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S. 1183 has been introduced to the United States Senate, which is titled: Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2025: United States Senate Legislation Introduced (“Act”)....more
The IRS recently released an updated Form 4255, Certain Credit Recapture, Excessive Payments, and Penalties, which is used to report the amount due for certain credit recaptures, excessive payments, excessive credit transfers...more
Enacted in August 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (the “IRA”) expanded energy tax credits by increasing credit amounts across the board and broadening eligibility criteria to include new technologies....more
House Bill 1303 has been filed which would create the: Sustainable Aviation Fuel Incentive Act (“Act”). The Bill’s lead sponsors are Representatives Lane Jean of Magnolia and Senator Matt Stone of Camden....more
On January 10, 2025, the Treasury Department (the “Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) continued their flurry of new guidance by releasing IRS Notice 2025-10 (the “Notice”) concerning the clean fuel...more
Join Troutman Pepper Locke Partners Karlie Webb and Ben Cowan as they delve into the complexities of the Inflation Reduction Act, focusing on the Brownfield Energy Community credits. This discussion covers the statutory...more
On January 3, 2025, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations under Internal Revenue Code (Code) Section 45V (the Final Regulations) with respect to credits for the production of clean...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS released initial guidance on Jan. 10, 2025, regarding the production tax credit (PTC) for clean fuels under Section 45Z of the Internal Revenue Code, as enacted by the Inflation...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS issued the Proposed Regulations on Oct. 9, 2024, providing long-awaited guidance on entities wholly owned by Tribal governments and organized or incorporated exclusively under the...more
Although artificial intelligence (“AI”) dominated financial, technological, and even social conversations in 2024, less attention was paid to the reality that AI’s emergence entails substantial increases in energy demand,...more
Looking at 2024 EV sales, the U.S. made meaningful strides toward achieving the Biden Administration’s goal of having 50% of all new vehicle sales be electric by 2030. Since the IRA was enacted, purchases of zero-emission...more
Overview - The final regulations, scheduled to be published in final form by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury on December 12, 2024, provide comprehensive rules regarding the energy credit...more
On December 4, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final regulations providing further guidance in determining whether property is energy property and eligible for the Investment...more
On December 4, 2024, the Department of the Treasury finalized new rules governing the Section 48 Investment Tax Credit (“ITC”). The ITC applies to a broad range of clean energy projects, including biogas projects, which were...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have issued final regulations allowing tax-exempt entities that are partners in clean energy projects to elect to receive energy tax credits in cash....more
Welcome to the November 2024 issue of REIT Tax News. Below, we summarize five key developments impacting REITs this past year....more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) was one of the most significant legislative victories of the Biden administration, fostering tens of billions (USD) in planned clean energy investments, much of this yet to be...more
The future of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed in 2022 to boost US clean energy with new tax incentives, hangs in the balance. President-elect Trump and some Republicans in Congress have threatened to repeal all or...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of October 7, 2024 – October 11, 2024. ...more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) allows firms to develop and sell clean energy tax credits. In our last update, available here, we discussed the release of the long-awaited guidance package on the new...more
Changes to the tax code have made it easier to monetize renewable energy tax credits, attracting interest from emerging growth companies looking to bolster their balance sheets amid the slowdown in venture capital funding....more
As year’s end approaches and biogas developers turn from Section 48 investment tax credits (“ITCs”) under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Act”), which required projects to begin construction before December 31,...more
Tax equity investments in 2023 were about $20 billion annually. To meet the goals of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), “many forecasters estimate that tax equity will need to increase […] to over $50 billion.”...more
Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more