Investment Tax Credit Transfer Agreement Form

As the clean energy industry accelerates project deployment nationwide, the ability to transfer federal tax credits has become one of the most consequential financial tools for shaping project finance. With billions of dollars in transferable credits circulating across technologies — from solar and wind to manufacturing, storage, and nuclear — standardizing these credit transfer transactions can help attract new investors.  

ACP partnered with leading developers, legal experts, and market innovators to explore the state of play and introduce a new standardized ITC transfer agreement form. 

The new Tax Credit Transfer Agreement (TCTA) form is designed to standardize the legal documentation for these transactions, aiming to lower barriers to entry, reduce transaction costs, and shorten deal timelines, especially for first-time buyers and smaller sellers.

Key details about the TCTA form and the transferability market:

• The market for buying and selling clean-energy tax credits is growing fast: Tax credit transfers have scaled dramatically — from under $10 billion in 2023 to an estimated $40 billion in 2025 across various technologies like solar, wind, manufacturing, storage, and nuclear.
• ACP and industry partners have introduced the new Tax Credit Transfer Agreement (TCTA) to make deals more accessible to a broader range of market participants:  Tax credit buyers and sellers will have a common starting place to transact transfer deals. ACP’s goal in creating the form with its industry partners is to make the form broadly available and widely used similar to the ubiquitous ISDA framework for derivative transactions.
• This is just the first step — more standardized tools are coming: Experts expect similar templates for other credits like 45Y production tax credits and 45X manufacturing incentives further expanding the pool of potential tax equity investors. As these tools roll out, buying and selling credits should become easier, helping clean energy scale more quickly.  

A consistent, tested, and accepted template provides the confidence and guidance these new participants need to transact.

Learn more about Transferable Tax Credits:

• Read the blog for more information: Tax Credit Transferability Takes Center Stage: Panel of Industry Leaders Spotlight Standardization, Market Maturity, and What Comes Next
• Watch industry experts discuss the topic in the Tax Credit Transfer Agreement PowerCast