Affordable Housing
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02.23.15
Latest Historic Hot Topics -- The Safe Harbor is One Year Old!
Now that the Historic Tax Credit Safe Harbor has reached its first birthday, it seems appropriate to stop and consider the hot issues that apply to HTC deals, including those that also involve the LIHTC.
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02.23.15
Now that the Historic Tax Credit Safe Harbor is past its first birthday, it seems appropriate to stop and consider some of the not issues that apply to HTC deals, including those that also involve the LIHTC.
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01.29.15
Gentrification: Myth or Key Factor in Explaining Our Changing...
A debate about the definition of gentrification and the impact of changing demographics on urban neighborhoods has been kicked off by John Buntin’s article in the January 14, 2015 issue of the on-line magazine, Slate, “The Myth of Gentrification: It’s Extremely Rare and Not as Bad for the Poor as You Think.”
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04.23.14
Can the IRS see your attorney's Tax Opinion?
Can a taxpayer lose his claim of attorney client privilege simply by claiming that they shouldn't be subject to the substantial understatement penalty?
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02.28.14
Chairman Camp's Tax Reform Proposal Raises Issues for Housing
The House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Camp released his nearly 1000 page working draft of tax reform legislation on Wednesday. It will take some time to digest all of it but some basic points relating to housing are already coming into clarity.
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01.29.14
IRS Issues Historic Tax Credit Guidance
Boston tax credit finance & syndication partner Forrest Milder authored this column on the much-anticipated release of IRS Guidance on Historic Boardwalk Hall.
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12.05.13
DC Height Limit Debate Escalates
After rejecting staff recommendations last month, the National Capital Planning Commission (“NCPC”) joined the DC Office of Planning, DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and others at a Congressional hearing Monday called by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chair Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. to consider changes to the century old Height Act, a major factor defining the character of Washington, DC.
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11.25.13
How Will Proposed Changes to Depreciation Affect Already Closed...
Senator Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, has proposed enormous changes to how deprecation works under the Internal Revenue Code. This could have a very signficant impact on housing (and many other) transactions. Importantly, these changes are proposed to take effect in 2015, but to apply to property that is already in service!
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