H.R. 1 proposes significant limits on municipal bonds
On November 2, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee released its first draft of H.R. 1, known as the Tax Cuts and Job Act (the bill). If enacted in its current form, the bill would prohibit the use of a number of funding techniques that use tax exempt bonds. Specifically, the bill would no longer permit private activity bonds to be issued as tax exempt, would forbid the use of tax exempt advance refunding bonds, would eliminate tax credit bonds and would terminate tax exempt bonds for professional sports stadiums. Read more >>
