Brownfields Redevelopment Tax Incentive Reauthorization Act of 2025
The Brownfields Redevelopment Tax Incentive Reauthorization Act of 2025 would reauthorize and extend the federal tax treatment that allows private entities to expense (deduct in the year paid or incurred) environmental remediation costs. Specifically, it amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the availability of expensing for such costs, targeting cleanup work at brownfield sites to encourage redevelopment and economic activity in areas affected by contamination. The bill creates two eligibility windows for expenditures: costs incurred after December 31, 2011 and before January 1, 2025, or costs incurred after December 31, 2028. It also sets an effective date so the extension applies to expenditures paid or incurred after December 31, 2024 (i.e., starting in 2025). In short, the bill aims to make it easier for developers and property owners to remediate polluted sites by allowing immediate tax deductions for remediation costs, with a staged reauthorization that resumes after a later date.
Key Points
- 1Extends expensing of environmental remediation costs under Section 198(h) of the Internal Revenue Code, enabling immediate deduction rather than capitalizing costs.
- 2Eligibility windows created by the bill:
- 3- Costs incurred after December 31, 2011 and before January 1, 2025, or
- 4- Costs incurred after December 31, 2028.
- 5Effective date specifies the amendment applies to expenditures paid or incurred after December 31, 2024 (i.e., starting in 2025).
- 6The measure is a reauthorization/extension; it does not introduce a new credit or policy beyond extending the existing expensing provision.
- 7The bill was introduced in the House and referred to the Ways and Means Committee; sponsor information in the bill text includes Ms. Sherrill (and Mr. Turner of Ohio).