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Analysis of options for a solar development bank. Task VI

Description: Financial barriers which hinder the use and acceptance of solar technology in the building and industrial markets are identified. The barriers fall under three categories: risk, liquidity, and subsidy. Policy initiatives that can be used to overcome financing barriers which hinder the use of solar technology are briefly mentioned. These include direct lending programs operated by the government or by private banks and secondary financing organizations which provide liquidity and security to mor… more
Date: September 30, 1979
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Child Tax Credit After the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001

Description: This report discusses the child tax credit was initially enacted as part of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. Congress passed the credit because it believed that the tax structure did not adequately reflect a family’s reduced ability to pay taxes as family size increased. The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) increases the child tax credit from its prior law level of $500 to $1,000.
Date: January 30, 2003
Creator: Esenwein, Gregg
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy Policy: 114th Congress Issues

Description: This report begins by providing background on the economic rationale for energy market interventions; it highlights various market failures production and consumption of energy, and discusses possible interventions. The report concludes with an analysis of the current status of energy tax policy.
Date: September 30, 2016
Creator: Yacobucci, Brent D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of Potential Free-Rider Eligibility for a Proposed Commercial Building Lighting Tax Deduction

Description: The report provides estimates of the potential volume of ''free riders'', in terms of both eligible square footage and associated available tax deductions, in a proposed commercial building lighting tax amendment to the 2003 Energy Bill. Determination of the actual tax rate for businesses and how the amendment may impact tax revenue collected by the treasury is beyond the scope of this effort. Others, such as the Treasury itself, are best equipped to make their own estimates of the eventual imp… more
Date: September 30, 2004
Creator: Winiarski, David W.; Richman, Eric E. & Biyani, Rahul K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Child Tax Credit and the President's Tax Cut Plan

Description: The child tax credit was enacted as part of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. The current credit is $500 per qualifying child. President Bush has proposed increasing the child tax credit to $1,000 per qualifying child. The President has also proposed making permanent the temporary rule in current law that allows the child tax credit to offset a taxpayer’s alternative minimum tax.
Date: March 30, 2001
Creator: Esenwein, Gregg A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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