On Dec. 21, 2020, Congress passed a COVID-19 relief bill (the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021), which President Trump signed into law on Dec. 27, 2020. The bill includes the Taxpayer
Continue Reading Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020: Spotlight on the Extensions of Certain Alternative Energy Tax Credits
On April 25, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided that refundable state tax brownfield credits are taxable income for federal purposes. The court held
Continue Reading Refundable State Tax Credits: Maybe Don’t Take the Money and Run
From Steven Russo of GT New York City and Robert Rosenthal of GT Albany:
The New York Governor proposed to extend the most significant tax credits associated with New York’s Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) as part of his Executive Budget. The proposal tries to take a middle ground between the cheerleaders of the program, who contend that it has been a widely successful economic development and environmental cleanup program, and the critics, who assert that the tax credits, especially the “tangible property credit,” is an unnecessary giveaway to real estate developers.
Continue Reading New York Governor Proposes to Extend Brownfield Tax Credit With Major Revisions