Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló signed the Puerto Rico Opportunity Zones Development Act last week. The bill creates the regulatory framework for investing in Opportunity Zones on the island and establishes conformity with the federal tax incentive. Several additional incentives are also created by the new law, including: 18.5 percent tax on the net income … Read more
Last Thursday, May 9 at the SALT Conference in Las Vegas, Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson announced two new Federal Housing Administration incentives for multifamily properties located in Opportunity Zones. Firstly, FHA has designated a team of senior underwriters who will ensure expedited review of applications for properties located in opportunity … Read more
Senate Bill 1344 would require the Treasury Department to collect data and issue a report on the effectiveness of the Opportunity Zones tax policy. The bill is sponsored by Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tim Scott (R-SC), Todd Young (R-IN), and Margaret Hassan (D-NH). The original Opportunity Zones legislation that was first introduced to Congress in February … Read more
The second tranche of IRS regulatory guidance on Qualified Opportunity Funds was released last month. This morning, it was posted to the Federal Register. Public comments on the proposed rules can be submitted at Regulations.gov. Comments are due July 1. A public hearing is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. EDT on July 9 at the New … Read more
It’s been one week since the IRS released the second tranche of regulatory guidance on Qualified Opportunity Funds. This guidance is a huge step in the right direction in terms of clarifying the biggest questions that OZ participants had following the first tranche of proposed rules. And it goes a long way toward finally clearing … Read more
The long-awaited second tranche of regulations on Investing in Qualified Opportunity Funds has been approved by OIRA and is now available for public comment. Click here to read the new regulations. The 169-page regulatory document is more than twice the size of the first tranche of guidance that was released last October and clarifies most … Read more
On March 12, the second tranche of IRS regulatory guidance on Qualified Opportunity Funds was submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. OIRA is a branch of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget. While the first tranche of regulatory guidance released in October of last year dealt primarily with real estate, … Read more
The Kresge Foundation today announced that it is committing $22 million to Opportunity Zone funds offered by Arctaris and Community Capital Management. In June of last year, Kresge — in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation — announced an open call for letters of inquiry from fund managers who were planning qualified opportunity fund offerings. In … Read more
The city of Boulder, Colorado has seemingly been wary of the federal Opportunity Zones tax incentive since the very beginning. Only one of 12 eligible census tracts within the city was recommended to state leaders. And now, that one opportunity zone (census tract #08013012203) is subject to an emergency permitting moratorium while the city sorts … Read more
Following last month’s hearing on Qualified Opportunity Funds, the IRS has completed its second tranche of regulatory guidance. Yesterday, the proposed rules were submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review. OIRA is a branch of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget. OIRA will now review the proposed guidance for … Read more