Tax credits

A rule change allowing non-profits to cash in green energy credits presents both opportunities and challenges.

Detroit, which has several climate-friendly projects in the pipeline, is seeking a tax advisor to help navigate snag tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act.

There are a variety of reasons more finance officers aren't talking about potntially game-changing tax credits.

Cities and states are eligible to apply for the program, which gives eligible solar and wind facilities in low-income areas increased investment tax credits of 10% or 20%.

Changes to the direct-pay system provides opportunities for nonprofits to cash in tax credits

The IRS has published its final regulations on e-filing of Form 8038-CP and will require electronic filings beginning with returns filed after Dec. 31, 2023.

If the IRA's tax credits prove popular for building clean energy projects, they may be expanded into basic infrastructure financing, said University of Chicago professor Justin Marlowe.

Fitch said it expects the law will spur more public power borrowing for clean energy facilities.

Lawmakers and advocates of U.S. tax credits like tax-exempt debt aren't getting many answers from Treasury about an impending global tax regime that diminishes the value of the tax tools.

The city has received a notice from the IRS seeking evidence bond proceeds were used on the construction, rehabilitation or repair of public school buildings.

KeyBanc Capital Markets priced tax-exempt bonds that will fund more than 300 units in Clayton County, Georgia, with the help of a Fannie Mae finance program.

The agreement over middle-class tax relief could set the stage for passage of the fiscal 2022 budget.

Advance refunding, direct-pay bonds, and increased limits on bank-qualified bonds would be among the muni-friendly tax provisions that have a good chance of becoming law if Democrats control both chambers of Congress.

A new tax credit, a grand jury report, national election-year politics and regional bickering have revived debate over natural gas drilling.

NDH founder Scott Haber told Louisiana officials that state tax credits can provide seed funding for public-private partnership projects.

It is time for more creative thinking about finding more solutions to fund improvements for the city instead of political squabbles.

The lawsuits were filed a day after 11 Democrats in the Senate and a bipartisan group of 47 House lawmakers announced a long-shot effort to repeal the regulation using the Congressional Review Act.

Issuers of the Clean Energy Bonds would have the option of offering the bond as a tax credit bond, or as a direct-pay bond, where the Treasury Department reimburses the bond issuer at a rate of up to 70% of the interest cost, according to a summary of the bill.

The firm is expanding its bond counsel practice in Virginia and the Southeast.

Historic redevelopment projects that were on life-support are moving forward after historic tax credits were retained in a rewrite of the federal tax code.