Department of Treasury October 23, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This document contains final regulations to implement the advanced manufacturing investment credit established by the CHIPS Act of 2022 to incentivize the manufacture of semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment within the United States. The final regulations adopt with certain modifications rules proposed in the first of two notices of proposed rulemaking to implement the credit, other than proposed rules regarding the elective payment election that were addressed in the final rule adopted in connection with the second notice of proposed rulemaking. The final regulations provide the eligibility requirements for the credit, and a special 10- year credit recapture rule that applies if there is a significant transaction involving the material expansion of semiconductor manufacturing capacity in a foreign country of concern. The final regulations affect taxpayers that claim the advanced manufacturing investment credit.