| | | 8-C.__Multifamily affordable housing property.__"Multifamily | | affordable housing property" means a decent, safe and sanitary | | dwelling, apartment building or other living accommodation that | | includes at least 6 units and: |
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| | | A.__At least 20% of the units have restricted rents | | affordable to households earning no more than 80% of the | | area median income as determined by the United States | | Department of Housing and Urban Development; |
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| | | B.__The property is funded by the United States Department | | of Housing and Urban Development, the United States | | Department of Agriculture or the Maine State Housing | | Authority; or |
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| | | C.__The property qualifies for low-income housing credits | | under Section 42 of the Code. |
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| | | Sec. 6. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶Q, as corrected by RR 2003, c. 1, §38, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | Q. A fraction of any amount previously added back by the | | taxpayer to federal adjusted gross income pursuant to | | subsection 1, paragraph N. |
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| | | (1) With respect to property first placed in service | | during taxable years beginning in 2002, the adjustment | | under this paragraph is available for each year during | | the recovery period, beginning 2 years after the | | beginning of the taxable year during which the property | | was first placed in service. The fraction is equal to | | the amount added back under subsection 1, paragraph N | | with respect to the property, divided by the number of | | years in the recovery period minus 2. |
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| | | (2) With respect to all other property, for the | | taxable year immediately following the taxable year | | during which the property was first placed in service, | | the fraction allowed by this paragraph is equal to 5% | | of the amount added back under subsection 1, paragraph | | N with respect to the property. For each subsequent | | taxable year during the recovery period, the fraction | | is equal to 95% of the amount added back under | | subsection 1, paragraph N with respect to the property, | | divided by the number of years in the recovery period | | minus 2. |
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| | | In the case of property expensed pursuant to Section 179 of the | | Code, the term "recovery period" means the recovery |
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