Kevin Spencer
Subscribe to Kevin Spencer's PostsKevin Spencer focuses his practice on tax controversy issues. Kevin represents clients in complicated tax disputes in court and before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) at the IRS Appeals and Examination divisions. In addition to his tax controversy practice, Kevin has broad experience advising clients on various tax issues, including tax accounting, employment and reasonable compensation, civil and criminal tax penalties, IRS procedures, reportable transactions and tax shelters, renewable energy, state and local tax, and private client matters. After earning his Master of Tax degree, Kevin had the privilege to clerk for the Honorable Robert P. Ruwe on the US Tax Court. Read Kevin Spencer's full bio.
IRS Issues Guidance on the Beginning of Construction Rules for Renewable Projects
By McDermott Will & Emery, Heather Cooper, Kevin Spencer and Philip Tingle on May 11, 2016
Posted In Renewables, Tax
The Internal Revenue Service recently issued Notice 2016-31, which provides much-needed guidance for wind and other qualified facilities on meeting the beginning of construction requirements in light of the 2015 statutory extension and modification of the production tax credit and the investment tax credit. The Notice also revises and adds to the list of excusable disruptions...
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Short-Term Reauthorization of FAA Programs Potentially Paves the Way For Omitted Energy Credit Extenders
By McDermott Will & Emery, Heather Cooper, Kevin Spencer and Philip Tingle on Apr 7, 2016
Posted In Project Development and Finance, Renewables, Tax, U.S. Congress
As discussed in our post on March 16, the Congressional extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 45 and the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) under IRC Section 48 in December 2015 failed to include extensions for certain types of renewable energy property, including fuel cell power plants, stationary microturbine...
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President Obama Signs Consolidated Appropriations Act
By McDermott Will & Emery, Heather Cooper, Kevin Spencer and Philip Tingle on Mar 16, 2016
Posted In Project Development and Finance, Renewables, Tax, U.S. Congress
Renewable Energy Industry Seeks Additional Energy Credit Clarifications On December 18, 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (H.R. 2029) (the Act). The Act includes multi-year extensions of the Production Tax Credit (the PTC) under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 45 and the Investment Tax Credit (the ITC) under IRC...
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What Must Be Done for Wind and Solar Projects to Have “Begun Construction” under the New PTC and ITC?
By McDermott Will & Emery, Heather Cooper, Kevin Spencer and Philip Tingle on Feb 5, 2016
Posted In Project Development and Finance, Renewables, Tax
With the recent extension of the federal income tax credits available for renewable energy projects, practitioners and industry participants have raised questions as to how the “begun construction” rules will apply under these new regimes. The new regimes refer to the dates on which construction on projects began for purposes of determining qualification for the...
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Extension of Renewable Energy Tax Incentives
By McDermott Will & Emery, Heather Cooper, Kevin Spencer and Philip Tingle on Jan 14, 2016
Posted In Environmental, Renewables, U.S. Congress
On December 18, 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (H.R. 2029) (the Act), which included welcomed extensions to a number of energy tax incentives. The legislation includes multi-year extensions of the Section 45 Production Tax Credit (the PTC) and the Section 48 Investment Tax Credit (the ITC) for wind and...
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