STEVE GOLDSTEIN: The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that was approved by Congress and signed by President Trump included a provision on opportunity zones. That gave states the opportunity to nominate certain areas — presumably low-income sections — as those zones, where developers would have incentive to build based on capital gains related tax breaks.[ … ]
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Benefits of Investing in Opportunity Zones, TCJA
The Opportunities Zones program enacted with the Tax Cuts and Job Act of 2017 offers three tax incentives for investing in certain low-income communities through a qualified Opportunity Fund: temporary deferral, step-up in basis, and permanent exclusion of capital gains. Under this provision, gain from the sale of any type of property that produces capital[ … ]
