The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued Notice 2024-30, which modifies guidance previously issued relating to the energy community “adder” for the investment tax credit and the production tax
Continue Reading IRS Adds 446 Potential Energy Communities; Eases Energy Community Rules for Offshore WindClean Hydrogen Tax Credits: IRS Releases Proposed Treasury Regulations
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued proposed regulations, published in the Federal Register Dec. 26, 2023, applicable to clean hydrogen production facilities.…
Continue Reading Clean Hydrogen Tax Credits: IRS Releases Proposed Treasury RegulationsProposed Regulations under Section 6418 Transferability of Clean Energy Tax Credits
On June 14, 2023, the IRS released proposed and temporary regulations and additional guidance describing rules for eligible taxpayers to benefit from clean energy projects through selling any of the…
Continue Reading Proposed Regulations under Section 6418 Transferability of Clean Energy Tax CreditsIRS Releases Guidance on the Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program for Solar and Wind Facilities
The Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2023-17 providing guidance on the Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program established under Internal Revenue Code Section 48(e) including environmental justice solar and wind capacity…
Continue Reading IRS Releases Guidance on the Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program for Solar and Wind FacilitiesIRS Establishes a Program to Allocate Credits to Qualifying Advanced Energy Projects
The Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2023-18 establishing a program to allocate $10 billion of credits for qualified investments in eligible qualifying advanced energy projects under Internal Revenue Code Section…
Continue Reading IRS Establishes a Program to Allocate Credits to Qualifying Advanced Energy ProjectsNotice 2021-41: Further Extension of the Continuity Safe Harbor for Renewable Energy Projects
On June 29, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2021-41 (the “Notice”) granting additional relief for certain renewable energy projects planning to claim the U.S. federal production tax…
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Summary of Guidance on Section 45Q Carbon Tax Credits Under 2020 Notice and Revenue Procedure
On Feb. 19, 2020, the IRS released Notice 2020-12 and Revenue Procedure 2020-12 (together, the “Carbon Guidance”) which provide highly anticipated clarity on the Internal Revenue Code Section 45Q credit…
The Taxman (May Not) Cometh: The Deductibility of Environmental ‘Penalties’
Buried within last December’s massive Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Pub. L. No. 115–97, 131 Stat. 2054 (TCJA), is an obscure provision that may change the litigation and…
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IRS Issues Final Regulations on Solid Waste Disposal Facilities
On August 18, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations regarding the types of facilities that qualify as “solid waste disposal facilities” under section 142(a)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code and therefore are eligible for financing with tax-exempt private activity bonds. In their GT Alert, Carla Young and Vanessa Albert Lowry examine the new regulations.
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