Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities, and Renewal Communities.
Aiden D. Hall
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (115 pages)
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- EMPOWERMENT ZONES, ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES, AND RENEWAL COMMUNITIES -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities, and Renewal Communities: Comparative Overview and Analysis -- Summary -- Introduction -- Program Administration -- Eligibility Criteria -- Policy Overview and Legislative History -- Introduction -- Designation Rounds -- First Round of EZs and ECs -- Supplemental Designations in First Round -- Second Round of EZs and ECs -- Third Round of EZs and RCs -- Designations through 2009 -- Tax Incentives, Federal Grants, and Preferences for EZs, ECs, RCs -- Tax Incentives for Empowerment Zones and Renewal Communities28 -- Employment Incentives -- Investment Incentives -- Section 179 Deduction -- Commercial Revitalization Deduction -- Empowerment Zone Bonds -- Capital Gains Exclusion for Renewal Community Assets -- Rollover of Gain from Sale of Enterprise Zone Assets -- Increased Exclusion of Gain from Qualified Small Business Stock -- Grant Incentives -- Zone Designation Preferences -- Studies of EZ/EC and RC Effectiveness -- HUD Interim Assessment of EZs and ECs -- GAO Studies on Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities, and Renewal Communities -- Economic Literature -- Legislative Activity and Policy Issues -- Temporary Extension of Benefits -- Discussion -- Changes to Eligibility Requirements and Boundaries -- Discussion -- Changes to Benefits -- Discussion -- Use of EZ Concept to Model Other Federal Programs -- Discussion -- Policy Options -- Consolidation of Economic Development Initiatives -- Redesignation of Economic Development Zones -- Increased Program Oversight -- Appendix A. List of Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities, and Renewal Communities -- Appendix B. Federal Tax Incentives Available to Distressed Communities -- End Notes.. - Chapter 2 Revitalization Programs: Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities, and Renewal Communities -- Background -- Summary -- Enclosure I. Briefing for Congressional Addressees -- Overview -- Information on Empowerment Zone (EZ), Enterprise Community (EC), and Renewal Community (RC) Programs -- Objectives -- Summary -- Background -- Scope and Methodology -- Obj. 1. Program Features -- Obj. 2: Information Available on the EZ/EC/RC Programs -- Obj. 3: Agency Responses -- Profiles of Sites Visited RCs and Round III EZs -- Chicago, IL - Urban RC -- Mission -- Summary Data -- The Coordinating Responsible Authority (CoRA)18 -- Milwaukee, WI - Urban RC -- Mission -- Summary Data19 -- CoRA -- Ouachita Parish, Louisiana - Urban RC -- Mission -- Summary Data20 -- CoRA -- Northern Louisiana - Rural RC -- Mission -- Summary Data21 -- CoRA -- San Antonio, TX - Urban EZ -- Mission -- Summary Data22 -- Middle Rio Grande, TX (FUTURO) - Rural EZ -- Mission -- Summary Data -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 Incentives for Distressed Communities: Empowerment Zones and Renewal Communities -- Introduction and Summary -- I. Tax Incentives For Empowerment Zones And Renewal Communities -- A. Empowerment Zones -- In general -- Designation process -- Grants -- Tax incentives for empowerment zones -- Employment credit -- Increased section 179 expensing limitation -- Expanded tax-exempt financing for certain zone facilities -- Elective roll over of capital gain from the sale or exchange of any qualified empowerment zone asset purchased after December 21, 2000 -- Partial exclusion of capital gains on certain small business stock -- Other tax incentives -- Extension of work opportunity tax credit -- Qualified zone academy bonds -- District of Columbia Enterprise Zone -- B. Renewal Communities -- Designation process -- Required State and local commitments.. - Empowerment zones and enterprise communities seeking designation as renewal communities -- Tax incentives for renewal communities -- Renewal community employment credit -- Additional section 179 expensing -- Commercial revitalization deduction -- Zero-percent capital gains rate -- Other tax incentives -- II. Studies of Program Effectiveness -- Department of Housing and Urban Development -- Government Accountability Office -- Economic Literature -- End Notes -- Chapter Sources -- Index.
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