On January 16, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2025-08 (Notice), which provides an updated safe harbor (First Updated Elective Safe Harbor) that modifies and otherwise...more
On January 15, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published final regulations providing further guidance on the clean electricity production credit under Section 45Y and the clean...more
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The IRS and the Treasury Department issued final regulations on January 3 (Final Regulations), providing guidance on the clean hydrogen production tax credit under Section 45V (Hydrogen PTC) and the investment tax credit...more
1/16/2025
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On March 5, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department issued final Treasury Regulations (the “Final Regulations”) updating and finalizing previously published proposed Treasury Regulations relating to the...more
What is arbitrage?
Generally, arbitrage is the simultaneous buying and selling of securities in different markets to exploit the difference in pricing. Specific to the tax-exempt bond market, arbitrage arises when a...more
On September 18, 2020, the United States Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue IRS (the “IRS”) issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) under section 4968 of the Internal Revenue Code of...more
On May 4, 2020 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2020-21 (Public Hearing Notice) and Notice 2020-25 (Reissuance Notice). These Notices provide limited, temporary relief to issuers of tax-exempt bonds in two...more
On November 2, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Bill”) was introduced in the United States House of Representatives and is currently before the House Ways and Means Committee. The Bill proposes both direct and indirect...more
On January 17, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2017-13 (2017-13). This revenue procedure modified, amplified, and superseded Revenue Procedure 2016-44 (2016-44), which was just issued last...more
On August 22, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2016-44 (2016-44) and then modified 2016-44 on September 2, 2016. This revenue procedure was a response from the IRS to a longstanding request...more