New Markets Tax Credit: IRS Audit Technique Guide

By Internal Revenue Service

The New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program, enacted by Congress as part of the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000, is incorporated as section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code. This Code section permits individual and corporate taxpayers to receive a credit against federal income taxes for making Qualified Equity Investments (QEIs) in qualified community development entities (CDEs). These investments are expected to result in the creation of jobs and material improvement in the lives of residents of low-income communities. Examples of expected projects include financing small businesses, improving community facilities such as daycare centers, and increasing home ownership opportunities. A "low-income community" is defined as any population census tract where the poverty rate for such tract is at least 20%% or in the case of a tract not located within a metropolitan area, median family income for such tract does not exceed 80 of statewide median family income...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1304112896
• ISBN13: 9781304112897
• Release Date: June 2013
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• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
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