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Treasury Provides Guidance on Carbon Capture Tax Credits for Businesses | U.S. Department of the Treasury

Treasury Provides Guidance on Carbon Capture Tax Credits for
Businesses
May 28, 2020

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of the Treasury today provided guidance for businesses to
take advantage of tax credits for storing qualified carbon oxide and tertiary oil recovery. The two
new credits for carbon oxide captured offer up to $50 per metric ton of qualified carbon oxide
for permanent sequestration and $35 for Enhanced Oil Recovery purposes.
“This tax credit incentivizes American businesses to invest in carbon capture technology and
promotes safe and environmentally conscious storage for carbon oxides that would otherwise
be emitted to the atmosphere,” said Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin. “These proposed regulations
provide detailed guidance to implement this important incentive.”
These new credits have no limitation on the number of metric tons of qualified carbon oxide
captured. Prior to the change in law, carbon capture was limited to a total of 75,000,000 metric
tons of qualified carbon oxide. The new law also expanded carbon capture to include qualified
carbon oxide, which is broader than qualified carbon dioxide.
The proposed regulations address: procedures to determine adequate security measures for the
geological storage of qualified carbon oxide, exceptions to the general rule for determining to
whom the credit is attributable to, procedures for a taxpayer to make an election to allow thirdparty taxpayers to claim the credit, the definition of carbon capture equipment, standards for
measuring utilization of qualified carbon oxide and rules for credit recapture.
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