IRS/Tax Issues

NH&RA was please to welcome over 100 participants at the 2013 Summer Institute. All conference materials, Power Point presentations, relevant articles, reports, memos, etc. are available for download.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued Notice 2013-40 and 2013-39 to suspend certain low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) and tax exempt facility bond rules in order to allow owners of low-income housing to provide temporary shelter to non-low-income victims of the May 2013 Oklahoma tornadoes.

On May 22, 28 members of Congress sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew urging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to support expedited guidance regarding the criteria a partnership must meet in order to be able to participate in the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit (HTC) program.

The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund has released additional guidance regarding Treasury Decision (TD) 9600 issued by the Internal Revenue Service on September 28, 2012. The TD 9600 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document covers programmatic and reporting changes to the New Markets Tax Credit Program regarding small business investments necessitated by the revised regulations. The guidance addresses the following questions…

The taxpayer in the Historic Boardwalk Hall (HBH) vs. Commissioner case recently filed a petition for a Writ of Certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court seeking reversal in the U.S. Third Circuit Court’s opinion.

The Senate Finance Committee has released a tax reform option paper about economic and community development provisions. The document is the sixth in a series of papers compiling tax reform options that Finance Committee members may wish to consider as they work towards reforming our nation’s tax system.

The Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department recently announced that it will soon issue a safe harbor revenue procedure for historic rehabilitation tax credit (HTC) transactions.

The House Ways & Means Committee recently held a hearing on federal tax provisions that affect residential real estate, including the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC).

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) yesterday released Notice 2012-39 to provide guidelines and a safe harbor to determine when construction has begun on a facility eligible to receive the renewable electricity production tax credit (PTC) or the energy investment tax credit (ITC).

The NH&RA Advocacy Archive was created to provide a one-stop-shop for NH&RA members who are interested in advocating to elected officials to support key affordable housing and tax credit programs. We have collected a variety of documents, reports, templates and best practices that should be helpful in this effort. Please note this is a work in progress–check back often as we add additional resources.

Conference materials are now available for the 2013 NCHMA Multifamily Housing Exchange and NH&RA’s New Markets Tax Credit Symposium, which took place in Washington, DC April 2-4.

The Urban Land Institute will hold a seminar entitled “Understanding and Utilizing New Markets Tax Credits in Your Development Deal” on Wednesday, April 17 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm in Washington, DC. NH&RA is a sponsor of the event.