Tax Credit Tuesday Podcasts

In this episode of the Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Brad Elphick, CPA, discuss four hot topics in the new markets tax credit (NMTC) community. First, they discuss upcoming qualified equity investment issuance and reporting deadlines for prior allocatees. Second, they talk about recommendations to combine the next two allocation rounds into a single $10 billion allocatio...

The United States Tax Court ruled in a Feb. 20 decision that a taxpayer was correct to include bond issuance costs in eligible basis for a 4% low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) property in New York City. That decision ran counter to more than two decades of practice that followed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance from as far back as 2000 that said including such costs was disallowed. In t...

In the latest installment in Tax Credit Tuesday's recurring Renewable Energy Tax Credit Finance series, Michael Novogradac, CPA, is joined by Tony Grappone, CPA, and Peter Lawrence to discuss four legislative and regulatory hot topics of concern for those in the renewable energy development community in early 2024. First, the trio discusses the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2...

The fiscal year (FY) 2024 round of the Capital Magnet Fund (CMF) opened Feb. 15. Approximately $250 million in cash awards is available to Community Development Financial Institutions and qualified nonprofit housing groups to fund the development, renovation and preservation of affordable rental housing and homeownership. In this week's episode of Tax Credit Tuesday, host Michael Novogradac, CPA,...

Over the past 10 years, the number of state-level low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) incentives has increased from 13 to 30 as more states recognize the value of a state LIHTC to help fill financing gaps for affordable multifamily rental housing. In this week's episode of Tax Credit Tuesday, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Novogradac partner Aaron Sherrard, CPA, discuss state housing credits as pa...

Affordable multifamily rental housing property developers and managers can apply now for roughly $2 billion in grants and direct-, below-market loans via the Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP). Introduced via the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, GRRP is a federal program that provides green and clean-energy support to rental properties that receive support from the U.S. Department of Hous...

While the Housing Opportunities Through Modernization Act (HOTMA) was signed into law in 2016, most provisions of the legislation'which is intended to streamline administration and ease the burden of compliance for affordable rental housing, including that financed by low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity'didn't take effect until Jan. 1. In this week's episode of Tax Credit Tuesday, Michael...

Sensitivities around timing can lead to variances in the volume of low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) an owner or manager can claim in the first year a LIHTC property is placed in service. In this episode of Tax Credit Tuesday, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Novogradac partner Dayle Dalling, CPA, discuss four paths to optimizing first-year LIHTCs: 9% new construction, 4% new construction, 9% ac...

Authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the ability to transfer renewable energy investment tax credits is increasing liquidity in the tax credit marketplace and is changing the way partnerships are structuring renewable energy transactions. Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Novogradac partner Tony Grappone, CPA, discuss 2023 Q4 expectations vs. actual closings, favored transferability st...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a notice in the Jan. 10 Federal Register establishing a 10% cap on income limit increases for housing financed by low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs), private activity bonds (PABs) and various HUD programs, including Section 8. In this week's episode of the Novogradac Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and N...

Affordable rental housing financed by low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity can either be new construction or property that is acquired and rehabilitated. In this week's episode of Tax Credit Tuesday, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Christina Apostolidis, CPA, discuss the acquisition-rehabilitation (acq-rehab) option as part of the ongoing "So You Want to Be a LIHTC Developer" series. They exa...

Rental income, operating expenses and net operating income all set new records in 2022, according to data published in the Novogradac 2023 LIHTC Income and Operating Expenses Report, reflecting some of the economics of operating affordable housing properties in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic issues. In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Kelly Gor...

There are many economic benefits generated by renewable energy facilities. Chief among them are tax credits, tax losses and distributable cash flow from operations and from sale or refinance. These benefits are shared between the investor and developer sponsor, typically outlined in a multi-year benefit schedule. However, there are other significant economic benefits for a sponsor, the two most no...

In October, the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) released an updated edition of its Recommended Practices in Housing Credit Administration, a collection of standards that guides how states administer the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC). In this week's episode of the Novogradac Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Novogradac housing policy consultant Mark...

Recent legislative and market changes are influencing renewable energy tax credit structures. In this week's episode of the Novogradac Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Tony Grappone, CPA, discuss which ownership structures are gaining popularity and how the major economic benefits generated by renewable energy facilities are being apportioned between investors and developer...

The three agencies that oversee the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)'designed to ensure banks invest in the low- and moderate-income areas where they receive deposits'released their final regulations Oct. 24, making the first substantial change to CRA regulations since 1995. In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Peter Lawrence, Novogradac's director of public policy and g...

The Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund last month released the application for the calendar year 2023 new markets tax credit (NMTC) allocation awards. In this week's episode of the Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Novogradac partner Rebecca Darling, CPA, discuss the new application and what applications and businesses that benefit from NMTC financing s...

The U.S. Census Bureau released in September the American Community Survey data for 2022, which is the first step for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to determine 2024 rent and income limits for low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) properties. In this week's episode of the Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Novogradac partner Thomas Stagg, CPA, dis...

There are more than 3,000 public housing authorities (PHAs) in the United States and those PHAs oversee nearly 1 million public housing units while being involved in a variety of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs, including housing choice vouchers. In this week's episode of the Novogradac Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Rich Larsen, CPA, discu...

In this Renewable Energy Tax Credit Finance Series episode of the Novogradac Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Tony Grappone, CPA, discuss year-end financial reporting recommended practices for renewable energy tax credit-financed facilities. First, they discuss tax and financial reporting recommended practices, so sponsors and investors can prepare for a successful post-clo...

In this So You Want to Be a LIHTC Developer Series podcast episode, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Stacey Stewart, CPA, discuss five key investor concerns that low-income housing tax credit developers should understand and know how to address. They discuss 1) estimating the timing of the projected tax benefits, which are namely tax credits and tax losses, 2) satisfying administrative requirements th...

The Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund announced calendar year 2022 (CY22) new markets tax credit (NMTC) allocation authority awards Sept. 22, marking the 19th round of such allocations and beginning speculation on when the next round's application season will begin. In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and guests Rebecca Darling, CPA, and Brad...

Every affordable housing developer needs financial forecast to anticipate expenses, cash flow and access to capital to build the property, including developments built using low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity. In the latest installment of the Novogradac Tax Credit Tuesday podcast's recurring "So You Want to Be a LIHTC Developer" series, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Miao Xue, CPA, discuss...

This 800th episode of the Novogradac Tax Credit Tuesday podcast launches "Renewable Energy Tax Credit Finance Series," which will focus on renewable energy tax credit (RETC) financing updates and trends. In this episode, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Tony Grappone, CPA, discuss various factors affecting RETC structuring trends, including the Inflation Reduction Act, transferability, refundability a...

State tax credits are often the crucial tool to filling financial gaps for high-impact community development investments. This statement is no more true than in the arena of state historic tax credits (HTCs). Thirty-eight states have some version of a state-level HTC, a credit that's paired with the federal tax credit. In this episode of Tax Credit Tuesday, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Novogradac...