Connecticut adopted a $46.4 billion budget for the two-year period that commenced July 1, 2021, reflecting a 2.6% spending increase for the first year and a 3.9% spending increase for the second year. There is much to love and hate about the budget regardless of your political persuasion,
In early March, Connecticut took a competitive step to encourage the investment in data centers and colocation facilities, an industry that has had substantial growth in recent years throughout the nation, especially as the data needs of every business have increased during the pandemic. Such investment can be an attractive alternative to revive properties whose
The focus of the nation in 2020, including the State of Connecticut, was first and foremost on addressing the worldwide pandemic and the resulting social and economic turmoil. From the state and local tax perspective, Connecticut, like the vast majority of states, extended deadlines for the filing of tax returns and the making of tax
On January 19, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2021-10 (the “Notice”), which extends the relief for Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOF) and their investors provided for by Notice 2020-39. Notice 2020-39 announced various extensions of deadlines for QOFs and their investors due to COVID-19 pandemic, each of which are discussed here.
A summary of the
On June 5, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-39 (the “Notice”), which announces various extensions of deadlines for Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOF) and their investors due to COVID-19 pandemic. A summary of the extensions that are set forth in the Notice are summarized below:
180-Day Investment Period
Generally, taxpayers must reinvestment capital gain in a
On June 26, 2019, Governor Ned Lamont signed a $43.4 billion budget for the 2020 and 2021 fiscal years. The biennial budget addresses the projected $3.7 billion budget deficit for the period, but still increases spending by 1.7% in the 2020 fiscal year, and by 3.4% in the 2021 fiscal year. Although a letter dated
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Join Shipman & Goodwin tax attorneys Louis Schatz and David Bigger for this complimentary webinar reviewing significant issues that the IRS addressed in the new Opportunity Zones regulations and the impact that the new set of regulations will have on Opportunity Zone investments, both from an investor
Join Shipman & Goodwin tax attorneys Louis Schatz and David Bigger for this complimentary webinar reviewing significant issues that the IRS addressed in the new Opportunity Zones regulations and the impact that the new set of regulations will have on Opportunity Zone investments, both from an investor and a developer perspective.
The Internal Revenue Service released its highly anticipated second set of Qualified Opportunity Zone regulations on April 17, 2019. This new set of regulations answers many questions that were left open following the release of the first set of regulations last year, but the regulations also leave certain issues unresolved.
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According to recent reports, the much anticipated second set of Opportunity Zone proposed regulations should be released by the Internal Revenue Service within the next couple of weeks. Bloomberg News reported on Monday, March 18, 2019 that the Internal Revenue Service sent the proposed regulations to the White House’s regulatory review office on March 12,