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Florida Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs

Total Revenue Lost:

$616,760,843

State-level programs

Click on the name of a program for more details.

Year	Program Name	Program Type	Gross Revenue Loss
2019	Capital Investment Tax Credit	Business attraction/retention/expansion	$61,055,000
2019	Community Contribution Tax Credit Program	Affordable Housing	$18,120,000
2019	Contaminated Site Rehababilitation Tax Credit	Redevelopment/revitalization	$16,186,000
2019	Entertainment Industry Financial Incentive Program	Film, TV, and/or media	$27,686,000
2019	Entertainment Industry Sales Tax Exemption Program	Film, TV, and/or media	$16,831,000
2019	Florida Renew Production Credit	Energy production	$13,689,000
2019	Florida Renew Tech Credit	Energy production	$10,403,000
2019	Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program	Educational development	$309,358,000
2019	Hope Scholarship Credit	Educational development	$39,075,000
2019	New Markets Development Program	Capital investment	$48,586,000
2019	Other Tax Abatement Program Under $5 Million (including EZ)	Various	$22,500,000
2019	Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund Program	Job Creation/Retention	$15,833,000
2019	Research and Development Tax Credit	Business attraction/retention/expansion	$13,850,000
	TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL		$613,172,000

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	Jurisdiction Type	Gross Revenue Loss
Broward County	County	$139,657
Hillsborough County	County	$936,000
Orange County	County	$729,167
Palm Beach County	County	$870,982
City of Orlando	Municipality	$580,211
City of St. Petersburg	Municipality	$163,044
City of Tampa	Municipality	$169,782
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL		$3,588,843