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The following publications and reference guides are available for purchase by CDFA members and non-members. CDFA members receive a reduced rate for publication purchases. Any discounts or special arrangements made on this page through a third party partner are available to CDFA members only.
Advanced Tax Increment Finance Reference Guide
 The Advanced Tax Increment Finance Reference Guide is the latest offering of CDFA’s nationally acclaimed Development Finance Training Institute in partnership with the Council’s Tax Increment Finance Coalition. The Advanced TIF Guide builds upon CDFA’s introductory offerings by exploring in-depth the complexities and transformative potential of tax increment financing. The guide examines model policies, guidelines & procedures and outlines the TIF process from A to Z. Throughout the book, clear guidance is offered for assessing project feasibility and monitoring the performance of active TIF districts. In addition, the guide outlines the critical elements of state TIF statutes that should be known in order to ensure project success and long term economic prosperity.
| x | Member:
$65.00
Non-Member:
$75.00
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Practitioner's Guide to Economic Development Finance
 The Practitioner's Guide to Economic Development Finance is the only comprehensive resource dedicated to building and utilizing the development finance toolbox. The Practitioner's Guide provides the insight and practical information needed to critically understand how economic development is financed and the tools, strategies and techniques used to build strong communities. From bonds, tax increment finance and special districts to tax credits, seed & venture capital, revolving loan funds and much more, this Guide outlines the financing tools required for succeeding in today's competitive economic development climate.
| x | Member:
$45.00
Non-Member:
$55.00
Bulk Orders:
(10 or more)
$35.00
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Tax Increment Finance Best Practices Reference Guide
 The Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) and the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) have collaborated with teams of Tax Increment Finance (TIF) experts from across the country to develop this reference guide. The Reference Guide addresses what TIF is, why it should be used and how best to apply the TIF tool. The Reference Guide also highlights TIF projects from across the country and discusses how they can be applied to address many common economic development issues. This Reference Guide should be a reference manual for novice and experienced public officials, financiers and real estate developers wishing to learn more about TIF.
This guide is available for free electronically and for $25.00 in hard copy format. | x | Electronic Copy:
>>> Free Download
Hard Copy:
Member:
$24.95
Non-Member:
$34.95
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Industry Primer: Development Bond Finance Reference Guide
 This Reference Guide is the course book for CDFA’s Industry Primer: Development Bond Finance Course. The guide provides practitioners with solid foundation for understand the use of tax-exempt bonds, with an emphasis on small issue industrial development bonds and 501(C)(3) bonds.
This guide covers:
- Municipal and industrial development bonds
- Governmental and qualified private activity bonds
- Role of bond counsel
- Small issue tax-exempt bond financing (IDBs, IDRBs, IRBs)
- 501(c)(3) bonds
- Role of underwriter’s counsel
- Role of the trustee
- Bond ratings and credit analysis
- Structuring and sizing bond issues
- How bonds are sold
- Glossary of municipal finance terms
This guide is the first of two publications provided by CDFA covering the development bond finance industry. | x | Member:
$65.00
Non-Member:
$75.00
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Advanced Bond Finance Reference Guide
 This Reference Guide is the course book for CDFA’s Advanced Bond Finance Course. The guide provides practitioners with an in-depth review of the advanced functions that take place in the bond finance industry as they relate to both tax-exempt and taxable bond financings.
This guide covers:
- Financial tools and auction rate bonds used in the tax-exempt bond industry
- Negotiating professional fees and bond pricing
- Investing bond proceeds
- Arbitrage and rebate
- Advance refunding bonds
- Municipal securities rulemaking board
- Credit enhancement
- Advanced bond financing case studies
This guide is the second of two publications provided by CDFA covering the development bond finance industry. | x | Member:
$65.00
Non-Member:
$75.00
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Special Subscription Rates
The Bond Buyer
 The Bond Buyer, the daily newspaper of public finance, is a strategic partner with CDFA. Through this relationship we are able to offer CDFA members the added benefit of a reduced subscription rate for this informative, knowledgeable and highly acclaimed daily newspaper.
What The Bond Buyer has to say about this partnership:
"As The Bond Buyer continues to support the efforts of CDFA, we are pleased to offer their members (issuers only) a special discount on new or additional subscriptions to The Bond Buyer. As an active member of CDFA, you are eligible to receive a yearly subscription for $650, which is over a $1,500 savings. This offer does not apply to existing subscriber or corporate subscriptions."
| x | Member:
$650.00 annual subscription
To Order:
Bill Bankey at The Bond Buyer at (212) 803-8481
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Site Selection Magazine
 Site Selection is one of the leading and most respected publications in the development industry and is a key source of information for new industry development, plant and facilities expansion, and corporate relocation insight. Through a strategic partnership with Site Selection, active CDFA members are eligible to receive a 50% subscription rate discount (total price of $47.50 per year). This is a significant savings for one of the most important industry publications today. To take advantage of this great offer, contact CDFA to request the special subscription code.
| x | Member:
$47.50 annual subscription
To Order:
Contact CDFA to request special subscription code
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Publications Available through CDFA/Novogradac & Company Partnership
CDFA and Novogradac & Company have developed a publications partnership where members of CDFA can access discounts to the following publications. To order these publications, members must first contact CDFA at (216) 920-3073 to acquire the discount code for each publication. Purchases are then done directly through the Novogradac & Company website. To access the Novogradac & Company website, click on the 'order' button to the right.
GAAP Accounting for the Low-Income Housing and New Markets Tax Credit Handbook - 2005 Edition
 This guidebook is a compilation of the latest historical documentation and related information from FASB EITF Issue 94-1. The documentation addresses how an entity that invests in a qualified affordable housing project should account for the tax benefits resulting from its investment. It includes a new chapter on Fin 46 and a chapter on GAAP for the new markets tax credit. In addition, the 2005 Edition offers guidance on EITF Issue No. 04-5, Investors Accounting for an Investment in a Limited Partnership When the Investor is the Sole General Partner and the Limited Partners Have Certain Rights.
CDFA members receive a discount when purchasing this book through Novogradac & Company’s online bookstore. Members must contact CDFA (216-920-3073) to get the online coupon code. | x | Member:
$127.50
(with discount)
Non-Member:
$150.00
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Historic Rehabilitation Handbook - 2009 Edition
 The 2009 edition of the Historic Rehabilitation Handbook incorporates several improvements to the historic tax credit that came about from the passage of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. Those changes include making the historic tax credit an offset to the alternative minimum tax, raising the leasing threshold to 50 percent for the disqualified lease rules, and adding a requirement for state agencies to provide priority points for historic tax credit projects in their LIHTC qualified allocation plans. It also includes a comprehensive discussion of the issues related to charitable donations of facade easements, provisions contained in the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005, and a chapter on GAAP for accounting for the historic tax credit. The handbook features exhibits and includes information on who can use the historic tax credit, a brief history and general explanation of the credit, as well as National Park Service forms, historic preservation certification application, recapture basis reduction requirements, pass-through leases and much more.
CDFA members receive a discount when purchasing this book through Novogradac & Company’s online bookstore. Members must contact CDFA (216-920-3073) to get the online coupon code. | x | Member:
$161.50
(with discount)
Non-Member:
$190.00
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Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Handbook - 2010 Edition
 The 2010 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Handbook contains a trove of updated information on legislation that affected the LIHTC program in 2009 and early 2010. Significant to this edition are in-depth updates to and analyses and IRS clarifications of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) of 2008 and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) of 2009 and their measures, including TCAP and the credit exchange program. Updates on the management of LIHTC property include incorporation of Change 3 of HUD Handbook 4350 and the IRS 8823 Guide, as well as the most recent data on qualified census tracts and difficult to develop areas. This leading authoritative guide for affordable housing owners, developers and managers, as well as for those who counsel them, is an essential part of all tax credit housing professionals' libraries.
CDFA members receive a discount when purchasing this book through Novogradac & Company’s online bookstore. Members must contact CDFA (216-920-3073) to get the online coupon code. | x | Member:
$477.00
(with discount)
Non-Member:
$530.00
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Low-Income Housing Tax-Exempt Bond Handbook - 2009 Edition
 The 2009 edition of the Low-Income Housing Tax-Exempt Bond Handbook is a crucial addition to any tax resource library. It offers clarity on a wide variety of historical and technical issues pertaining to residential rental projects using tax-exempt bonds, as well as arbitrage, information reporting requirements for payments of interests on tax-exempt bonds and combining tax-exempt housing bonds with LIHTCs. New to the 2009 edition are the bond provisions of the Housing Assistance Act of 2008 and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
CDFA members receive a discount when purchasing this book through Novogradac & Company’s online bookstore. Members must contact CDFA (216-920-3073) to get the online coupon code. | x | Member:
$260.95
(with discount)
Non-Member:
$307.00
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LIHTC Property Management Book - 2010 Edition
 The LIHTC Property Management Book acts as a navigational guide through the most up-to-date information on the complex field of LIHTC compliance monitoring. The 2010 edition provides updated information on income and rent limits, and building rules and regulations, as well as Change 3 of HUD's 8823 Guide. As is customary, the LIHTC Property Management Book includes key sample IRS forms, a sample utility allowance schedule and federal tax law sources.
CDFA members receive a discount when purchasing this book through Novogradac & Company’s online bookstore. Members must contact CDFA (216-920-3073) to get the online coupon code. | x | Member:
$178.50
(with discount)
Non-Member:
$210.00
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New Markets Tax Credit Handbook - 2008 Edition
 The 2008 edition of the New Markets Tax Credit Handbook includes all of the latest information, rules and regulations to help understand the NMTC program, including 2008 guidance under Section 45D. The NMTC book also provides information on receiving and using the credits for the development, financing and compliance of an NMTC project. Inside the cover of this comprehensive and widely read book, you will find a thorough explanation of the program's structure and crucial terms, descriptions of pertinent statutory requirements, a discussion of credit allocation dates, credit recapture and generally accepted accounting principles. The 2008 edition includes a list of fifth-round allocatees, the latest reporting requirements, and information on NMTC projects financed through 2006.
CDFA members receive a discount when purchasing this book through Novogradac & Company’s online bookstore. Members must contact CDFA (216-920-3073) to get the online coupon code. | x | Member:
$250.75
(with discount)
Non-Member:
$295.00
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Deal Negotiation Manual
 This book presents the nuts and bolts of negotiating a deal by discussing forecast variables, market feasibility analysis and much more. It is a compilation of materials and documentation that include market studies examples, equity and lender documents and other related information, as well as checklists for that next negotiation. Don't miss this opportunity to learn how the LIHTC can work for you and how you can successfully negotiate the price and terms of your next deal.
CDFA members receive a discount when purchasing this book through Novogradac & Company’s online bookstore. Members must contact CDFA (216-920-3073) to get the online coupon code. | x | Member:
$58.65
(with discount)
Non-Member:
$69.00
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Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits
 The Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits provides its readers with the very latest news, analysis and commentary on the affordable housing, new markets, renewable energy, and historic rehabilitation tax credit industries, and HUD programs. This comprehensive 80-page full-color publication has been expanded to cover not only more of the low-income housing tax credit, LIHTC compliance, valuation, and tax-exempt housing bond industries but has added coverage of new markets, renewable energy and historic tax credits and HUD programs. Readers can now enjoy even more of the valuable information they have come to expect from Novogradac & Company LLP publications, all in a single extensive publication that features more columns written by industry experts, more photos of tax credit developments and dealmakers, more Facts & Figures, more Q&As and more brief news items on people, projects, and industry and states' issues.
CDFA members receive a discount when purchasing this book through Novogradac & Company’s online bookstore. Members must contact CDFA (216-920-3073) to get the online coupon code. | x | Member:
$169.15/12 month subscription, $297.50/24 month subscriptions
Non-Member:
$199/12 month subscription, $350/24 month subscription
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