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In a Notes from Novogradac blog post, Michael J. Novogradac, discusses how the opportunity zones guidance issued today by Treasury provides answers to many questions and includes information that will help guide investors, fund managers and others.
The Treasury Department today released the first tranche of proposed guidance for the opportunity zones (OZ) incentive, addressing gains invested in qualified opportunity funds. Treasury also released a related revenue ruling. Treasury will accept comments for 60 days.
The Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund today announced an updated application for its community development entity certification. The application is available through the CDFI Fund’s Awards Management Information System. There are no changes to the criteria and questions on the previous application form.
Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, R, Puerto Rico, introduced legislation to provide a federal tax credit for certain business expenses in census tracts that meet one of three definitions for an economically distressed zone and are designated as such by local or state government. H.R.
The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals overturned a trial court decision and ruled that the state’s new markets tax credit (NMTC) can reduce the financial institutions excise tax (FIET) only by the amount paid to the state. The ruling said the NMTC can’t reduce FIET proceeds paid to counties and municipalities in which the financial institution was located. The decision in Alabama Dept. of Revenue vs.
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