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Iowa Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$257,856,305

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss sort icon
2017Historic Preservation and Cultural and Entertainment District Tax CreditHistoric Preservation$44,540,000
2017Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training ProgramWorkforce development$35,595,000
2017High Quality Jobs Program (HQJP)Job Creation/Retention$24,875,000
2017Enterprise Zone (EZ) ProgramGeneral Economic Development (EZ)$14,825,000
2017Beginning Farmer Tax Credit ProgramAgricultural development$4,932,000
2017Targeted Jobs Tax Credit from WithholdingGeneral Economic Development$4,437,000
2017Renewable Energy Tax CreditEnergy production$4,369,000
2017Accelerated Career Education ProgramWorkforce development$4,059,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$137,632,000

Tabulated localities and districts

Click on the name of jurisdiction for a list of tax abatement programs that reduced its tax revenue.

Data includes abatement information for the five most populous cities, counties, and school districts in each state (where available). If no data is shown for these top five jurisdictions, it is because they did not disclose GASB 77 tax abatement information in the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), the amount reported was $0, or the ACFR has not been published yet. Some states include data for additional years and jurisdictions.

Reporting Jurisdiction sort iconJurisdiction TypeGross Revenue Loss
Cedar Rapids Community School DistrictSchool district$853,809
Cedar Falls Community School DistrictSchool district$155,168
Cedar FallsMunicipality$447,065
Cass CountyMunicipality$4,466
Carroll Community School DistrictSchool district$13,964
Carlisle Community School DistrictSchool district$10,869
Burlington Community School DistrictSchool district$214,717
BurlingtonMunicipality$2,720,104
Boone Community School DistrictSchool district$107,540
Black Hawk CountyCounty$331,965
Bettendorf Community School DistrictSchool district$548,296
BettendorfMunicipality$1,708,517
Atlantic Community School DistrictSchool district$82,445
Ankeny Community School DistrictSchool district$368,710
Ames Community School DistrictSchool district$481,079
AmesMunicipality$195,468
Allamakee CountyCounty$19,287
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$120,224,305