Opportunity Zones

This presentation provides a clear, practical overview of Opportunity Zones, explaining how the incentive works, who qualifies, and how capital gains can be strategically deployed to achieve significant tax benefits. Doug and Austin will highlight key structural, compliance, and planning considerations for investors, developers, and operating businesses, including recent changes that have made the Opportunity Zone program permanent. Attendees will gain actionable insights to evaluate Opportunity Zone investments with confidence and align them with long-term business and growth objectives.”

Key Learning Objectives:

1. Understand how Opportunity Zones work and who benefits
2. Apply the rules for structuring compliant Opportunity Zone investments
3. Evaluate the impact of recent legislative changes on planning opportunities

Agenda:

11:30 am | Registration and networking
12:00 pm | Lunch and presentation
1:00 pm | Conclusion

Speakers:

Austin Power is a partner in the Dover, Ohio, office of Novogradac where he specializes in new markets tax credits (NMTCs), historic tax credits (HTCs) and opportunity zones transactions. Power works extensively on financial statement audits, tax return preparation, cost certification audits, compliance reporting and NMTC allocation applications. He has contributed to various publications, including the Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits, and is a frequent speaker at conferences on topics related to the NMTC and HTC industries. He received his bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance and his master’s degree in business administration from Walsh University. Power is licensed in Ohio as a certified public accountant.

Doug Sellers is a principal in the Dover, Ohio, office of Novogradac where he specializes in the federal and state new markets tax credit (NMTC), historic tax credit, renewable energy investment tax credits and opportunity zones transactions. Sellers works extensively on financial statement audits, tax return preparation, cost certification audits, compliance reporting and NMTC allocation applications. He has contributed to various publications, including the Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits. Sellers earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Walsh University and is licensed in Ohio as a certified public accountant.