Sensitivities around timing can lead to variances in the volume of low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) an owner or manager can claim in the first year a LIHTC property is placed in service. In this episode of Tax Credit Tuesday, Michael Novogradac, CPA , and Novogradac partner Dayle Dalling, CPA, discuss four paths to optimizing first-year LIHTCs: 9% new construction, 4% new construction, 9% acquisition-rehabilitation and 4% acquisition-rehabilitation. They outline why the issue is important to owners, managers, developers and more before segueing into how first-year credits are determined.