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Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund Investments
In existence since 2000, the federal New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) incentive has provided gap financing and infusions of cash in economically distressed communities for more than two decades. However, the amount of NMTC funds...more
On November 4, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund (CDFI Fund) released the Notice of Allocation Availability for the calendar year (CY) 2021 round of the New...more
The U.S. Treasury Department through the CDFI Fund has awarded more than $3.5 billion in tax credit allocation to Community Development Entities. The awards are part of the New Markets Tax Credit program and will facilitate...more
Under current legislation, tax-exempt and other low cost financing solutions are not typically available for social infrastructure projects....more
The “Opportunity Zone” community development program was established by Congress in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to encourage long-term investments in low-income urban and rural communities nationwide. ...more
Have you heard? The major tax reform enacted at the end of 2017 created a new tax incentive to encourage investments in designated low-income areas called opportunity zones. Originally published in The Journal Record |...more
Below are questions submitted by the audience during our webinar Window of Opportunity: The IRS Issues Initial Guidance on Qualified Opportunity Zone Rules. The webinar was on November 2, 2018. Here’s the presentation from...more
On October 19, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations relating to the new Opportunity Zone program....more
Real estate developers, fund sponsors, and property owners have been eagerly awaiting guidance on the new Qualified Opportunity Zone ("QOZ") provisions included in last December’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 19, 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released long-anticipated proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) relating to investments in Qualified Opportunity Zones (“QOZs”)....more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act introduced a new tax-incentive program known as Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZs). In 2018, governors of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the five U.S. possessions designated more than...more
The new rules address a number of issues that investors and sponsors were waiting for guidance on. The IRS has promised further guidance to address issues that remain in need of clarification. ...more
On Friday, October 19, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department issued long-awaited proposed regulations and other guidance with respect to opportunity zone incentives under Internal Revenue Code (I.R.C.) § 1400Z-2....more
The Treasury Department has released guidance for the new opportunity zone (OZ) tax incentive, which addresses gains invested in qualified opportunity funds (QOF)...more
Rewards and Risks in Opportunity Zone Funds - H.R. 1—informally known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—became law on December 22, 2017. Included in the Act is a new program intended to spur the reallocation of investments...more
The recent federal tax reform bill included provisions creating a new program through which a taxpayer can defer income tax on capital gains. The Opportunity Zone program allows a taxpayer to reinvest proceeds from the sale...more
We have published our whitepaper: Gain Deferral Using Qualified Opportunity Zone Investment Strategies Legal Update. “Qualified Opportunity Zones” are not specific to renewable energy and do not involve tax credits but...more
The IRS has now certified and designated Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZs) in every state, five possessions, and the District of Columbia....more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 created a new economic development program that encourages long-term investments in low-income areas, so-called “Opportunity Zones,” by offering tax deferral for capital gains reinvested in...more
Qualified Opportunity Zones were included as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act which became law in December 2017. The zones were originally introduced as the Investing in Opportunity Act sponsored by South Carolina Senator...more
The IRS released Opportunity Zone FAQs on April 24 explaining that an eligible entity will be able to self-certify to become a Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF) by filing a form (to be released this summer) with its timely...more
As part of the major tax reform bill passed in December, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Congress created a new program to promote long-term investments in low-income areas by providing the opportunity for taxpayers to...more
The IRS inaugurated an exciting new community redevelopment program on April 9 and April 18 when it designated more than 4,800 Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZs) in 20 states, three possessions, and Puerto Rico....more
The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) established a new economic development incentive, known as an “Opportunity Zone”. ...more
The recently passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 created an opportunity for states “to identify up to 25% of low-income, high-poverty census tracts” for consideration for federal tax breaks for economic development,...more