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LIHTC Monthly Report Archives
Novogradac & Company LLP publishes the LIHTC Monthly Report, a monthly newsletter on low-income housing tax-exempt bonds. The following is a list of articles published in the LIHTC Monthly Report for 2006. If you are interested in receiving a copy of any of these articles, please contact cpas@novoco.com. You can also mail your request to Products Desk, Novogradac & Company LLP, 246 First Street, Fifth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105.
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December 2006
Treasury, IRS Issue Regulations on Requirements for Disclosing Reportable Transactions, Maintaining Lists
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
Practical Implementation of IRS Directive: A Safe Harbor for New LIHTC Not-for-Profits and IRC
§ 4965
By Michael I. Sanders, Esq. and Jerome A. Breed, Esq., Powell Goldstein LLP
Texas Provides Additional Credits for 2004 and 2005 Developments
By Tiffany French and George Littlejohn, CPA, Novogradac & Company LLP
Homeland Security Appropriations Measure Mandates Creation of a National Disaster Housing Strategy
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
MHFA Announces $50 Million Awarded for Affordable Rental Housing Projects
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
HUD Reports Banner Year for HOME Program
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
Affordable Housing Property Earns First Energy Star Label in Nation
By Anne Townsend, Staff Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP
What the Midterm Election Results Mean for Affordable Housing
By Michael J. Novogradac, CPA, Novogradac & Company LLP
November 2006
HUD Designates 2007 DDAs
By Andrew Li and Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
Report Proposes Significant Changes to Historic Tax Credit Program
By Andrew S. Potts and Merrill F. Hoopengardner, Nixon Peabody LLP
HUD Withdraws Proposed MIP Increase
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
Bonus Depreciation for GO Zone Property
By Phillip Wooten and George Littlejohn, CPA, Novogradac & Company LLP
New Excise Tax Threatens Housing Not-for-Profits - Immediate Guidance from the IRS is Needed
By Michael J. Novogradac, CPA
October 2006
Syndicators Suggest Equity Market Begins to Simmer Down
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
Bentley Court II V. Commissioner: What We Learned
By Nicolo Pinoli, CPA, Novogradac & Company LLP
Interaction of the Statute of Limitations and the LIHTC
By Nicolo Pinoli, CPA, Novogradac & Company LLP
Mississippi Awards LIHTCs, 40 Percent Goes to Rebuild GO Zone
By Tiffany French, Novogradac & Company LLP
J. Timothy Anderson Awards Finalists Announced
By Anne Townsend, Staff Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP
Iowa Meets Goal of Creating Affordable Housing for People with Disabilities
By Anne Townsend, Staff Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP
Third Quarter Wrap-up: The LIHTC and Politcs
By Michael J. Novogradac, CPA
September 2006
How To Field Challenges and Attacks Skillfully
By Bobbie Christensen, The Campaign for Affordable Housing
New Section 4965 May Significantly Affect Tax-Exempt Entities That Are Parties to Section 42 and Other Tax-Credit Transactions
By Forrest Milder, Nixon Peabody
IRS Publishes Additional Guidance Regarding GO Zone Depreciation
By Alberto S. Cohen, Novogradac & Company LLP
Families Become First-Time Homeowners with Lease Purchase Program
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
REIT Acquires LIHTC Properties
By Lindsay Weiford
Legislative Obstacles Do Not Dim Hopes for Passage of Industry Initiatives
By Michael J. Novogradac, CPA
August 2006
When Disaster Strikes - The Gulf Area One Year After Katrina
By Thomas Stagg, Novogradac & Company LLP
Changes in Texas Tax for LIHTC Partnership: The New Margin Tax
By George F. Littlejohn, CPA, Novogradac & Company LLP
U.S. Housing Market is Showing Signs of Cooling; Economists Predict the Trend Will Continue
By Lindsay Weiford, Staff Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP
In Shadow of Other Issues, Affordable Housing Advocates Continue Push for Legislative Progress
By Robert S. Thesman, CPA
July 2006
New LIHTC Data Transfer Standard Expected to Benefit LIHTC Industry
By Lindsay Weiford, Staff Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP
Legislation Boosts Funding 400 Percent for Affordable Housing in Hawaii
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
State Allocating Agencies Actively Promote Supportive Services in LIHTC Properties
By Lindsay Weiford, Staff Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP
New Study Examines State QAPs, Finds Sound Policies to Promote Resident Services
By Lindsay Weiford, Staff Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP
National Park Service List Ranks States that Successfully Promote Rehabilitation of Historic Properties
By Lindsay Weiford, Staff Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP
HUD Honors State, Local Efforts to Reduce Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
Administrator of National Banks Supports Increased Authority for Banks to Invest in Housing,
Public Welfare Investments
By Michael J. Novogradac, CPA
June 2006
IRS Releases Criteria for Tax-Exempt Status for Not-for-Profit General partners of LIHTC Partnership
By Ruth Sparrow, Esquire, Future Unlimited Law Pc
Year 15: Are You Ready?
By Lindsay Weiford, Staff Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP
Freddie Mac, CharterMac, Historic Restoration Incoperated, City of St. Louis Preserve Historic Property
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
Developer's Approach to Organized Opposition
By Robert H. Voelker, Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC
Downtown Buffalo Gets New Affordable Loft Apartments
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
AHTCC Annouces Winners of the 12th anuual Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
Federal Government Provides More Than $15 in Tax Subsidies for Homeownership to Each $1 for Rentals.
By Michael J. Novogradac, CPA
May 2006
National Report Reviews and Rates State Tax Credit Financing Programs and their Green Building Attributes
By Lindsay Weiford, Staff Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP
Release of FEMA Flood Recovery Guidance Allows Rebuilding Process to Begin
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
New USDA Demonstration Program Intended to Ensure Quality and Affordability of Rural Rental Housing
By Lindsay Weiford, Staff Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP
Banking Agencies Issue Final Community Reinvestment Guidance
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
Governor Doyle Announces $10 Million for Affordable Housing Projects Statewide
By Lindsay Weiford, Staff Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP
IHFA Announces $5.4 Million in New Affordable Housing Units
By Lindsay Weiford, Staff Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP
Enterprise Community Investment Announces Results for 2005, Plans for Future
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
New Guidelines Could Increase Cost of LIHTC Audits
By Michael J. Novogradac, CPA
April 2006
Re-Syndicaton Blues
By Daniel Kraus and Joseph B. Darby III
Missouri State Auditor to Examine State LIHTC Program
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
AHTCC Announces 12th Annual Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Awards
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
New Population Figures Released for Calculation of State LIHTC Ceilings, Bond Caps
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
Freddie Mac Announces New Multifamily LIHTC Moderate Rehabilitation Tool
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
GSEs Report on Affordable Housing Investments in 2005
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
Legislation Could Strengthen the LIHTC, Relieve Affordable Housing Shortage
By Michael J. Novogradac, CPA
March 2006
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Provisions of the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act
By Amanda Talbot, Novogradac & Company LLP
Bush Presents Congress with Proposed Budget for 2007
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
Allocation of California State LIHTCs to Project Does Not Trigger Prevailing Wage Laws
By Arnold P. Schuster, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
Using Section 538 to Revitalize a Section 515 Property
By Carl W. Wagner, Lancaster Pollard Mortgage Company
Depreciation Provisions in the GO Zone Act of 2005
By Alberto S. Cohen, Novogradac & Company LLP
President's Budget Proposal Provides 1.8 Percent Decrease in HUD Budget
By Michael J. Novogradac, CPA
February 2006
Hurricane Relief and Opportunities Arrive With New Legislation: Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005
By Molly M. O'Dell, CPA, Novogradac & Company LLP
Industry Given Extension to File Form 2530 with HUDl
By Alex Ruiz, Managing Editor, Novogradac & Company LLP
Working Successfully With Your State Agency - It's Not as Painful as You Might Think
By Jeff Crozier, L.J. Melody & Company
Adoption of Revised Rules Governing the California Property Tax Exemption
By Keith Stanley, Novogradac & Company LLP
Tax Issues Associated with Brownfields Development
By Jim McGowan, CPA, Novogradac & Company LLP
Meeting Addresses Hurricane Recovery Legislation
By Michael J. Novogradac, CPA
January 2006
USDA Rural Development’s Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program — Its Time is Now
By Michael Steininger and Joyce Allen, USDA Rural Development
Congress Approves, President Signs HUD 2006 Appropriations Bill
By Lindsay Weiford, Contributing Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP
Hawaii Housing Agency Announces New Affordable Housing for Seniors
By Alex Ruiz, Staff Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP
Wisconsin Housing Agency Commits $10 Million to Preserve Affordable Housing
By Alex Ruiz, Staff Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP
Harlem Project Pioneers New Financial Structure for Mixed-Income Developments
By Alex Ruiz, Staff Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP
ESIC Awards Innovation in Housing, Community Development
By Alex Ruiz, Staff Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP
Oregon Housing Agency Approves Funding to Generate More Than $175 Million in Economic Activity
By Alex Ruiz, Staff Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP
2005: A Year of Diverse Challenges
By Michael J. Novogradac, CPA