NMTC supports innovative manufacturing project in Tallahassee, FL

The New Markets Tax Credit continues to serve as an effective tool to create manufacturing jobs. Last year, thanks to $12.5 million in New Markets Tax Credit financing from the Florida Community Loan Fund, construction began on SolarSink, LLC’s innovative new manufacturing facility:

SolarSink, LLC will produce heatsink technology and create a solar array on a 5-acre site, utilizing innovative technology developed in conjuction with Florida State University. This technology allows solar energy to be efficiently converted to electricity, ad power produced will be used in the manufacturing facility, other local businesses, and sold to the municipality’s power grid. This project is in a highly distressed census tract with 49% poverty rate and will provide 137 temporary and 55 permanent jobs.

Read more about the project at the Florida Community Loan Fund’s website or in a recent issue of Florida Trend, a Florida focused business journal.

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Neal extols the virtues of NMTC at the small business markup

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Camp and Tiberi plan review of tax extenders in April

Reps. Tiberi (R-OH) and Camp (R-MI) plan to hold a hearing to review individual tax extenders (including the New Markets Tax Credit) in April. The Hill has a story, and you can read their release below:

Camp, Tiberi: Review of “Extenders” to Start in April
Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) issued the following statement:

“Far too many provisions in the tax code are temporary, making it hard for employers to plan, invest and create new jobs for American families. That is one reason why we are committed to comprehensive tax reform. An important part of comprehensive reform is to conduct a thorough review of the various targeted provisions in the Code commonly referred to as ‘tax extenders.’ In 2010, House Republicans led the charge to review these provisions and over 70 (estimated at over $100 billion) were cleaned out of the Code. In 2012, we must again examine these extenders, and the Committee will begin that process after the April recess. We look forward to hearing from interested parties about the merits of these tax policies.”

NOTE: The exact date, time, and format of a tax extender hearing has not yet been set and will be formally announced by the Committee at a future date. However, Chairmen Camp and Tiberi expect the date will be in April.

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NMTC Morning Update – Senate Colloquy on the Tax Extenders

Yesterday, Senators Reid (D-NV), McConnell (R-KY), and Baucus (D-MT) engaged in a colloquy on the Senate floor where they expressed their support for action on the tax extenders. Senator Hatch (R-UT) also asked for written comments to be appended to the record. The friendly exchange followed a rare moment of bipartisan comity with the passage of the surface transportation bill (S. 1813) by a substantial margin of 74-22. On Tuesday, tax extender provisions were included in several amendments to the bill, but those amendments were ultimately voted down.

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