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In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses a bipartisan bill for Hurricane Sandy tax relief. In historic tax credit news, he updates listeners to the Supreme Court's recent decision on the Historic Boardwalk Hall case and on state-level tax credits from Louisiana, Minnesota and Missouri, as well as alerts listeners to a letter from members of urging the Internal Revenue Service to issue guidance on historic tax credit partnerships and. In new markets tax credit news, he tells listeners about the Louisiana New Markets Job Act. In low-income housing tax credit news, he reminds listeners of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Emerging Issues Task Force's upcoming deadline for comments on proposed accounting changes for the low-income housing tax credit and alerts them to a Massachusetts housing bond bill that is advancing through the state house. In renewable energy tax credit news, he discusses a report from the Solar Energy Industries Association on the Department of

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses doubts raised about tax reform in the wake of recent scandals at the Internal Revenue Service, a Senate Finance Committee paper that details tax reform options and a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on small business tax reform. In historic tax credit news, he tells listeners about a National Park Service report commemorating the 35th anniversary of the historic tax credit program, the recently enacted Alabama historic tax credit program and the possible reestablishment of the Rhode Island historic tax credit. In low-income housing tax credits, he reports on a Center for Housing Policy report that found that the low-income housing tax credit promotes the interests and wellbeing of children. In new markets tax credit news, he discusses Louisiana state tax credits that avoided the chopping block.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, announces the Senate Finance Committee, House Ways and Means Committee and Joint Committee on Taxation's launch of TaxReform.gov, a new website dedicated to obtaining public input about tax reform, and announces a Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee hearing about the small business and pass-through entity tax reform discussion draft, as well as a few other congressional committee meetings, and a reminder about the debt ceiling. In new markets tax credit news, he reports on the potential introduction of legislation to make the new markets tax credit permanent and describes a Texas bill to create a new markets tax credit program in that state. In historic tax credit news, he relays Rep. Niki Tsongas's call for guidance on the historic tax credit program, and alerts listeners to bills that would affect state-level programs in Missouri and Iowa. In low-income housing tax credit news, he alerts listeners to Novogradac and Compan

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses a recent Joint Committee on Taxation Report and its implications for tax credit programs. In new markets tax credit news, he discusses the 2012 allocation agreement template and the latest qualified equity investment issuance report. In historic tax credit news, he alerts listeners to upcoming safe harbor guidance from the Internal Revenue Service. In low-income housing tax credit news, he covers the National Housing Council's Center for Housing Policy's 2013 Housing Landscape report and the search for a new executive director of the Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers. In renewable energy tax credit news, he discusses the U.S. Department of the Treasury's annual report on the Section 1603 program.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses tax reform, the retirement of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and residential real estate. In new markets tax credit news, he announces the results of the 2012 allocation round. In lowincome housing tax credit news, he discusses a recent House Ways and Means Committee on tax reform and residential real estate. In renewable energy tax credit news, he alerts listeners to additional binding written contract guidance from the Internal Revenue Service and the reintroduction of the Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act. In historic tax credit news, he provides an update on the Historic Boardwalk Hall case and information from the National Park Service's Federal Tax Incentives for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2012.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses a letter that representatives have sent House Speaker John Boehner a letter urging Hurricane Sandy relief, as well as an updated Simpson-Bowles deficit plan and a Ways and Means Committee hearing on residential real estate and tax reform. In renewable energy tax credit news, he alerts listeners to long-awaited Internal Revenue Service guidance on when projects have "begun construction" for investment tax credit and production tax credit purposes, and alerts listeners to the reintroduction of the Security in Energy and Manufacturing Act (SEAM) Act and the Make It in America: Create Clean Energy Manufacturing Jobs in America Act. In low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) news, he discusses the Financial Accounting Standards Board Emerging Issues Task Force proposed changes to LIHTC-related GAAP rules and Standard & Poor's proposed changes to how it rates multifamily housing bonds. In new markets tax credit news, he discusses the Sen

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses provisions related to the low-income housing tax credits, new markets tax credits and renewable energy tax credit in President Obama's proposed fiscal year 2014 budget. In other low-income housing tax credit news, he discusses a new qualified allocation plan for the Northern Mariana Islands. In other new markets tax credit news, he discusses guidance from the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund on reporting project information for projects involving multiple community development entities. In historic tax credit news, he discusses a proposed change to conservation easement rules that was included in the President's budget proposal and the progress of a state historic tax credit bill in Indiana.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses the upcoming release of the president's fiscal year 2014 budget, several congressional committee hearings and the postponement of a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development meeting. In low-income housing tax credit news, he analyzes the FY2013 tax credit allocations and a National Council of State Housing Agencies report on LIHTC Utilization, as well as alerts listeners to an impending audit of Missouri's LIHTC program. In historic tax credit news, he shares the latest developments about an Alabama state HTC program. In new markets tax credit news, he reveals the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund's latest qualified equity investment issuance report. In renewable energy tax credit news, he alerts listeners to the recently issued section 45 reference rates

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, reminds listeners about President Obama's soon-to-be-released fiscal year 2014 budget and upcoming congressional hearings and alerts listeners to a potential change in the business interest deduction and an upcoming U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development oversight hearing. In low-income hosing tax credit news, he discusses Novogradac & Company's new analysis of the effect of tax reform on the LIHTC and provides some preliminary analysis about the 2013 population figures released last week. In historic tax credit news, he covers the latest in the Historic Boardwalk Hall case and an extension of the New York HTC program. In new markets tax credit news, he discusses bills in California and Arkansas that would create statelevel NMTC programs. Finally, in renewable energy tax credit news, he discusses a recent audit of the advanced energy manufacturing tax credit and a rulemaking hearing for Oregon's business energy tax credit.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, alerts listeners to the passage of a six-month continuing resolution for fiscal year 2013, proposed changes in Community Reinvestment Act credit for investments and a request for comment from the Internal Revenue Service on its 2013-2014 Guidance Priority List. In new markets tax credit news, he reminds listeners of the upcoming NMTC allocation and the Novogradac Spring New Markets Tax Credit Conference. In historic tax credit news, the National Park Service has released eight actions to improve and expand the HTC program. In low-income housing tax credit news, he tells listeners about a grandfathering of rural areas that allows those areas to access U.S. Department of Agriculture funding. In renewable energy tax credit news, he alerts listeners to several proposals to repeal energy tax incentives.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses a document from Rep. Dave Camp aimed at reforming the tax code for small businesses and an announcement from Rep. Pat Tiberi that the Select Revenue Measures subcommittee would hold a meeting on financial products tax reform, as well as several upcoming hearings and key dates. In historic tax credit news, he discusses a bill that would make permanent enhanced tax incentives for conservation easements, a report from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia that analyzes how state historic tax credits affect the leveraging of resources through the federal HTC and the Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit program's 10th application round. In low-income housing tax credit news, he alerts listeners to a request for comments from the Financial Accounting Standards Board Emerging Issues Task Force about limited partnerships and a document from the American Bar Association's Section on Taxation that offers su

Fiscal Year 2014 Budget; Tax Expenditures; CCA20124002F; Alabama Historic Tax Credit (H.B. 140); California Fiscal Year 2013 Income Limits; Production Tax Credit Rules; Qualified Equity Issuance Report

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses the effect of the sequester, potential tax reform and public welfare investments. In historic tax credit news, he alerts readers to the reintroduction of a bill that would extend historic tax credits to homeowners and the introduction of a bill in Georgia that would expand that state's historic tax credit program. In low-income housing tax credit news, he discusses a report that calls for more balance in choosing locations for LIHTC developments. In renewable energy tax credit news, he discusses a report from the Bipartisan Policy Center that recommends extending the production tax credit and then phasing it out the by the end of 2016. In new markets tax credit news, he reviews highlights from the CDFI Fund's first "Year-in-Review" and a bill to extend the Missouri NMTC program.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses the impending sequestration and an amended Simpson-Bowles fiscal plan. In historic tax credit news, he alerts listeners to a Missouri bill that would limit the state's historic tax credits and an upcoming Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Meeting. In low-income housing tax credit news, he discusses a report form the Bipartisan Policy Center's Housing Commission that recommends expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, a special LIHTC allocation round in Mississippi intended to increase housing near health care facilities, and the Federal Housing Administration's easing of mortgage approvals for multifamily rental properties. In renewable energy tax credit news, he discusses President Obama's call to make the production tax credit permanent and refundable, as well as the Sustainable Energy Act, a bill recently introduced that would extend the PTC for an additional seven years and allow it to be exchanged for inv

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses the State of the Union address and response, as well as several legislative committees formed to address tax reform and key deadlines that are approaching. In historic tax credit news, he alerts listeners to propped changes to the Indiana state HTC. In low-income housing tax credit news, he discusses a letter that the LIHTC Working Group about the potential loss of rural designations, the National Council of Housing Market Analysts' Model Content Standards for Rental Housing Market Studies and its market study index, and a call for nominations for the Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards. In new markets tax credit news, he discusses the CDFI Bond Guarantee program. In renewable energy tax credit news, he discusses two new bills: the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act and a soon-to-be-introduced offshore wind energy tax credit bill.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses tax expenditures, sequestration, tax reform and charitable contributions, a Congressional Budget Office economic outlook for 2013 though 2023, smart growth and sustainable communities, the nomination of Jack Lew for Treasury Secretary and the president's State of the Union address. In historic tax credit news, he reports on the president's nomination of Sally Jewell for Secretary of the Interior and a Missouri Senate Appropriation Committee hearing on state tax credit programs. In low-income housing tax credit news, he discusses IRS Notice 2013-9 and Hurricane Sandy, the Treasury's Priority Guidance Plan, and a Mississippi bill that would reduce taxes for affordable housing properties. In new markets tax credit news, he alerts listeners to CDFI Fund listening sessions, recertification guidelines for CDFIs, qualified equity investment issuance for January and an upcoming CDFI Fund Advisory Board meeting. In renewable energy tax cr

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, opens with an Office of Management and Budget sequestration memo, post-fiscal cliff financial analysis and tax loopholes that could be closed. In historic tax credit news, he discusses Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar's request that the National Park Service review the HTC program rules and Rhode Island's historic tax credit program. In low-income housing tax credit news, he discusses a meeting between Sen. Max Baucus and the Housing Advisory Group. In new markets tax credit news, he discusses an interim rule for the CDFI Fund Bond Guarantee programs and a report on CDFIs' response to Superstorm Sandy. In renewable energy tax credit news, he alerts listeners to a call for guidance on the production tax credit eligibility and an American Wind Energy Association report on electric generating capacity.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, opens with news about the debt ceiling, upcoming fiscal deadlines and tax reform. In historic tax credit news, he discusses proposed changes to New York's Historic Commercial Properties Rehabilitation tax credit program and the latest development in the Historic Boardwalk Hall Case. In low-income housing tax credit news, he discusses the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Energy and Performance Information Center and the Iowa Finance Authority's housing priorities. In new markets tax credit news, he alerts listeners to a request for comments about Alaska's New Markets Tax Credit Assistance Guarantee and Loan Program. In renewable energy tax credit news, he discusses a request for comments on the Section 1603 program and a Blue Planet Foundation report on Hawaii's solar energy tax credit.

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, opens with a mention of President Barack Obama's inauguration and upcoming fiscal deadlines, as well as an announcement about hearings on the debt limit. In historic tax credit news, he discusses a state historic tax credit bill that has been introduced in Nebraska and a Government Accountability Office report on the need for improved data about federally owned historic properties. In lowincome housing tax credit news, Mr. Novogradac discusses an accounting change being proposed by the Federal Accounting Standards Board's Emerging Industry Task Force and an update to Novogradac's LIHTC Mapping Tool. In renewable energy tax credit news, he alerts listeners to a new version of the Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act proposed last week that would eliminate energy tax credits. In new markets tax credit news, he alerts listeners about this week's Novogradac New Markets Tax Credit Conference

In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, discusses two reports on tax expenditures, one from the Government Accountability Office and one from the National Taxpayer Advocate, and the Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's resignation and President Obama's nomination of Jack Lew. In new markets tax credit news, he invites listeners to the Novogradac New Markets Tax Credit Conference. In historic tax credit news, he alerts listeners to the National Trust for Historic Preservation's call for nominations for its 2013 list of the Most Endangered Historic Places. In low-income housing tax credit news, he discusses the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's HOME and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Guidebook. In renewable energy news, he discusses a Journal of Tax Credits article about attracting investors to renewable energy projects.