The Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund opened the calendar year 2024-2025 new markets tax credit (NMTC) application period Nov. 19, beginning a process that will result in a record $10 billion in NMTC allocation authority next year.' In this week's Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, guest host Brad Elphick, CPA, and Novogradac partner Rebecca Darling, CPA, discuss the application timing and what to expect in the record allocation round. They begin by discussing how the application works and is scored, then look at various deadlines before turning to changes in this year's application. After that, they talk about how a $10 billion round will be different, including a rapid-fire, six-question back-and-forth, before finally looking at what community development entities (CDEs) and the businesses that receive NMTC financing should be doing now.