• Agency: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund)
• Status: Currently Available

The New Market Tax Credit (NMTC) program targets areas of disinvestment by attracting the private investment necessary to reinvigorate struggling local economies. The NMTC Program attracts private capital into low-income communities by permitting individual and corporate investors to receive a tax credit against their federal income tax in exchange for making equity investments in specialized financial intermediaries called Community Development Entities (CDEs). The credit totals 39 percent of the original investment amount and is claimed over a period of seven years.