On Dec. 19, the United States Department of the Treasury released final regulations related to investment in Qualified Opportunity Zones and Qualified Opportunity Funds (544 pages). These highly anticipated regulations and related guidance provide critical information to investors, Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOFs), and project sponsors/operators involved in real estate, venture capital, operating businesses, and project finance in Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZs). Many provisions of two rounds of prior proposed regulations were finalized or amended, and…

Welcome to In the Zone: GT Qualified Opportunity Zone News. Our monthly digest of the latest federal and state developments in Qualified Opportunity Zones and Qualified Opportunity Funds and related Greenberg Traurig news and events will keep stakeholders apprised of the most pressing issues in this burgeoning space.…

Many real estate investors hoping for clarity on whether they will be eligible for the tax break for pass-through entities under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) will be disappointed that guidance from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will not help much for projects leased on a triple-net basis. Read Marvin A. Kirsner’s article for the Daily Business Review, “Final IRS Guidance for Rental Deduction Still Leaves Triple Net Leases Out in the Cold.” (subscription).…

Law360 recently published an article by Greenberg Traurig’s Barbara T. Kaplan, Michelle Ferreira, and Jennifer Vincent, titled “Prepare For Greater IRS Scrutiny On Conservation Easements.” While the Internal Revenue Service has been focused on syndicated conservation easements for over 10 years, earlier this year IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig announced several campaign issues on which the IRS would heighten its focus. These campaigns included compliance in the areas of cryptocurrency, syndicated conservation easements, captive insurance companies,…

While the IRS has been cracking down on syndicated conservation easements for over ten years, earlier this year Chuck Rettig, the Commissioner of the IRS, announced several campaign areas upon which the IRS would heighten focus in the coming year. Following through on this promise, on Nov. 12, 2019, the IRS announced a significant increase in enforcement actions for syndicated conservation easements in Issue Number IR-2019-182. This GT Alert explains what a syndicated conservation…

In South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., et al., 138 S. Ct. 2080 (decided June 21, 2018), the Supreme Court of the United States held that physical presence in a state was not necessary for retailers to be required to collect and remit state sales and use tax. Many states, including New York, have passed statutes implementing that decision. On Nov. 5, 2019, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance issued TSB-M-19(4)S, providing guidance…

The Amsterdam office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented InterXion (NYSE: INXN), a leading European provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral colocation data center services, in a business combination with Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR). The transaction values InterXion at approximately USD 93.48 per share or USD 8.4 billion of total enterprise value in an all-stock deal, based on Digital Realty’s closing price on Monday. This strategic transaction is the largest in the history of the…