CDFA Arizona Financing Roundtable Newsletter - December 2014

CDFA Arizona Financing Roundtable Newsletter - December 2014
December 24, 2014



Feature
Wells Fargo Top SBA Lender for Arizona Small Businesses Wells Fargo is the top Small Business Administration (SBA) 7 (a) lender in Arizona in amount of dollars and number of loans approved for fiscal year 2014. Wells Fargo approved $89,034,400 and 197 loans to Arizona businesses. Logging Industry Tax Credit, So Far Unused, Faces Repeal According to Arizona Daily Sun, a bi-partisan group of state legislators is recommending two Arizona tax credits meant to increase hiring and workforce training in the logging industry be repealed because they have gone essentially unused since they began in 2005 and 2012. Solar Tax Credits, Incentives and Solar Rebates in Arizona Sunmetrix provides a list of the current incentives for renewable energy projects in Arizona. The type of incentives available include rebates, tax credits, and other incentives. Arizona Film Commissions Lack State Support The Daily Courier reports that because of the lack of film incentives in the state , larger productions can get bigger tax breaks in other states. Arizona has seen less major films taking place within the state but a growth in commercials and documentary films.
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Arizona News
Small Firms Have an Array of Funding Options Arizona Daily Star \| Dec. 22 \| Access to Capital \| Crowdfunding 10 Top Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns From 2014 Forbes \| Dec. 19 \| Crowdfunding Pew/CREC Business Incentives Initiative Update Smart Incentives \| Dec. 18 \| Access to Capital \| State Finance Program \| Tax Credits Reshoring Starting to Reshape US Manufacturing South Bend Tribune \| Dec. 16 \| Reshoring Manufacturing SIFMA Seeks Legis. "Fix" to MA Rule, Easing Burdens on Underwriters The Bond Buyer \| Dec. 8 \| Bond Finance \| Legislative \| U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) \| Federal CDFA Intro Tax Increment Finance WebCourse CDFA \| Dec. 4 \| Tax Increment Finance (TIF) $9.7M in Tribal Broadband and Infrastructure Support from USDA Indian Country Media Network \| Dec. 4 \| U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) SIFMA Survey: Total Muni Issuance to Edge up 2.7% to $357.5B The Bond Buyer \| Dec. 4 \| Bond Finance \| Local Finance Program \| State Finance Program Tempe Considers Tax Incentive for Developer of Monti's Site AZ Central \| Dec. 4 \| Access to Capital \| Local Finance Program \| Tax Credits World Bank Releases CDFA-Produced Brownfields Finance Report CDFA \| Dec. 4 \| Brownfield Financing \| CDFA Original Research \| Community Development \| Member News \| International GASB Disclosure Guidelines for State and Local Tax Abatements Smart Incentives \| Dec. 3 \| Local Finance Program \| State Finance Program \| Tax Credits \| Federal \| Tax Abatements CDFA Joins ACTION in Letter to Congress Supporting Housing Tax Credits ACTION \| Dec. 2 \| Legislative \| Tax Credits Small Business Administration Extends Disaster Loan Applications Farmington Voice \| Dec. 1 \| Access to Capital \| Disaster Recovery & Relief \| U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Direct Loans Are Replacing Muni Bonds GOVERNING \| Nov. 26 \| Bond Finance >>> SEARCH HEADLINES
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