In the November 2017 issue of the Insider, we discussed the vacant unit rule and its requirement to make reasonable attempts to rent vacant units (see “Follow Five Dos & Don...
As a tax credit manager, you need to know about certain elections that owners make when they file Form 8609 with the IRS to keep your site in compliance with the tax credit program’s requirements. But because owners complete this form, you may not get to see it. As a result, you may...
When the President declares a major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, LIHTC sites are afforded temporary relief from certain requirements of the LIHTC program. As a result of Hurricanes Maria, Irma, and Harvey, major disaster declarations have...
To qualify your site for the tax credit program, you must lease up enough units to qualified low-income households. But those units don’t automatically stay low-income for the rest of the compliance period. As a tax credit site’s manager, you must follow rules to make sure units stay...
Good leasing agents can help you fill vacancies quickly with qualified households. But if your agents don’t know enough about the tax credit law, they can also create problems. For instance, there’s no way to know whether prospects are eligible until you’ve calculated and...
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 bans disability-based discrimination in any program or activity that receives federal financial assistance from any federal agency (including HUD) or in any programs conducted by federal agencies. Many tax credit managers haven’t heard of this...
As a tax credit manager, meeting your site’s minimum set-aside is the most important goal. If you meet the set-aside, the owner of your site will be entitled to claim its tax credits. If you don’t meet the set-aside, your site won’t qualify for the tax credit program, which...
A key aspect of your job as a tax credit manager is performing calculations. For instance, you must perform calculations to correctly determine whether a household is eligible to occupy a low-income unit, how much rent you can charge, and how many low-income units you need to set aside at your...
Every tax credit site must meet and maintain a “minimum set-aside” throughout the 15-year compliance period to qualify for the tax credit program. To meet the set-aside, you must rent a certain percentage of the units in your building or site to qualified low-income households.
In the Fall 2016 Special Issue, we discussed how a site owner may comply with first-year certification requirements under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 42(l)(1). Making the certification involves Form 8609, Low-Income Housing Credit Allocation and Certification. The agency executes Part I...
At some tax credit sites, setting up a household file may mean randomly tossing all the paperwork concerning a household into a folder. Or household files may be organized in a way that’s understood by only one or two staffers. But practices like these can cost the owner its tax credits....
As the end of the calendar year nears, your site’s annual certification to your state housing agency is approaching. Under Treasury Regulation Section 1.42-5(c)(1), owners are required to certify to the state agency that allocated the credit at least annually that, for the preceding 12-...
