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Florida Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$593,979,297

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2022Capital Investment Tax CreditCapital investment$66,526,000
2022Community Contribution Tax Credit ProgramAffordable Housing$14,000,000
2022Contaminated Site CreditBrownfield rehabilitation$11,586,000
2022Entertainment Industry Sales Tax Exemption ProgramFilm, TV, and/or media$28,910,000
2022Hope Scholarship CreditEducational development$75,540,000
2022Major League Baseball Spring TrainingSports$10,500,000
2022Other Tax Abatement Program Under $5 Million (including EZ)General Economic Development$29,600,000
2022Professional Sports FranchiseSports$16,000,000
2022Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund ProgramBusiness attraction/retention/expansion$12,278,000
2022Scholarship Funding OrganizationsEducational development$323,776,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$588,716,000

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
Broward CountyCounty$243,000
City of Daytona BeachMunicipality$172,543
City of OrlandoMunicipality$2,060,240
City of PensacolaMunicipality$218,771
City of St. PetersburgMunicipality$30,610
City of TampaMunicipality$46,975
Hillsborough CountyCounty$420,462
Orange CountyCounty$827,763
Palm Beach CountyCounty$1,242,933
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$5,263,297