Alabama § 41-9-219-6 - Examinations; Rules; Appraisal.

§ 41-9-219-6. Examinations; Rules; Appraisal.

(a) The department may conduct examinations to verify that the tax credits under this article have been received and applied according to the requirements of this article and to verify that no event has occurred that would result in a recapture of tax credits under Section 41-9-219.4.

(b) The department and the Department of Revenue shall prescribe such rules as may be appropriate to carry out their respective duties under this section and may issue advisory letters to individual qualified community development entities and their investors that are limited to the specific facts outlined in an advisory letter request from a qualified community development entity. The rulings cannot be relied upon by any person or entity other than the qualified community development entity that requested the letter and the taxpayers that are entitled to any tax credits generated from investments in the entity.

(c) In rendering advisory letters and making other determinations under this article, to the extent applicable, the department and the Department of Revenue shall look for guidance to Section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations issued thereunder.

(d) If the qualified equity investment in the qualified active low-income community business is used for the development of real estate in the taxable year in which a tax credit has been allocated to a taxpayer and the real estate is placed in service, the qualified community development entity shall deliver to the department an appraisal prepared by an independent MAI designated and licensed real estate appraiser that includes a valuation and description of the improvements. The department shall provide a copy of the appraisal to the taxing authority responsible for the assessment of ad valorem taxes. Upon notification, the taxing authority responsible for the assessment of ad valorem taxes shall complete a new assessment for the real estate to be used in the assessment of ad valorem taxes for the tax year in which the real estate was placed in service.