Opportunity Zones Explained

What are Opportunity Zones and How do They Work?

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed in 2017, created new tax incentives for investments in what are known as Opportunity Zones: targeted areas in the United States. Investments are made via Qualified Opportunity Funds, who are directed to promote economic development in 8,700 disadvantaged rural and urban (read Native, African American and Hispanic) communities (low-income census tracts selected by state governors and certified by the U.S. Treasury Department) by offering investors substantial federal tax advantages.

As one analyst explained:

"Assume an investor has a $1 million gain in Apple stocks and decides to sell. To keep it simple, let’s also assume the investor is in a 20 percent tax bracket, totaling $200,000 in capital gains tax. But instead of paying, the investor reinvests the $200,000 in an Opportunity Fund.

• If the investor holds for more than 10 years: the investor pays ZERO capital gains tax on the appreciation of that asset."

These benefits are only available through the Opportunity Zone program.

Please join us as we discuss:

• Where Opportunity Zones are, geographically.

• Creating a Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund'

• What types of Opportunity Zone investments you can expect to see.

• What companies looking for investments should be doing NOW.

• Who are the major Opportunity Fund creators and investors.

• New Opportunity Zone rules and regulations.

• Who are the key OZ players in DC: House, Senate, Treasury and IRS Staff OZ directory.

• Timing: When will the final rules be release?

• Investment deadlines and timetables.

• Economic Analysis of Opportunity Zone regulations.

• How will Opportunity Zones impact minority communities?

• Making investments or raising capital.