| | 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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