Berkshire Income Realty Announces Tax Treatment for 2012 Dividends Paid

Berkshire Income Realty Announces Tax Treatment for 2012 Dividends Paid

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Berkshire Income Realty, Inc. (NYSE Amex Equities: BIR.PR.A), (NYSE Amex Equities: BIR_PA), (NYSE Amex Equities: BIRPRA), (NYSE Amex Equities: BIR-A), (NYSE Amex Equities: BIR.A), (NYSE Amex Equities: BIR/PRA) (the "Company") announced today that the tax treatment for dividends paid on the Series A Preferred Stock during 2012 has been finalized. Total dividends of $2.25 per share of Series A Preferred Stock, or 9% of its $25 per share liquidation preference, were paid in quarterly installment during the year ended December 31, 2012. Of the total per share dividends paid by the Company, $2.25, or 100%, is taxable as a capital gain distribution reported on Form 1099-DIV, box 2a.

The Company is a Real Estate Investment Trust ("REIT") whose objective is to acquire, own, operate, develop and rehabilitate multifamily apartment communities. The Company owns interests in twenty-one multifamily apartment communities and two development projects, of which six are located in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, four are located in Houston, Texas, three are located in Dallas, Texas, three are located in Virginia and one is located in each of Austin, Texas, Atlanta, Georgia, Sherwood, Oregon, Tampa, Florida, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Walnut Creek, California and Denver, Colorado.

This press release may contain "forward-looking statements," within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, about the Company. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could materially affect future results. Among these risk factors are the ones listed in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2012, June 30, 2012 and September 30, 2012.

Berkshire Income Realty, Inc.
Stephen Lyons, 1-617-574-8367
stephen.lyons@bpadv.com
Facsimile: 1-617-574-8312

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