IRS Extends Safe Harbor for Completion of PTC-Qualifying Facilities to Jan. 1, 2017
By McGuireWoods LLP.
Yesterday, March 11, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2015-25, which extends by one year certain tests taxpayers can use to establish that a qualifying renewable energy facility is eligible for the production tax credit (PTC) or, alternatively, the investment tax credit (ITC).
Notice 2015-15 updates prior IRS guidance in response to a change made by the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014, Pub. L. No. 113-295, 128 Stat. 4010 (2014 Extenders Bill). The date by which construction must have begun for a qualifying renewable energy facility to be eligible for the PTC or ITC was extended from “before January 1, 2014,” to “before January 1, 2015.”