into a broad array of businesses, from real estate...more

Miller Nash LLP

Today in Tax: Qualified Small Business Stock, Opportunity Zones, Information Reporting for Digital Assets

Miller Nash LLP on

A brief commentary on the past week’s cases, rulings, notices, and related federal tax guidance. Medical Software Deemed a Qualifying Trade for Qualified Small Business Stock Gain Exclusion When certain criteria are met,...more

Winstead PC

A Significant Opportunity Zone Deadline Is Quickly Approaching

Winstead PC on

As has been the case over the last couple of years, opportunity zone (“OZ”) investments have been the subject much interest from taxpayers and investors during 2021. This interest has led to the investment of significant...more

Lowndes

Act Before Year End to Maximize Opportunity Zone Benefits

Lowndes on

If you are planning to acquire or build a senior living facility that is located in an opportunity zone, there are many tax benefits that are available to you. One of these benefits is that 10% of the capital gains that you...more

Lowndes

Qualified Opportunity Zones A Brief Primer

Lowndes on

If you are planning to acquire or build a senior living facility that is located in an opportunity zone, there are many tax benefits that are available to you. One of these benefits is that 10% of the capital gains that you...more

Stinson LLP

IRS Extends Relief for Qualified Opportunity Funds

Stinson LLP on

On January 19, 2021, the IRS issued Notice 2021-10, further extending relief for qualified opportunity funds (QOF) and their investors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The IRS had provided relief last year in Notice 2020-39, and...more

Morgan Lewis

IRS Extends Previously Issued Relief to Qualified Opportunity Funds and Their Investors

Morgan Lewis on

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2021-10 on January 19, which extends relief to Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOFs) and their investors as a response to continued challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic....more

Polsinelli

Opportunity Zone Deadlines Extended By COVID-19 Disaster Declarations (UPDATED)

Polsinelli on

On January 19, 2021, the IRS published guidance in Notice 2021-10, extending critical deadlines and rules relating to investments in qualified opportunity zones. First, any investors facing a deadline between April 1, 2020,...more

Jackson Walker

Tax Planning for a Biden Presidency

Jackson Walker on

This past November, we outlined selected tax law changes that President-elect Joe Biden has proposed, both in speaking engagements and on his campaign website, some or all of which could be enacted in 2021 or future years. ...more

Jackson Walker

Tax Planning for a Biden Presidency

Jackson Walker on

With Biden as the projected President-Elect (subject to pending federal litigation and the Electoral College vote), tax planning for late 2020, 2021, and beyond is top of mind for many businesses and individuals....more

Ruder Ware

Responding to the Pandemic, IRS Loosens Opportunity Zone Requirements

Ruder Ware on

The IRS recently offered relief to Qualified Opportunity Fund investors, waiving a penalty and pushing back some investment deadlines. This new guidance comes as investment in opportunity zones slows, stymied by brisk...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

IRS Further Extends Qualified Opportunity Zone Deadlines

Ballard Spahr LLP on

In Notice 2020-39, the IRS extended a number of deadlines for the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program. For a detailed explanation of the rules applicable to the QOZ program, see our discussion of the final QOZ...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

IRS Provides Relief on Opportunity Zone Deadlines

Pierce Atwood LLP on

On June 4, 2020, in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the IRS issued Notice 2020-39 to provide relief regarding various deadlines applicable to the federal opportunity zone program....more

Sullivan & Worcester

20 Ozone Things to Know for 2020 (Part 1)

Sullivan & Worcester on

Two months have elapsed since Treasury and IRS issued the Final Regulations on Opportunity Zones. The effective date is March 13, 2020. During these two months, the Sullivan Ozone Practice Group has hosted gatherings for our...more

Polsinelli

Polsinelli Commentary on the Final Opportunity Zone Regulations

Polsinelli on

Treasury issued final Opportunity Zone Regulations on December 19, 2019 (“Final Regulations”).  These Final Regulations update the first two rounds of Proposed Regulations (issued on October 29, 2018 and April 17, 2019)....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Highlights from the Final Opportunity Zone Regulations

McDermott Will & Emery on

The US Treasury released Final Regulations providing guidance under Subchapter Z (the Opportunity Zone Provisions) of the Internal Revenue Code in December of 2019. The Final Regulations clarify many portions of two earlier...more

Proskauer - Tax Talks

Final Regulations on Opportunity Zones

Proskauer - Tax Talks on

On December 19, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) under section 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Final Regulations Clarify and Liberalize Many Rules Governing Qualified Opportunity Fund Formation and Operations

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 19, 2019, the U.S. Treasury issued final Qualified Opportunity Zone regulations (the “Final QOZ Regulations”). Subject to the commentary in the Preamble to the Final QOZ Regulations on circular...more

Jackson Walker

Treasury Releases Final Regulations for Investing in Qualified Opportunity Zones

Jackson Walker on

On December 19, 2019, the Treasury Department released final regulations on the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program first enacted in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Final regulations provide additional safe harbors...more

95 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 4

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide