Exempt Facility Bonds

Private Loan Financing Test
One of the tests used in establishing whether a bond is a private activity bond (PAB) for tax purposes. The private loan financing test specifically determines whether more than $5…

120% Rule
Rule outlined in Section 147(b) of the code that states private activity bonds are not tax-exempt bonds if the weighted average maturity of the bond issue exceeds 120% of the…

Exempt Facility Bonds
Type of private activity bond (PAB) permitted to be issued as a tax-exempt bond under Section 142 of the code for the purpose of funding many categories of exempt facilities.

Request for Guidance On Qualified Broadband Bonds
Comments submitted to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requesting clarifying guidance pertaining to the recently enacted qualified broadband project bonds.

Volume Cap
A requirement contained in Section 146 of the Code that private activity bonds (PAB) (with certain exceptions) issued as tax-exempt bonds obtain an allocation of volume cap from the state…

Revenue Fund
A fund into which pledged revenues may be required to be deposited as received and from which disbursements are made to pay allowable operations and maintenance expenses and to meet…

Revenue Bond
A bond which is to be repaid from a specific source of revenues, typically those produced by the facility or system for which the bond is issued.

Industrial Development Bonds
Term used to describe certain private activity bonds (PABs) under the 1954 Code that is still occasionally used.

TEFRA Notice
A notice of a TEFRA hearing, which, under the Treasury Regulations, must be published one time, at least seven days prior to the TEFRA hearing, in a newspaper of general…

TEFRA Hearing
A public hearing held by an Issuer, following publication of a TEFRA notice, to give the public an opportunity to comment on a proposed private activity bond (PAB) issue.

TEFRA Approval
The approval of the bond issue by the appropriate governmental unit after a TEFRA hearing.

TEFRA
The acronym for the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, which applies additional tax requirements and considerations to tax-advantaged bonds.