Improving the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Rate Act

Bill: 113-s-1442
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2013-08-01
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits

Low- and moderate-income housing
Latest action: action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-08-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Improving the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Rate Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the the minimum low-income housing tax credit rate for new buildings that are not federally subsidized, and (2) establish a minimum 4% low-income housing tax rate for existing buildings that are not federally subsidized. </p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1442 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 1, 2013 Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Roberts , Ms. Collins , Mr. King , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Brown , Mr. Menendez , Mr. Schumer , Mrs. Boxer , Mr. Franken , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Harkin , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Whitehouse , Mrs. Feinstein , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Schatz , Ms. Warren , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Markey , and Mr. Sanders ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the minimum low-income housing tax credit rate for unsubsidized buildings and to provide a minimum 4 percent credit rate for existing buildings.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Rate Act . 2. Extension and modification of minimum low-income housing tax credit rate for certain buildings (a) Permanent extension Paragraph (2) of section 42(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) by striking Temporary minimum credit rate in the heading and inserting Minimum credit rate , and (2) by striking with respect to housing credit dollar amount allocations made before January 1, 2014 in subparagraph (A). (b) Minimum 4 percent credit rate for certain existing buildings Subsection (b) of section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4), and (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: (3) Minimum credit rate for non-federally subsidized existing buildings In the case of any existing building— (A) which is placed in service by the taxpayer after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, and (B) which is not federally subsidized for the taxable year, the applicable percentage shall be not less than 4 percent. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to buildings placed in service after the date of the enactment of this Act.