Until recently, the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program was one of several tax credit programs that required annual approval and appropriation through the federal budget process. In December 2015, the situation changed when Congress approved the program for five more years (2015-2019) at an annual appropriation of $3.5 billion. While the program is still not permanent, this extension provides a welcome degree of certainty to the industry. Health centers with capital project plans will have the time to find and secure a site in a qualifying census tract and, if necessary, conduct a multi-year capital campaign with reasonable confidence that the credits will be available when it is ready to begin building.

Our latest resource publication, Spotlight on Capital Resources: New Markets Tax Credit Program Extension, is designed to help health centers better understand the extension and its implications. The third in a series of NMTC Program resources published by Capital Link, this resource also describes the steps necessary for preparing to utilize NMTCs for your capital project (including a discussion on new constraints on the use of the “one-day loan” structure) and the feasibility of using a “developer fee” in the transaction to increase investment in your project.

To access this new resource, please click here.