Tax Credit Tuesday Podcasts

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, talks about the agreement on discretionary spending levels and debt limit suspension [1:26]. He also discusses guidance issued last week by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the North American Securities Administrators Association concerning investments in opportunity zones [6:59]. He moves on to IRS final regulations...

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, talks about the timing of a possible tax extenders vehicle [2:10] and the introduction of a bill to make the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery program permanent [4:22]. After that, he has a recap of the Treasury's hearing last week on proposed opportunity zones regulations [6:05]. He closes out this week's pod...

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, talks about the schedule for Congress, some upcoming deadlines and how those deadlines affect possible tax extenders [1:38]. Then, he touches on an important Treasury hearing occurring today [7:20]. After that, he provides updates on several items, including an important memo from the IRS, news from the National Park Service an...

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, talks about a new White House council to address affordable housing barriers [01:50]. Then he outlines a bill designed to apply on a retroactive basis to low-income housing tax credit properties, in an effort to mitigate the removal of rent restrictions [2:27]. After that, he discusses bipartisan legislation to authorize an add...

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, talks about how Ways and Means Committee Democrats are proposing a tax-extenders package. He also discusses the IRS updating its Opportunity Zones Frequently Asked Questions page to address Section 1231 gains invested in 2018 [2:25]. He then moves on to the effort by Senate Democrats to extend the renewable energy investment ta...

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, shares an update on the status of a House Democrat-led tax extenders package [1:37]. Then, he has news about an opportunity zones extension bill [4:05] and a decision to make opportunity zones an investment priority for the U.S. Economic Development Administration [5:37]. Next, he summarizes a couple of comment letters on propo...

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, talks about Novogradac's 2019 NMTC Spring Conference [1:50], as well as provides an update on the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Improvement Act [6:44]. He also discusses information about a proposed change in how HUD calculates fair market rents [8:31]. He closes with updates on some federal budget items and state-level news fr...

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, talks about reintroduction of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act, a bipartisan bill that would improve and expand the low-income housing tax credit [1:29]. He also talks about the latest news on privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac [6:33]. Then, he shares brief news on HUD's proposal to revise information collected...

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, covers the 15th round of new markets tax credit allocation awards [2:23] and provide highlights of the recent renewable energy tax credit conference in San Francisco [5:16]. He then shares updates on proposed spending legislation for HUD [9:19], as well as disaster relief legislation [10:54], and the status of the Senate Financ...

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, starts off with the current status of federal government budget negotiations [2:17] and the announcement of Senate Finance Committee task forces on tax extenders [4:26]. He then talks about the introduction of the Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act (HTC-GO) in the House [9:25], as well as the introduction of the Ren...

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, starts off with House passage of a disaster relief bill that includes $2.2 billion in community development block grant-disaster recovery funding [2:23]. He also has news about an opportunity zones reporting bill [4:07] and legislation to replace current renewable energy tax credits with new technology-neutral credits [5:49]. H...

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, shares an update from the 2019 Affordable Housing Conference Novogradac hosted last week in San Francisco [3:03]. He also shares highlights and key takeaways from last week's House Financial Services Committee hearing that examined the infrastructure needs of the country's affordable housing stock [7:43]. He will also talk abou...

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, shares an update from last week's opportunity zones conference that Novogradac hosted in Denver. He will summarize what's next for the opportunity zones community including what the next steps may be for the Treasury Department. He will also share highlights and key takeaways from last week's release by HUD of the 2019 income l...

In this Special Opportunity Zones Edition of the Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, highlights key points from Treasury's second tranche of opportunity zones guidance. Categories include operating businesses, investors, fund operations, real estate and open items.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, shares some news about disaster tax relief legislation [3:03] and new markets tax credit permanence legislation [4:21]. Next, he talks about how the Department of Education is planning to spur investments in charter schools in conjunction with opportunity zones [5:26]. He also has an update on the status of tax extenders in Con...

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, talks about confirmation of the new FHFA Director Mark Calabria and allocations to the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund [2:27]. He also recaps the first meeting of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council and how federal agencies are aligning initiatives with opportunity zones [4:46]. After that, he will...

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses the timing of the release of the 2019 income limits for tax credit and bond financed housing [1:46], a Trump administration memo calling for housing finance reform [2:37], a summary of key congressional hearings [5:38] and forthcoming legislation on opportunity zones reporting requirements [7:46]. He also shares, brie...

Special Edition of the Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, shares news on House and Senate hearings on disaster recovery [2:09], tax reform and housing finance reform. He also has an update on the status of the nomination of Mark Calabria as the next Federal Housing Finance Agency director [4:36]. He talks about when Congress may consider tax extender and disaster relief legislation [5...

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, shares news of when listeners could expect the next tranche of opportunity zones guidance [2:35]. He also discusses which housing and community development programs the White House 2020 budget request proposes to cut [8:28]. He has new markets tax credit extenders legislation news [12:10] and program updates [15:27], as well as...

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, shares the latest legislative efforts to extend and expand the new markets tax credit [2:04]. He also talks about a bill to create infrastructure bonds and infrastructure tax credits [8:20], as well as the status of proposals to expand the renewable energy investment tax credit to include energy storage [9:25]. There is also an...

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, shares news about the status of tax extenders and what that could mean for the need to extend 2018 returns [2:12]. He also talks about financing infrastructure reform [7:31] and details about released utility allowance regulations for LIHTC'properties [9:41]. From there, he has a brief update on what the confirmation of a new I...

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, has news about a high-profile stop on Sen. Tim Scott's Opportunity Tour, a tour that highlights the opportunity zones tax incentive [2:12]. He also shares news regarding HUD's announcement last week of an expanded pilot debt program for low-income housing tax credit properties [5:22], as well as a significant shortening of the...

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, talks about the enacted appropriations bill for fiscal year 2019 [1:49], last week's opportunity zones hearing [4:17] and announcements from the CDFI Fund [8:32, 10:12]. He closes with the nomination of Mark Calabria as head of the FHFA, as well as a summary of three introduced state tax bills [10:45].

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, will start with a brief update on efforts to prevent another government shutdown [1:20], as a tentative agreement was reached last night. From there, he shares an overview of two important upcoming IRS [3:38] and congressional hearings [7:19], an update on potential infrastructure financing reform [11:51] and a brief tidbit on...