A pre-recorded streaming VIDEO replay of one session from the June 2019 live seminar, 71st Annual Virginia Conference on Federal Taxation.
Virginia’s Premier Tax Conference for Attorneys and Accountants Sponsored by The University of Virginia Tax Foundation Cooperating Organizations: VSCPA, VBA, VSB, UVa McIntire School of Commerce, UVa School of Law
This session provides an overview of the Opportunity Zone program enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and the recent proposed regulations. The OZ program is intended to spur investment in economically depressed and distressed areas by providing taxpayers with three tax benefits — the deferral and reduction of tax on capital gains and the exemption from tax on the appreciation on the investment in the qualified opportunity fund — provided that certain requirements are satisfied. We will review the OZ program requirements as well as the unanswered questions that remain regarding the program.