Form 1097-BTC, Bond Tax Credit.
New Form 1097-BTC, Bond Tax Credit. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 allows regulated investment companies (RICs) to elect to distribute tax credit bond credits to shareholders. Form 1097-BTC has been created for all holders and issuers of tax credit bonds to report this information.
This is an information return for reporting tax credit bond credits distributed to holders of tax credit bonds. The taxpayer holding a tax credit bond on an allowance date during a tax year is allowed a credit against federal income tax equivalent to the interest that the bond would otherwise pay. The bondholder must include the amount of the credit in gross income and treat it as interest income. The issuers and holders of the tax credit bond will send Form 1097-BTC to the bond holders quarterly and file the return with the IRS annually.
At this time, we seek comments about Form 1097-BTC.