Advocacy:

Comment Letters

Novogradac & Company LLP Letter to Matt Josephs/CDFI Fund Regarding the NMTC Draft Allocation Agreement (August 28, 2006)

Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition Comments Regarding regulations pertaining Section 4965  (August 11, 2006)

Novogradac & Company LLP Letter to Matt Josephs/CDFI Fund Regarding the NMTC Allocation Agreement Q&A (July 31, 2006)

Novogradac & Company LLP Letter to Eric Solomon/IRS Regarding NMTC Reinvestment Regulations (July 31, 2006)

Novogradac Company LLP Letter Regarding Notice 2006-36: Public Comment Invited on Recommendations for 2006-2007 Guidance Priority List (May15, 2006)

Novogradac Company LLP et al Comment Letter regarding Redemption Regulations for the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program (April 24, 2006)

Sample Redemption Language

Eric Solomon Letter to Timothy Kenny, Executive Director of Nebraska Investment Finance Authority, Regarding Tax-Exempt Private Activity Bonds and the New Markets Tax Credit (March 14, 2006)

Novogradac Company LLP et al Additional Comment Letter concerning the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program Allocation Application (March 15, 2006)

Novogradac Company LLP et al Comment Letter concerning the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program Allocation Application (February 27, 2006)

Ropes Gray Letter to Eric Solomon Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy Regarding Targeted Populations Guidance Under Section 45D(e)(2) (February 28, 2006)

NMTC Coalition Letter to Tax Reconciliation Conference Committee Urging the Extension of the New Markets Tax Credit (January 31, 2006)

Eric Solomon Letter to Robert Rapoza/NMTC Coalition Regarding Administration Support for Reauthorization of the NMTC Program (November 2, 2005)

Novogradac Company LLP Letter to Matt Josephs/CDFI Fund Regarding the 2005 Allocation Agreement (August 22, 2005)

CDFI Coalition Letter to Matt Josephs/CDFI Fund Regarding the Designation of Targeted Populations as Low-Income Communities(July 8, 2005)

NMTC Coalition Letter to Matt Josephs/CDFI Fund Regarding the Designation of Targeted Populations as Low-Income Communities (July 11, 2005)

Novogradac Company LLP Letter to Matt Josephs/CDFI Fund Regarding the Designation of Targeted Populations as Low-Income Communities
(July 6, 2005)
Attachment: Proposed Amendments to NMTC Regulations

Senate Letter of Support for $80 Million Fiscal Year 2006 Budget for CDFI Fund (April 27, 2005)

Letter to Eric Solomon, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and Paul F. Handleman, IRS Office of the Associate Chief Counsel, Regarding Final Regulations (January 6, 2005)

Letter to Eric Solomon, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, Regarding "Redemption" of Qualified Equity Investments
Frank Altman, President, Community Reinvestment Fund USA (November 23, 2004)

Letter to Eric Solomon, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, Regarding Determination of Redemption of Principal
New Markets Tax Credit Coalition (November 12, 2004)

Letter to Eric Solomon, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, Regarding Priority Items in NMTC Regulations
New Markets Tax Credit Coalition (October 18, 2004

Joint Letter to IRS Requesting Guidance on Redemptions under Section 45D
Novogradac Company LLP/Nixon Peabody LLP (June 30, 2004)

Novogradac Company LLP Comment Letter on Revised Temporary NMTC Regulations
Novogradac Company LLP (May 10, 2004)

NMTC Coalition Comment Letter on Revised Temporary NMTC Regulations
New Markets Tax Credit Coalition (May 10, 2004)

Letter to Eric Solomon, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, Regarding the NMTC Program
From the New Markets Tax Credit Coalition (June 20, 2003)

Letter to Eric Solomon, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, Regarding Unresolved NMTC Issues
From Michael J. Novogradac, CPA and Thomas Tracy, Esq. (May 09, 2003)

Letter to Eric Solomon, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, Regarding Unresolved NMTC Issues
From the New Markets Tax Credit Coalition (May 16, 2003)

Industry Comments to the CDFI Fund on the Draft New Markets Tax Credit Program Allocation Agreement (March 10, 2003)

General Accounting Office Letter to Congress: "New Markets Tax Credit: Status of Implementation and Issues Related to GAO’s Mandated Reports" (December 6, 2002)

New Markets Tax Credit Coalition Letter to President Bush Requesting Additional Allocation of NMTCs Be Included in Economic Stimulus Package (December 13, 2002)

New Markets Tax Credit Coalition Letter To the Treasury Dept. Requesting Guidance on NMTC Temporary Regulations (T.D. 8971) (August 8, 2002)

New Markets Tax Credit Coalition Letter To the Treasury Dept. Requesting Guidance on NMTC Temporary Regulations (T.D. 8971) (June 11, 2002)

Comments Received by the IRS on NMTC Regulations (August 21, 2001)

IRS Comment Letters on NMTC Regulations (February 25, 2002)

Novogradac Company LLP Comment Letter Regarding CRA NMTC Regulations (October 16, 2001)

Industry Comments Received on the CDFI Fund's New Markets Tax Credits Guidance Published in the Federal Register May 1, 2001 (Summer 2001)