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Colorado Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$154,720,259

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2020Colorado Enterprise Zone (EZ) Business Tax CreditsBusiness attraction/retention/expansion$92,240,300
2020Colorado Enterprise Zone (EZ) Contribution Tax CreditsBusiness attraction/retention/expansion$14,244,700
2020Job Growth Incentive Tax CreditsJob Creation/Retention$26,684,100
2020Regional Tourism Act Tax Increment Financing (TIF)Tourism development$11,720,300
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$144,889,400

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$4,365,000
Adams CountyCounty$388,409
Arapahoe CountyCounty$119,684
Jefferson CountyCounty$485,855
City of AuroraMunicipality$772,189
City of Colorado SpringsMunicipality$88,341
City of Fort CollinsMunicipality$291,518
City of LakewoodMunicipality$3,319,863
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$9,830,859