While many national investors are likely familiar with the Opportunity Zone Tax Incentive, it's useful to include a brief introduction to the policy for local investors or others who may not be ...

I am a Tax Principal with Ernst & Young LLP in the US-West Region. Chances are you have heard about Opportunity Zones (OZones) by now. They were created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to spur ...

You can read the text here. The simplest description is that opportunity zone investments provide for a deferral or elimination of capital gains tax on realized capital gains that are reinvested ...

A combined federal and state effort to redesign the boondoggle-prone economic development program could also provide the ...

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 provides a new incentive—centered around the deferral, reduction, and elimination of capital gains taxes—to spur private investments in low-income areas designated by ...

The federal qualified opportunity zone (QOZ) program was enacted in 2017 as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. It allows individual and institutional investors to tap into substantial tax ...

With Congress’ passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017, much discussion focused on a particular aspect of the law — the establishment of “Opportunity Zones” and the significant ...

Home prices in many designated Opportunity Zones are rising in line with home prices in the broader market but, as always with real estate, it’s a matter of location, location, location.

States where median home values in Opportunity Zones were up most often quarterly included Kentucky (medians up from the third quarter of 2024 to the fourth quarter of 2024 in 71 percent of zones), ...

Sylacauga, has filed a bill that would establish a state income tax credit for recruited workers and remote workers that move to certain counties in Alabama. Under HB259, remote workers and teachers, ...

Trump-era Opportunity Zones meant to help low-income communities exploited by investors Former President Donald Trump's 2017 tax plan created Opportunity Zones — a program of tax incentives to ...

Developers who say they could offer at least a partial solution to Litchfield’s housing shortage expressed frustration and asked for action on their proposal during Monday’s City ...