Treasury Issues Initial IRA Labor Guidance | V&E IRA Update | Inflation Reduction Act | Insights
In a surprising release, on November 29, 2022, the Department of Treasury (the “Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) issued Notice 2022-61 (the “Notice”), providing initial guidance on the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements (the “Labor Requirements”) impacting a broad swath of clean energy tax credits included in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) (i.e., sections 45, 30C, 45, 45Q, 45V, 45Y, 45Z, 48, 48C, 48E, and 179D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)).