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Colorado Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$135,419,244

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2017CO Enterprise Zone Business Tax CreditsGeneral Economic Development$67,023,000
2017CO Enterprise Zone Contribution Tax CreditsGeneral Economic Development$14,711,000
2017Job Growth Incentive Tax CreditsJob Creation/Retention$12,619,000
2017Regional Tourism Act (TIF)Tourism development$4,766,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$99,119,000

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 JurisdictionJurisdiction TypeGross Revenue Loss
City and County of DenverCity/County$17,825,000
Adams CountyCounty$57,370
Arapahoe CountyCounty$54,402
Douglas CountyCounty$850,251
Jefferson CountyCounty$731,318
City of ArvadaMunicipality$9,201,500
City of AuroraMunicipality$2,081,964
City of BoulderMunicipality$84,309
City of Colorado SpringsMunicipality$790,349
City of Fort CollinsMunicipality$875,443
City of LakewoodMunicipality$3,403,939
St Vrain Valley School District Re-1JSchool District$344,399
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$36,300,244