CDFI Fund Opens 2014 Round of NMTC Program

CDFI Fund
Tuesday, August 5, 2014

The CDFI Fund has opened the 2014 round of the New Markets Tax Credit Program. The program's notice makes available up to $5 billion in tax credit allocation authority. The New Markets Tax Credit provides a tax credit to investors who make qualified equity investments in Community Development Entities (CDEs) which then invest the capital into projects in low-income communities. Since its inception, the NMTC Program has made 836 awards to CDEs totaling $40 billion in tax credit allocation authority. The deadline for CDE Certification applications is August 22. The deadline for the NMTC electronic application is October 1 and the deadline for prior allocatees' issuance of qualified equity investments is January 30, 2015.