Investable tax credits
Subtitle: the case of the low income housing tax credit
By: Mihir A. Desai, Dhammika Dharmapala, Monica Singhal.
Contributors: Dharmapala, Dhammika; Singhal, Monica.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 14149; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 14149.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 43
Description: "The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) represents a novel tax expenditure program that employs "investable" tax credits to spur production of low-income rental housing.  While it has grown into the largest source of new affordable housing in the U.S.  and its structure is now being replicated in other programs, the LIHTC has also drawn skepticism and calls for its repeal.  This paper outlines a conceptual framework for exploring the conditions under which investable tax credits may be the most effective mechanism to deliver a production subsidy and discusses the desirability of employing investable tax credits in other policy domains.  Estimates of tax expenditures under this program are provided and efficiency costs, distributional issues, and the likely effects of reforms to tax provisions such as the AMT are considered"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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