US Opportunity Zones: Tax Benefits Overview

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1. 14 July 2026 · corrected by Emir Baycan

   Major fix: the article's framing of a fixed "8,764 designated zones" and a hard December 31, 2026 deferral sunset was updated to reflect the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's "Opportunity Zones 2.0," which made the program permanent with a new, smaller map of roughly 6,300-6,500 zones effective January 1, 2027 on 10-year redesignation cycles, replacing the fixed sunset with a rolling 5-year deferral from each investment date and adding a 10%/30% (rural) basis step-up after a 5-year hold.

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   Qualified Opportunity Zones are economically distressed communities nominated by state governors and certified by the US Treasury. The original 2018 designation covered 8,764 zones across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and US territories, and the deferral of capital gains invested through Qualified Opportunity Funds ends December 31, 2026.

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   Qualified Opportunity Zones are economically distressed communities nominated by state governors and certified by the US Treasury. The original 2018 designation covered 8,764 zones and remains in effect through December 31, 2028, but the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed July 4, 2025, made the program permanent with a new, smaller map of an estimated 6,300-6,500 zones taking effect January 1, 2027 on a recurring 10-year redesignation cycle, replacing the fixed December 31, 2026 deferral sunset with a rolling 5-year deferral measured from each investment's date.

   Why: The article's featured snippet cited the stale original 8,764-zone count and a fixed December 31, 2026 capital-gains deferral sunset as if still current. OBBBA (One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed July 4, 2025) made Opportunity Zones permanent, introduced a smaller ~6,300-6,500 zone map effective January 1, 2027 on 10-year redesignation cycles, and replaced the fixed 2026 deferral cutoff with a rolling 5-year deferral from each investment's date (plus a 10%/30% rural basis step-up after a 5-year hold). Corrected the featured snippet, intro, benefit table, both deferral timeline tables, the 'Finding Opportunity Zones' section, and the transition/sunset provisions bullet to reflect OZ 2.0.

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