Development of Affordable Housing

All taxes levied by virtue of Article 2, Chapter 26, Title 11, Guam Code Annotated, known as business privilege taxes, shall be abated for a period up to twenty (20) years from the effective date of the Qualifying Certificate therefor, for those gross receipts derived from the construction of affordable housing; provided, that a Qualifying Certificate for such a tax abatement is granted pursuant to the provisions of this subsection. The Beneficiary may be a developer, contractor or subcontractor or a combination of two (2) or more thereof so long as all the receipts the subject of the abatement are derived from the construction of no less than twenty-five (25) affordable housing units, as “affordable housing” is defined by the Authority. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 23-135:12(a) (Jan. 1, 1997). Amended by P.L. 29-002:VI:28 (May 18, 2007), effective July 17, 2007, the name, Gross Receipts Tax, changed to Business Privilege Tax.