Agenda Package - 10-12-09 Jt. Meeting

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/ Y Bond" generally to mean any taxable State or local governmental bond (excluding a private activity bond under § 141) that meets the following requirements: (1) the interest on such bond would (but for § 54AA) be excludable from gross income under § 103; (2) the bond is issued before January 1, 2011; and (3) the issuer makes an irrevocable election to have § 54AA apply. The Federal subsidies for a portion of the borrowing costs on Build America Bonds take the form of either tax credits provided to holders of the bonds or refundable tax credits paid to State and local governmental issuers of the bonds. Build America Bonds have different levels of Federal subsidies and different program requirements with respect to uses of proceeds depending on the particular type of Build America Bond. The first type of Build America Bond provides a Federal subsidy through Federal tax credits to investors in the bonds in an amount equal to 35 percent of the total coupon interest payable by the issuer on taxable governmental bonds (net of the tax credit), which represents a Federal subsidy to the State or local governmental issuer equal to approximately 25 percent of the total return to the investor (including the coupon interest paid by the issuer and the tax credit). This type of Build America Bond will be referred to in this Notice as "Build America Bonds (Tax Credit)." This type of Build America Bond generally may be used to finance any governmental purpose for which tax-exempt governmental bonds (excluding private activity bonds under § 141) could be issued under § 103 ("tax-exempt governmental bonds") and must comply with all requirements applicable to the issuance of tax-exempt governmental bonds. The second type of Build America Bond provides a Federal subsidy through a refundable tax credit paid to State or local governmental issuers by the Treasury 3