2015 Blog Year in Review

As we begin a new year with all the new self-set goals that will soon be forgotten, let us pause for a moment to review 2015, or at least, what transpired on the Public Finance Tax Blog. Below the break are some of the posts announcing new guidance from the IRS, some of our most popular posts, and a few light-hearted predictions for 2016.

Here is some of the key guidance released during 2015 that we posted about:

• Breaking: Treasury Department Releases Final Regulations for “Allocation and Accounting” of Private Business Use

• Recently Announced Procedures for Auditing “Direct Pay” Bonds

• Treasury Department Releases New Proposed Regulations on Issue Price

• Mostly Good News for Qualified 501(c)(3) Bonds Under ACA Regulations

• It’s the Thought that Counts – IRS Provides Relief to Narrow Class of Troubled 501(c)(3) Bonds

And below is a selection of popular posts from the year in case you missed them:

• Ohio Supreme Court Finds that Allen Iverson is not “The Answer”

• What happened to Edward Jones and does it impact issue price?

• Move America Bonds – Close Enough for Government Work

• IRS private letter ruling “shinin’ down like water”

• And You Thought Bird-Watching Was Boring . . .

And what will the 2016 hold for us? Will there be new regulations to replace the “reasonable expectations test?” If so, will they rely on augury or MMA style arbitration?  Or perhaps (and more likely), will the SLGS window close and open again? And what will happen to direct pay bonds? Will it be better or worse than 2015?

Stay tuned.