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AB-480 • 2026

Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: insurance tax law: low-income housing tax credit:

Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: insurance tax law: low-income housing tax credit:

Housing Taxes
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Quirk-Silva
Last action
Official status
Chaptered
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify an effective date, only the chaptering date (October 10, 2025).

Change How Tax Credits for Low-Income Housing Are Sold

This law changes how taxpayers choose to sell their low-income housing tax credits by letting the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee set the rules.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes when a taxpayer can say they want to sell their state tax credit for low-income housing from an application form to methods chosen by the committee.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Taxpayers who receive state tax credits for qualified low-income housing projects or farmworker housing.
  • The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, which now sets the method for selling credits.

Terms To Know

Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
A reduction in state insurance, personal income, or corporation taxes given to qualified low-income housing projects and farmworker housing that also have federal tax credits.
California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC)
The state group that provides procedures for sharing tax credits and now sets the rules for selling them.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The text does not say exactly what new methods the committee will create.
  • The source material does not list a specific effective date, only that it was enacted in October 2025.

Bill History

  1. California Legislative Information

    Chaptered

Official Summary Text

Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: insurance tax law: low-income housing tax credit: