CDFI Fund: $5 Billion in New Markets Tax Credits Announced
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced $5 billion in New Markets Tax Credits today that will spur investment and economic growth in low-income urban and rural communities nationwide. A total of 100 Community Development Entities (CDEs) were awarded tax credit allocations, made through the calendar year (CY)…
CDFI Fund: Request for Information about NMTC Program Native Initiative Released
Today, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) released a Request for Information related to an upcoming procurement that is part of a broader effort to increase New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) investment in Federal Indian Reservations, Off-Reservation Trust Lands, Hawaiian Home Lands, and Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas (NMTC Native Areas). Industry and subject-matter experts…
CDFI Fund: Public Data for NMTC Program for FYs 2003-2019 Released
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) today released transaction level data collected on New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) investments across the nation through fiscal year (FY) 2019. The CDFI Fund requires all Community Development Entities (CDEs) that have been awarded NMTC allocations to submit an annual report detailing…
OCC: Promoting Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day
In an effort to make more eligible working families aware of the benefits of the earned income tax credit (EITC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is promoting the 15th annual EITC Awareness Day on January 29. “We continue to encourage more eligible Americans to take advantage of EITCs,” Acting Comptroller of the Currency Blake…
CDFI Fund: Public Comments Sought on NMTC Program Allocation Application
The U.S. Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently,…
CDFI Fund: Application Demand for 2020 Round of NMTC Program Released
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced today that it received 208 applications under the 2020 round of the New Markets Tax Credit Program (NMTC Program). The NMTC Program advances economic development in economically distressed communities by making tax credit allocations available to Community Development Entities (CDEs) for…
CDFI Fund: CY 2020 Round of New Markets Tax Credit Program Opened
Increased Allocation of $5 Billion to be made Available this Round The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) released today the Notice of Allocation Availability (NOAA) for the calendar year (CY) 2020 round of the New Markets Tax Credit Program (NMTC Program). The CDFI Fund is providing the NOAA…
CDFI Fund: More Than $3.5 Billion in New Markets Tax Credits Announced
Awards will spur economic and community development nationwide. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced $3,548,485,000 in New Markets Tax Credits today that will spur investment and economic growth in low-income urban and rural communities nationwide. A total of 76 Community Development Entities (CDEs) were awarded tax credit…
CDFI Fund: Application Demand for FY 2020 Round of CDFI Program and NACA Program Released
The fiscal year (FY) 2020 application round for the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund’s (CDFI Fund) Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program) and Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program) closed on April 30, 2020. 588 organizations from across the country requested a total of $535.4 million in awards. Specifically:* 337 organizations requested $337.9 million…
OCC: Promoting Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day
In an effort to make more eligible working families aware of the benefits of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is promoting the 14th annual EITC Awareness Day on January 31. “We encourage more eligible, hard-working Americans to take advantage of this valuable tax break,” said Comptroller of the Currency…