STRUCTURING METHOD AND ASSOCIATED MODELING SOFTWARE FOR TAX CREDIT INVESTMENTS THAT WILL GENERATE POSITIVE EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAX DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION (EBITDA) UNDER GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPALS (GAAP)
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1. A method of assessing and effecting the transfer of federal tax credits generated by low-income housing projects to a recipient capable of utilizing the tax credits and losses, the method comprising:
- identifying one or more housing projects with tax credits available for syndication;
determining a corporate structure for effecting the syndication of the tax credits;
determining the yield of the one or more projects;
determining terms of common stock and preferred stock in a new corporation, wherein the terms include a schedule of an investor'"'"'s preferred stock in the new corporation such that the investor and the new corporation are consolidated for federal income tax purposes and the new corporation and a syndicator are consolidated for financial accounting purposes;
documenting enforceable agreements transferring value from the investor to the new corporation, transferring value from the new corporation to an owner of the one or more projects, and transferring at least a portion of the tax credits from the owner to the new corporation; and
at least partly carrying out said agreements.
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Abstract
Low-income housing projects generate federal low-income housing tax credits. Previously, due to numerous impediments, investing in tax credits results in a negative, or at best a neutral effect on the investor'"'"'s EBITDA for financial accounting purposes. The present invention relates a method that allows for a more efficient syndication of the available tax credits that generates positive EBITDA to investors at a lower cost.
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1. A method of assessing and effecting the transfer of federal tax credits generated by low-income housing projects to a recipient capable of utilizing the tax credits and losses, the method comprising:
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identifying one or more housing projects with tax credits available for syndication; determining a corporate structure for effecting the syndication of the tax credits; determining the yield of the one or more projects; determining terms of common stock and preferred stock in a new corporation, wherein the terms include a schedule of an investor'"'"'s preferred stock in the new corporation such that the investor and the new corporation are consolidated for federal income tax purposes and the new corporation and a syndicator are consolidated for financial accounting purposes; documenting enforceable agreements transferring value from the investor to the new corporation, transferring value from the new corporation to an owner of the one or more projects, and transferring at least a portion of the tax credits from the owner to the new corporation; and at least partly carrying out said agreements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer software program having computer program logic therein that causes a computer to:
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receive inputs associated with the transfer of federal low-income housing tax credits generated by a low-income housing tax credit project; and determine output related to economic factors that affect at least one of the syndicatability of the tax credits, the structure of corporations involved in the syndication of the tax credits, the terms of the preferred stock and common stock in a new corporation, the terms, amount and timing of the tax sharing payments to be made by an investor to the new corporation, and the form of documents and agreements. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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