IRS Releases Guidance on the Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program for Solar and Wind Facilities

John Eliason, Global Co-Head of Energy Project Finance, is a highly respected attorney in the field of tax equity. He has spent more than 20 years representing tax equity investors and developers, with a focus on renewable and alternative energy for the last decade. John has played a pivotal role in the advancement of the renewable energy market. His clients include major financial institutions (tax equity investors and infrastructure funds), solar, wind, and alternative energy developers, as well as leading equipment manufacturers. John focuses his practice on advising tax equity investors, lenders, developers, and sponsors in the renewable energy space—particularly those relating to wind, solar, biomass, and other emerging technologies—with structuring and closing transactions that rely on federal and state tax incentives, like the Federal production tax credit (PTC), energy investment tax credit (ITC) and accelerated depreciation (MACRS and “bonus”). John regularly advises clients implementing partnership flips, public/private partnerships, sale-leasebacks, and other structuring options. He also works with non-U.S. based pension and private equity funds investing in energy and infrastructure assets. John’s practice includes representing clients in front of the Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service. Prior to practicing law, John founded an information management company based in Austin, Texas. He is also a veteran of the Texas Army National Guard. Concentrations Taxation Corporate Finance Transactions Investment management Financial institutions Transportation and infrastructure Public private partnerships (P3) Economic development and government incentives

Margaret J. Weil focuses her practice on tax planning and advice for private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, financings, and other commercial transactions. She advises domestic and international corporations, partnerships, and high-net-worth individuals on a broad range of tax matters, including domestic and cross-border M&A, securities offerings, restructurings, tax compliance, and the federal, state, and international tax developments that affect their transactions and ongoing business operations.

Braxton T. Roam focuses his practice on energy project finance and taxation. Braxton advises tax equity investors, lenders, developers, and sponsors in the renewable energy space—particularly those relating to wind, solar, biomass, and other emerging technologies—with structuring and closing transactions that rely on federal and state tax incentives. His experience includes matters involving Internal Revenue Code section 48 Investment Tax Credits (ITC), section 45 Production Tax Credits (PTC), section 45Q Carbon Oxide Sequestration Credits, section 1400Z Qualified Opportunity Zones, and the section 1603 Treasury Grant Program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, among other federal and state tax incentives.