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The Cherrytree Group is proud to announce its first ever
Tax Credit Conference:
“Energizing Tax Credits: Turning Brownfields into Brightfields”
The conference is to be held June 14th, 2013 from 7:30-10:00 am at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, 39 Dalton Street, Boston MA 02199.
Full Breakfast will be served and parking validation will be available.
The event will feature a panel of guest speakers:
Warren Kirshenbaum, President
Cherrytree Group, LLC
Kerry Bowie, Director of Brownfields and Environmental Justice
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Richard Cote, P.E., LSP, Principal- Manager of Engineering
Comprehensive Environmental Inc.
If you are interested in the event, please sign up through the link below.
The event is free but will fill up so reserve your ticket now!
For questions or concerns please contact us at rsvp@cherrytree-group.com
or call our office at (617) 431-2266.
We look forward to seeing you there!
"Countdown begins on Brownfields tax credit expiration: scheduled for Jan. 1, 2014"
Developers hoping to take advantage of the Mass. tax credits for cleaning up property with environmental issues, known as "Brownfields." Read full article, click here.
"Historic Building Rehab: A Viable Option for Relocating or Expanding Business"
Those wishing to rehab an historic building can take advantage of various tax credits, while also building good will in the community. Read full article, click here.
"Real Estate Round Table"
Tax credits, cost segregation studies and new capitalization regulations were the topic of conversation at the Real Estate Roundtable on Thursday, September 20th. Read full article, click here.
"How Humans and Computers Interact"
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DiCicco Gulman & Company Hosts Real Estate Roundtable Focused on Creative Tax Strategies
DiCicco, Gulman & Company LLP (DGC) will host a Real Estate Roundtable for commercial property owners and developers at which experts like Warren Kirshenbaum will discuss creative tax strategies that may yield significant savings. The event will take place on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m., at the Westin Waltham, 70 3rd Ave., Waltham, MA. For more information click here.
"Give (Tax) Credits, Where Credits Are Due" Brownfield Renewal, by Warren Kirshenbaum
Tax credits allow a dollar-for-dollar offset against taxes due, which means that they act as a form of payment of taxes. This is a major distinction from a tax deduction, which only reduces adjusted gross income and can lessen the tax due. Read Full Article
"Financial Incentives of Renewable Energy Credit" Bloomberg, BNA, by Warren Kirshenbaum
Tax incentives and the push to lessen economic and environmental costs of fossil fuel production are encouraging companies to develop renewable energy. Renewable energy credits and investment tax credits are tailored to help produce a renewable energy economy. Read Full Article
Boston Business Journal asks Warren Kirshenbaum, "How do you maintain productivity in the summer?"
Warren- Cherrytree Group:
We anticipate being very busy, as activity in the real estate market is on the upswing. During the slower times, however, we remain engaged by staying on top of the ever-changing tax credits available for developers and investors, so that we can put this information to good use for our clients.
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If you want to get access to better bigger note deals you need more money, period. You can earn it, you can borrow it, or you can find some people with it and pool your money.
Solar Power Generation is Currently Supported by Incentives, Grants/Credits That Subsidize Installation
Generating electrical power from natural resources is both desirable as a power source, and beneficial in protecting the environment and economy by shrinking our carbon footprint, and lessening our dependence on foreign sources of energy.
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Warren Kirshenbaum, a Massachusetts Attorney, Closes on the Purchase of a Connecticut Hydro-Electric Power Plant Purchase for Client
Warren Kirshenbaum is pleased to announce his successful representation of Saywatt Hydroelectric, LLC, a Massachusetts based hydro-electric plant operator in its recent purchase of the Mechanicsville Hydroelectric Project ("Mechanicsville").
Do you know how the Brownfields Tax Credit can be used as an instrument of reimbursement?
The BTC is available to certain taxpayers in Economically Distressed Areas who commence and diligently pursue a response action and maintain a permanent solution or remedy operation status in compliance with 21E and the Mass. Contingency Plan.
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BP station in North Kingstown reopens
A BP gas station in North Kingstown that shut down last week when it ran out of gasoline has reopened.
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Financial dispute behind BP station closures
It appears the North Kingstown stations are part of a larger financial dispute between dozens of New England BP station owners and an East Providence company called Green Valley Oil.
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Podcast: 6 Components to a Successful Distressed Assets Fund
Distressedpro.com produced a Distressed Property Professional’s Podcast Series, in this podcast, they interview Attorney Warren Kirshenbaum about the 6 key components to setting up a successful distressed assets fund.
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Frustration mounts towards BP in wake of oil crisis
The Gulf oil crisis is in day 46. By now, you have probably seen some of the boycotts of BP gas stations, but dozens of BP station owners are now staging their own protests, saying business was hurting even before the Gulf oil leak...
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Local BP stations protest, threaten lawsuit over high prices
Maurice Succar noticed fewer drivers pulling into his gas station even before the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But now, he said, the green and yellow BP sign towering above his pumps is repelling even more customers...
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Bad timing for new Framingham BP station
After a British Petroleum distributor bought his Getty Oil landlord last year, gas station operator Anthony Medri realized the fuel giant's greens and yellows would soon replace his red color scheme...