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Iowa Revenue Lost to Tax Abatement Programs


Total Revenue Lost$1,291,643,438

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State-level programs

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YearProgram NameProgram TypeGross Revenue Loss
2017Accelerated Career Education ProgramWorkforce development$4,059,000
2018Accelerated Career Education ProgramWorkforce development$4,187,000
2019Accelerated Career Education ProgramWorkforce development$3,964,000
2020Accelerated Career Education ProgramWorkforce development$4,409,000
2021Accelerated Career Education ProgramWorkforce development$3,905,000
2022Accelerated Career Education ProgramWorkforce development$3,497,000
2017Beginning Farmer Tax Credit ProgramAgricultural development$4,932,000
2018Beginning Farmer Tax Credit ProgramAgricultural development$5,045,000
2019Beginning Farmer Tax Credit ProgramAgricultural development$4,708,000
2020Beginning Farmer Tax Credit ProgramAgricultural development$4,067,000
2021Beginning Farmer Tax Credit ProgramAgricultural development$5,380,000
2022Beginning Farmer Tax Credit ProgramAgricultural development$4,864,000
2017Enterprise Zone (EZ) ProgramGeneral Economic Development (EZ)$14,825,000
2018Enterprise Zone (EZ) ProgramGeneral Economic Development (EZ)$12,161,000
2019Enterprise Zone (EZ) ProgramGeneral Economic Development (EZ)$9,548,000
2020Enterprise Zone (EZ) ProgramGeneral Economic Development (EZ)$5,476,000
2021Enterprise Zone (EZ) ProgramGeneral Economic Development (EZ)$4,044,000
2022Enterprise Zone (EZ) ProgramGeneral Economic Development (EZ)$4,135,000
2017High Quality Jobs Program (HQJP)Job Creation/Retention$24,875,000
2018High Quality Jobs Program (HQJP)Job Creation/Retention$39,605,000
2019High Quality Jobs Program (HQJP)Job Creation/Retention$37,940,000
2020High Quality Jobs Program (HQJP)Job Creation/Retention$27,066,000
2021High Quality Jobs Program (HQJP)Job Creation/Retention$27,458,000
2022High Quality Jobs Program (HQJP)Job Creation/Retention$23,364,000
2017Historic Preservation and Cultural and Entertainment District Tax CreditHistoric Preservation$44,540,000
2018Historic Preservation and Cultural and Entertainment District Tax CreditHistoric Preservation$58,501,000
2019Historic Preservation and Cultural and Entertainment District Tax CreditHistoric Preservation$36,236,000
2020Historic Preservation and Cultural and Entertainment District Tax CreditHistoric Preservation$48,883,000
2021Historic Preservation and Cultural and Entertainment District Tax CreditHistoric Preservation$30,588,000
2022Historic Preservation and Cultural and Entertainment District Tax CreditHistoric Preservation$34,536,000
2017Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training ProgramWorkforce development$35,595,000
2018Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training ProgramWorkforce development$34,715,000
2019Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training ProgramJob Creation/Retention$34,434,000
2020Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training ProgramJob Creation/Retention$36,868,000
2021Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training ProgramJob Creation/Retention$37,034,000
2022Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training ProgramJob Creation/Retention$27,974,000
2019Redevelopment Tax CreditBrownfield rehabilitation$7,578,000
2020Redevelopment Tax CreditBrownfield rehabilitation$3,584,000
2021Redevelopment Tax CreditBrownfield rehabilitation$6,207,000
2022Redevelopment Tax CreditBrownfield rehabilitation$2,946,000
2017Renewable Energy Tax CreditEnergy production$4,369,000
2018Renewable Energy Tax CreditEnergy production$3,574,000
2019Renewable Energy Tax CreditEnergy production$5,101,000
2020Renewable Energy Tax CreditEnergy production$6,057,000
2021Renewable Energy Tax CreditEnergy production$2,545,000
2022Renewable Energy Tax CreditEnergy production$4,151,000
2017Targeted Jobs Tax Credit from WithholdingGeneral Economic Development$4,437,000
2018Targeted Jobs Tax Credit from WithholdingGeneral Economic Development$4,549,000
2019Targeted Jobs Tax Credit from WithholdingJob Creation/Retention$4,324,000
2020Targeted Jobs Tax Credit from WithholdingJob Creation/Retention$5,577,000
2021Targeted Jobs Tax Credit from WithholdingJob Creation/Retention$4,460,000
2022Targeted Jobs Tax Credit from WithholdingJob Creation/Retention$3,096,000
2018Workforce Housing Tax Incentive ProgramAffordable Housing$8,962,000
2019Workforce Housing Tax Incentive ProgramAffordable Housing$13,930,000
2020Workforce Housing Tax Incentive ProgramAffordable Housing$20,795,000
2021Workforce Housing Tax Incentive ProgramAffordable Housing$18,003,000
2022Workforce Housing Tax Incentive ProgramAffordable Housing$11,142,000
TABULATED STATE-LEVEL TOTAL$888,805,000

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 sort icon
Western Dubuque County Community School DistrictSchool district$897,803
Ankeny Community School DistrictSchool district$951,883
Hampton-Dumont Community School DistrictSchool district$969,729
Charles CityMunicipality$978,494
PeliaMunicipality$979,879
Norwalk Community School DistrictSchool district$1,003,962
Clear Creek Amana Community School DistrictSchool district$1,035,814
Clinton Community School DistrictSchool district$1,092,384
Bettendorf Community School DistrictSchool district$1,120,011
Mason City Community School DistrictSchool district$1,213,225
West Des MoinesMunicipality$1,222,212
Dallas CountyCounty$1,231,172
Waukee Community School DistrictSchool district$1,296,633
Sioux City Community School DistrictSchool district$1,312,571
Waterloo Community School DistrictSchool district$1,350,800
Pleasant Valley Community School DistrictSchool district$1,430,504
Council BluffMunicipality$1,449,678
Keokuk Community School DistrictSchool district$1,559,551
Howard CountyCounty$1,634,280
Mason CityMunicipality$1,636,208
BettendorfMunicipality$1,708,517
WaverlyMunicipality$1,712,047
Linn-Mar Community School DistrictSchool district$1,777,114
Council Bluffs Community School DistrictSchool district$2,174,555
Fort DodgeMunicipality$2,181,069
City of AnkenyMunicipality$2,218,779
Johnston Community School DistrictSchool district$2,377,309
ClintonMunicipality$2,552,298
BurlingtonMunicipality$2,720,104
GrinnellMunicipality$2,830,510
Black Hawk CountyCounty$2,994,459
Bondurant-Farrar Community School DistrictSchool district$4,152,516
Johnson CountyCounty$4,164,340
Davenport Community School DistrictSchool district$4,538,628
North LibertyMunicipality$4,747,707
Council BluffsMunicipality$5,781,841
City of WaterlooMunicipality$6,023,031
DubuqueMunicipality$6,030,699
Dubuque Community School DistrictSchool district$7,336,049
City of Sioux CityMunicipality$7,388,262
Iowa City Community School DistrictSchool district$7,597,791
UrbandaleMunicipality$8,371,222
Cedar Rapids Community School DistrictSchool district$8,926,272
Scott CountyCounty$9,997,037
Linn CountyCounty$10,157,681
WaterlooMunicipality$11,194,608
City of DubuqueMunicipality$14,396,430
City of Cedar RapidsMunicipality$15,121,725
City of DavenportMunicipality$20,780,119
CoralvilleMunicipality$20,784,389
City of Des MoinesMunicipality$38,525,736
Polk CountyCounty$44,426,382
Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSchool district$62,375,249
TABULATED JURISDICTION TOTAL$402,838,438