Jan. 13, 2026: Takeaways from Record-Setting $10 Billion NMTC Allocation Authority Awards Round

The Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund announced the awarding of $10 billion in new markets tax credit (NMTC) allocation authority Dec. 23, 2025, 'for the combined 2024-2025 allocation round, a record-breaking amount of aggregate issuance authority that led to a record-breaking number of awardees. On this episode of the Tax Credit Tuesday podcast, Michael Novogradac, CPA, and Novogradac partners Brad Elphick, CPA, and Rebecca Darling, CPA, discuss the key aspects of this round that made it significant and theorize what changes might come to NMTC allocation in the future. The three also discuss the reasons why the CDFI Fund's announcement was delayed, and how that might impact the timeline of the 2026 application round.