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In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, talks about Congressional efforts on a continuing resolution bill to fund the federal government past the Sept. 30 deadline. After that, he'll talk about a hearing on housing reform finance plans, followed by a discussion of three bills: one to encourage property sales to public housing authorities, one to incentivize building more housing near transit and another to expand and extend the energy-efficient new home credit. He'll also share insight on final regulations on 100 percent expensing under Section 168(k), as well as information about updated certification requirements for the CDFI program and the Native American CDFI Assistance applicants. He'll close with information from California on opportunity zone conformity legislation, a rent control bill that passed the legislature and a survey on the state's expanded low-income housing tax credit.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, talks about a plan by House Democrats to consider a continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown at the end of this month. After that, he'll discuss Treasury and HUD's housing finance reform plans for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Then, he'll share details about a long-awaited notice from HUD that revises and expands its Rental Assistance Demonstration program, followed by news on the opening of the 2019 new markets tax credit allocation round. He'll also talk about updated opportunity zones frequently asked questions, a request for comment from the Commerce Department on opportunity zones and some analysis on fiscal year 2020 fair market rents. That's followed by some brief news on Cross Refined Coal LLC and USA Refined Coal LLC vs. the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, a recent tax court ruling that may have implications for tax credit incentive investments. And, he'll close with the status of California A.B. 10, a proposal to auth

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, talks about the latest report from the Senate Finance Committee's Tax Extenders Task Forces, which includes feedback on extension of the new markets tax credit. He also shares an update on cosponsors for the New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act and the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act, as well as an overview of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's release of fiscal year 2020 fair market rents. He closes out by sharing information about Treasury's fourth-quarter update on its 2018-2019 priority guidance plan, an upcoming meeting for the CDFI Fund's advisory board and a grant program to provide incentives for opportunity zones investments in New Mexico.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, talks about the fall schedule of Novogradac tax incentive conferences, including agenda highlights, keynote speakers and preconference workshops. He also shares news about a bill that would extend the production tax credit for some renewable energy technologies, as well as a HUD demonstration program for physical inspection of real estate. He closes out by discussing proposed changes to California's state regulations for the low-income housing tax credit, a bill that would have California partially conform to the Internal Revenue Code concerning opportunity zones investments and guidance about the Kentucky state historic tax credit.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, talks about the first three reports by the Senate Finance Committee's Tax Extenders Task Forces. He also shares news about recent IRS guidance on bonus depreciation (Rev. Proc. 2019-33) and on California's massive investment in affordable housing through its annual budget. He closes out with a HUD proposed rule on the disparate impact standard and the announcement of new directors for the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee and California Debt Limit Allocation Committee.'

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, talks about the potential timing of the opening of the next round for the new markets tax credit. He also discusses when Treasury might finalize opportunity zones regulations. He closes out with HUD's announcement that the Federal Housing Administration will insure mortgages on mixed-use development in opportunity zones.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, talks about the budget and debt limit agreement becoming law and what's next for Congressional appropriators. He also discusses the status of the Senate Finance Committee's tax extenders task forces and when their findings might be released, as well as what Democrat presidential candidates have to say about affordable housing and renewable energy. He closes out with an update on the new Congressional district fact sheets from the ACTION Campaign and a legal opinion on the state historic tax credit from the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday Podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, talks about what the House spending and debt limit agreement could mean for tax extenders. He also discusses the Renewable Energy Extension Act'and a bill to extend the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery program indefinitely. He then closes out with news on a remediation bill for properties in opportunity zones, legislation to strengthen inspection standards for HUD-subsidized properties, a HUD memo for owners and managers of multifamily properties and state-level updates on opportunity zones investments in Ohio and certain historic tax credit investments in Rhode Island. '

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 about Section 50(d) income [9:49]. He then closes out with news on a New Markets Tax Credit Coalition report, the ADVANCE Act of 2019, a new chapter in the HUD Housing Choice Voucher Guidebook, an advocacy letter to Congress asking to extend the investment tax credit and Pennsylvania conforming to the Internal Revenue Code for OZ investments [11:42]. '

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 podcast with a couple of state-level tax incentive updates: one from Hawaii and the other from Rhode Island [15:08].

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 and state-level information from West Virginia and Delaware [9:03].

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 additional $500 million in new markets tax credit allocation authority annually for certain rural communities in 2019 and 2020 [07;03]. He then shares cosponsor updates on legislation to make the new markets tax credit permanent [08:39], as well as news about opportunity zones and opportunity funds [11:09]. After that, he has updates on several items, including the state of the nation's housing, the Capital Magnet Fund, a renewable energy bill and news from several states on opportunity zones, low-income housing tax credits and new markets tax credits [12:28].

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 tax credit [8:02]. Next, he talks about a report on the persistent gap between renters' wages and the cost of rental housing [9:07]. After that, he outlines a proposal to create a new single-family housing tax credit [11:07]. He closes out with the latest qualified equity investment issuance report from the CDFI Fund, and some news from Michigan and West Virginia and how proposed legislation could increase opportunity zones investments in those states [13:16].

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 proposed opportunity zones regulations [6:28]. He also shares the Federal Housing Finance Agency's latest report to Congress and the status of housing finance reform efforts [8:28]. He closes out with state legislative news and an update on the inflation adjustment for calculating the wind production tax credit [10:00].

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 from Nevada, Louisiana, Minnesota and Alabama [11:04].

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 for its low-income housing tax credit database [7:50]. He closes out with state news from Alabama and California [8:12].

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 Finance Committee's task forces on temporary tax provisions [11:46]. He closes with state news from West Virginia, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina [12:58].'

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 Renewable Energy Transferability Act, a bill to make the renewable energy tax credit accessible to more investors [11:49]. He has an update on housing finance reform [12:55]. He also shares brief news from HUD on identifying former tenants who owe a debt to a public housing agency. Then, he has news about the 2019 round of the Capital Magnet Fund. After that, he discusses opportunity zones legislation in Puerto Rico, low-income housing tax credits in Colorado and Missouri, and state historic tax credits in Georgia [13:58].

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]. He also talks about a hot topic that affects housing finance agencies, low-income housing tax credit property owners, and likely, the tenants of those properties [6:56]. He also has brief news from HUD on eligibility for housing assistance and guidance on calculating the over-income limit for public housing. Then, he touches on opportunity zones news related to a Freddie Mac report and to Federal Housing Administration affordable housing incentives. After that, he will have updates from various states relating to state LIHTCs, historic tax credits and linking state incentives with federal opportunity zones [10:04].

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 about the latest updates for the Novogradac Rent and Income Limit Calculator'. He closes out with news on the New Markets Extension Act of 2019, as well as some information on the latest state tax credit bills [10:16].