Book Description

The 2011 edition of the New Markets Tax Credit Handbook updates all of the major changes to the NMTC program since August 2008, including new information on targeted populations, reasonable working capital, mixed-use projects and active businesses. Additionally, the new edition provides an expanded discussion of the NMTC basis reduction and use of the six-month cure period to meet the initial substantially all test. All this in addition to the solid foundation laid almost a decade ago with the first edition of the New Markets Tax Credit Handbook in 2001.This most recent edition includes all of the latest facts on the rules and regulations underlying the NMTC program, provides information on receiving and using the credits for the development, financing and compliance of an NMTC project, offers a thorough explanation of the program's structure and crucial terms, describes pertinent statutory requirements, and presents a discussion of credit allocation dates, credit recapture and generally accepted accounting principles.