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Qualified Opportunity Zones and Tax Credits: IRS Regulations, Capital Gain Deferral Mechanisms, Section 1400Z

New Markets Tax Credit, Step-Up in Basis, Appreciation Exclusion, Tax Planning Strategies for Investors

A live 90-minute premium CLE/CPE video webinar with interactive Q&A

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

1:00pm-2:30pm EST, 10:00am-11:30am PST

Early Registration Discount Deadline, Friday, January 3, 2025

or call 1-800-926-7926

This CLE/CPE course will provide tax counsel and advisers with a detailed analysis of the qualified opportunity zones tax incentive mechanism provided under current tax law. The panel will discuss final IRS regulations for investors, recent amendments, new markets tax credits, energy tax credits, and the necessary legal requirements and processes to achieve these tax benefits. The panel will also describe methods to ensure deferral or reduction of capital gains and outline additional tax planning strategies associated with opportunity zone funds and businesses.

Description

Tax reform created one of the country's most significant economic development programs that encourages private investment in qualified opportunity zones. The program allows taxpayers to defer and reduce capital gains by allowing the taxpayer to reinvest capital gain proceeds in a qualified opportunity fund.

This incentive investment program subsidizes growing businesses in low-income communities through short- and long-term capital gains deferral, providing a substantial step-up in tax basis and tax abatement on the post-investment appreciation. The program required states to nominate a limited number of census tracts to be designated as qualified opportunity zones with such designation to remain in place for 10 years.

To take advantage of the program's tax benefits, a taxpayer must reinvest capital gain proceeds in a qualified opportunity fund within 180 days from the date of the sale or exchange of a capital asset. A qualified opportunity fund must hold at least 90 percent of the fund's assets in qualified opportunity zone property. Tax counsel and advisers must understand and develop planning techniques to assist individuals or businesses seeking to invest capital, raise funds, or recognize significant capital gains in the next few years.

Listen as our panel discusses the benefits of the new qualified opportunity zone tax incentive program as an investment tool for taxpayers, the final IRS regulations and recent amendments, the necessary legal requirements and processes to achieve the tax benefits, techniques to ensure deferral or reduction of capital gains, and a discussion of critical open issues, analysis, and recommended guidance for counsel and advisers.

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Outline

  1. Opportunity zone provisions under the new tax bill
  2. Final IRS regulations, recent amendments, Rev. Rul. 2018-29 and Form 8996
  3. Processes and criteria designating qualified opportunity zones
  4. Opportunity zone funds as the new class of investment vehicles and interests they can hold
  5. Securing the tax benefits of opportunity zone investments
  6. Best practices and tax planning techniques for counsel

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • How do the IRS final regulations provide clarity to investors?
  • What are the key provisions included in the most recent amendments?
  • What are the opportunity zones and eligibility requirements for new markets tax credit?
  • What tax benefits do opportunity zones provide?
  • What are opportunity zone funds and qualified opportunity zone businesses?
  • How can taxpayers ensure the deferral or reduction of capital gains and the appreciation exclusion?
  • How can the opportunity zone incentive be combined with other federal tax incentives, such as the new markets tax credit and energy tax credits?
  • Optimizing structures for opportunity zone investments
  • What legislative and regulatory provisions may be instituted to refine OZ and boost its benefits?

Faculty

Blecher, Alan
Alan M. Blecher, JD

Managing Director
CBIZ Marks Paneth

Mr. Blecher has considerable experience serving high-income and high-net-worth individuals and their closely held...  |  Read More

Goldie, Gordon
Gordon Goldie, CPA, MST

Partner
Plante & Moran

Mr. Goldie is one of the leaders of Plante Moran's housing and community development solutions group. He spends 100...  |  Read More

Sanders, Michael
Michael I. Sanders

Partner
Blank Rome

Mr. Sanders focuses his practice in the area of taxation, particularly in matters affecting partnerships, limited...  |  Read More

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